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Hogan Lovells bolsters City bench with trio of private capital hires from US rivals
Transatlantic firm adds lawyers from K&L Gates, Ropes & Gray and Weil to help target global private capital market across full investment lifecycle
Lenovo ordered to pay more money to InterDigital in pivotal FRAND dispute
Kirkland and Gowling WLG advise as Court of Appeal in London sets global FRAND licence for SEPs used in cellular mobile technology
Ashurst sets sights on £1bn turnover as PEP jumps 14% to £1.3m
Strong performance across all regions and industries sees Anglo-Australian firm grow turnover 9% to £961m
Disputes boutique Alius Law hires Fladgate’s insolvency and restructuring co-head in London
Ben Drew joins as a partner, teaming up with fellow Fladgate alumni and Alius founder Bree Taylor
Taylor Wessing adds financial disputes partner from RPC in London
Parham Kouchikali has particular expertise in banking disputes, financial services and civil fraud
Brodies reports 14th consecutive year of revenue growth as PEP dips
Leading Scottish independent hands out firmwide bonus as turnover grows 7.5% to £114.3m, as PEP falls £2k to £846k
White & Case swoops for Ropes’ Europe secondaries lead in London
Alexandra Chauvin’s hire follows firm recruiting Ropes funds heavyweight Emily Brown last November
Clyde & Co ups revenue 10% as PEP hits £739k
Firm points to growth across sectors and geographies as revenue reaches £845m
Ranks of women judges grow, but black representation stagnates
‘Much more work to be done’ on boosting number of ethnic minority judges, report concedes
Exploring jurisdiction clauses in Borelli & Ors v Otaibi & Ors
Legal practitioners should always check if there are any jurisdictional clauses that need to be brought to the court’s attention in an ex parte hearing, writes Qullion Law’s Alina Neal
A&O grows revenue, profit in pre-merger year
Profit before tax jumps 17.2% to £1.0bn as PEP hits £2.2m ahead of tie-up with Shearman & Sterling
Shoosmiths' revenue passes £200m milestone as PEP jumps 16%
Strong performance across corporate and litigation practices fules 6% turnover trise to £206.7m as PEP hits £781k
Linklaters points to US revenue growth as turnover climbs 10% to hit £2.1bn
Performance comes in landmark year for UK Magic Circle as A&O Shearman merger beds down
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer names Matrix Chambers barrister as attorney general
Richard Hermer KC takes over brief from shadow attorney general Emily Thornberry
High Court slashes ‘staggering’ £343m claimants’ costs budget in dieselgate litigation
Landmark ruling effectively reduces total costs budget for claimants and defendants – including expenses already incurred – from £650m to £388m
Baker McKenzie, Linklaters lead on Carlsberg’s £3.3bn Britvic acquisition
Bakers counsels Carlsberg in deal to help Danish brewer expand beyond beer
Gibson Dunn secures privacy partner in London from Goodwin
Lore Leitner brings experience in GDPR-driven privacy compliance programmes as US firms cite growing demand from clients for data security and AI advice
Mahmood crowned lord chancellor as UK lawyers win and lose in Labour landslide
Barrister Shabana Mahmood first Muslim to be appointed to the role as Labour’s victory sees trio of current and former Conservative lord chancellors swept aside
The luxury of menopausal beauty products – substantiated or just marketing?
Menopausal products are big business for brands. But Freeths legal beauty expert Iona Silverman explains how to balance product claims with the law
Raft of City firms up NQ salaries amid ongoing pay war
HSF, DLA Piper and HFW among firms to boost pay as Paul Weiss introduces new UK training contract that dishes out market-topping £180k to its NQs
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