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King & Spalding adds WilmerHale duo in London to continue arbitration build-out
Steven Finizio and Jonathan Lim become latest WilmerHale partners to join King & Spalding’s disputes team
Northern Ireland law soc chief sacked from human rights body over reference for paedophile cousin
David Lavery found to have ‘demonstrated a severe failure of judgement regarding public office responsibilities’
Mourant takes private equity investment to fund international expansion, AI investment
Offshore firm sells 27% stake to mid-market PE firm MML to fund international expansion, lateral hires and investment in AI
Reed Smith hires London antitrust partner from Morgan Lewis
Former Baker McKenzie partner Paul Johnson leaves Morgan Lewis after 18 months
Manchester Law Society chief executive retires after 38 years
City’s lawyers express warm tributes to Fran Eccles-Bech for helping transform Manchester’s legal community
UK software provider CostsMaster partners with Irish AI consultancy Portlaw Strategic Intelligence
Collaboration is led by Dr Victoria McCloud, former King's Bench Master and deputy costs judge
Latham deepens tech push with Hg general counsel hire in London
Samantha McGonigle brings extensive tech and software-related deals experience, follows recent tech hires by Latham in London from MoFo, Travers Smith
Pinsent Masons hires first financial regulatory consulting head from Eversheds
Ian Stott joins with team in London having built the financial regulatory consulting practice at Konexo, Eversheds’ legal services delivery arm
‘We’re the first female-founded UK bank, so diversity and inclusion are core to our values’: Starling’s group GC Monica Risam
Monica Risam discusses how her team is set up at Starling Bank, the shifting expectations on in-house lawyers and the group's first panel review
Pinsent Masons senior partner to step down after contested election
Andrew Masraf to be succeeded by financial services sector head John Maciver on 1 October at the end of his first four-year term
Macfarlanes’ PEP holds steady as revenue nears £390m
PEP stalls at £3.1m in year top UK independent characterised as ‘transitional’
Osborne Clarke revenue approaches €600m in year of ‘consistent growth’
International revenue hit €593.9m while UK business saw PEP push through £800k for second consecutive year
‘Lawyers are seen as legitimate targets’ - the unique challenges of advising on mega arbitration claims
Disputes lawyers discussed how to navigate multijurisdictional mega-claims at London International Disputes Week event hosted by Ashurst and Global Legal Post
Clutch of law firms guide DCC Energy’s $7.7bn takeover by KKR, ECP
Gibson Dunn, Latham & Watkins, Kirkland & Ellis and Cleary guide KKR’s largest public-to-private transaction in Europe in more than a decade alongside Irish firms Matheson, Arthur Cox and William Fry
UK government seeks to rebalance collective actions regime without radical reform
Lawyers broadly support proposals to tighten certification while making funding more certain and improving compensation for consumers
In-house legal departments underestimate how much AI will change their role - Gartner analyst
Corporate legal departments need to reinvent themselves in response to AI, flat and declining budgets and increasing workloads, a Gartner analyst says
Alius Law adds Clyde & Co aviation disputes partner in London
Veteran litigator Richard Mumford becomes latest senior lawyer to exit Clyde & Co
Withers’ profits jump almost 30% as revenue nears £360m
Private client specialist has added on average one billionaire each week as a new client over the past four years
‘My aim has been to build a culture where people feel accountable for doing business the right way’: Nestlé UK and Ireland GC Mark Maurice-Jones
Mark Maurice-Jones discusses his role as Nestlé’s UK and Ireland general counsel and compliance officer, the culture he has built and the legal issues impacting the market
CMS pushes global revenue close to €2.2bn
Firm highlights corporate practice as biggest contributor as topline grows 4.8%