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Hogan Lovells, NRF guide merger to form UK’s largest listed infrastructure investment firm
Carey Olsen also acts in HICL Infrastructure’s £5.3bn merger with The Renewables Infrastructure Group
Women GCs network The Eagle Club calls on employers to improve support for IVF treatment
New report offers guidelines and policy considerations to help employees impacted by fertility treatment
Ashurst and Perkins Coie announce landmark $2.7bn transatlantic merger
Tie-up to create top 20 global law firm by revenue with more than 3,000 lawyers
Big win for Pogust Goodhead as UK’s High Court rules BHP liable for Brazil dam collapse
Anglo-Australian miner found liable for 2015 Mariana dam disaster under Brazilian law in multi-billion pound London litigation
Withers adds art lawyer and historian to newly formed US art and advisory team
Frank Lord joins as senior counsel, alongside contemporary art expert Sarina Taylor, who joins as an associate
Paul Hastings rebuilds London tax bench with partner hires
Firm hires Jenny Doak from Weil and former Cadwalader lawyer Catherine Richardson just weeks after two senior tax partners defected to White & Case
Quinn Emanuel adds disputes heavyweight in London from McDermott
Andrew Savage founded McDermott’s London commercial disputes team
Lord Goldsmith leaves Debevoise to return to the Bar
Former Attorney General to rejoin Fountain Court in January following retirement from Debevoise, where he co-leads the London office
Ropes & Gray PE partner duo exit in London
Dan Oates and Angela Becker to join Akin according to reports, following other senior defections from Ropes’ London PE team this year
London sets invest in arbitrator appointments
Two former High Court judges rejoin 7 King’s Bench Walk while Littleton Chambers makes a US arbitrator appointment
McDermott recruits financial disputes partner in London from Arnold & Porter
Hilton Mervis brings leading reputation in representing private equity firms and hedge funds
Taylor Wessing to ‘decouple’ from Hong Kong office
Office will relaunch as independent firm H.M. Chan & Co
Head of London’s Littleton Chambers is appointed as a High Court judge
Gavin Mansfield KC, who became a deputy High Court judge in 2018, leaves the Bar after more than three decades
Simpson Thacher hires private equity partner from Kirkland in London
Nick Appleton is the latest partner to join Wall Street firm in London after a series of partner hires
Latham & Watkins nearly doubles partner intake in latest promotions round
Firm elevates 40 associates to partner, up from 24 in the previous associate cohort
CMS appoints infrastructure and energy disputes co-head as next UK managing partner
Adrian Bell will replace oil and gas specialist Stephen Millar in April next year
Duane Morris hires arbitration partner from Willkie Farr in London
Duncan Speller will co-chair international disputes group
Unclaimed funds can transform civil justice and improve consumer awareness of collective actions
Unclaimed collective action pay outs could help improve access to justice, writes Clare Carter, CEO of the Access to Justice Foundation
Kennedys seals partnership with AI platform Spellbook to advance junior legal training
Programme will equip next generation lawyers as entry-level tasks are increasingly AI automated
Hausfeld defeats Gibson Dunn-repped Apple in landmark £1.5bn class action suit
Result marks first case brought under UK’s collective action regime to reach successful conclusion at trial