Europe/UK

Former ICJ president Joan Donoghue joins Twenty Essex as an arbitrator

Retired American judge took unusual step last year of correcting media reports over controversial ICJ Gaza genocide ruling

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A&O Shearman IP teams depart for White & Case and Clifford Chance in London and Paris

Former A&O IP head David Stone joins White & Case in London with two more lawyers as IP partner David Por moves to CC in Paris with a two-lawyer team

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The media is dead, long live the media - law firm communications in the age of narrow media

Marketers need to embrace both old and new media as part of their comms strategies, writes Vinson & Elkins’ chief communications officer Allan Schoenberg

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Cadwalader hits Reed Smith, Ashurst for London fund finance trio

US firm restocks London finance bench following team exit for King & Spalding last year

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Legal sector is still unprepared for AI, IBA report highlights

The Future of Legal Services - White Paper 2024 reveals that legal professionals don’t consider AI a short-term priority

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Norton Rose Fulbright ups NQ pay in London to £135k

Rise of 12.5% brings firm in line with Hogan Lovells, Herbert Smith Freehills

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King & Spalding builds out global energy practice with double partner raid on Akin in London

Dan Giemajner and Matt Hardwick continue run of UK hires for US firm

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Hill Dickinson restricts access to Gen AI tools following ‘significant increase in usage’

UK firm detected more than 32,000 hits to ChatGPT in one-week period

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Haynes Boone picks up four-partner Memery Crystal capital markets team amid ongoing exits

London boutique continues to splinter as parent company RBG Holdings prepares to enter administration

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Fladgate picks up 25-strong Memery Crystal team as exits continue

Move continues break up of London boutique as parent company RBG Holdings prepares to enter administration

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Slaughter and May names successor to first managing partner Finkler

Slaughters lifer David Johnson to take over from Deborah Finkler in August

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Lawyers have no choice but to embrace AI, Master of the Rolls says in LawtechUK speech

Sir Geoffrey Vos says lawyers can’t advise clients on AI matters if they don’t understand it themselves

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Former Osborne Clarke partner joins Portland to enhance litigation communications

Arbitrator and mediator Adrian Lifely brought on board to provide “extra depth” to agency’s advice

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Hogan Lovells’ legal battle to secure reparations for Yazidi women persecuted by ISIL fighters

No attempt is being made by Western governments to ensure victims of atrocities benefit from international sanctions imposed on the perpetrators, writes Hogan Lovells pro bono partner Yasmin Waljee

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Freshfields’ revenue surged to £2.1bn in 2024 buoyed by strong US growth

Details of Magic Circle UK firm’s 2023/4 financial results have only just emerged, via its LLP accounts filing

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CM Murray launches regulatory practice with London partner hire

Nick Leale was previously a partner at Armstrong Teasdale’s defunct London office and head of regulatory at Blake Morgan

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Rosenblatt reborn as independent firm following mass departure from stricken parent company

RBG Holdings, owner of London boutiques Rosenblatt and Memery Crystal, is poised to enter into administration

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A&O Shearman, Slaughters shepherd American Axle’s £1.16bn acquisition of UK car parts group Dowlais

Cravath also called in for deal that continues exodus of companies from London Stock Exchange

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Value of ALSP market climbs to $28.5bn

Growth in demand for alternative legal services far outpaces traditional law firm segment, according to Thomson Reuters

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EU competition law ‘pathfinder’ and former IBA president Michael Reynolds has died, aged 75

Tributes led by IBA president Jaime Carey and former A&O senior partner David Morley

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