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Orrick adds four partners across US, UK as it continues structured finance buildout
Hires from Morrison Foerster, Mayer Brown and McDermott follow last year’s raid on Cadwalader for 37 CLO and asset backed lending lawyers
Private equity and UK legal: the regional squeeze – scale without substance
Adil Taha of advisory firm Taha & Co provides a data-backed view of the investment challenges for private equity firms in the UK’s regional legal market
Seven UK Court of Appeal judges appointed
Two women and an Asian judge among appointees as Sir Richard Snowden joins Supreme Court
King & Spalding hires heavyweight five-partner arbitration team from WilmerHale
Renowned practitioner Gary Born, WilmerHale’s global arbitration chair, joins with four more partners across London, Washington DC and New York
UK government launches legal AI scheme
Artificial intelligence labs aims to encourage innovation in booming legaltech sector, modernise the legal sector, expand access to justice and boost economic growth
Ex-Civil Justice Council funding review members hit out at government reform delays
One year on, review co-chair Dr John Sorabji and Nicholas Bacon KC have decried inertia over their recommendations, reports Ben Rigby
Winners announced at Luxury Law Summit Awards 2026 in London
Legal professionals from brands including Ferrari, Vivienne Westwood and Manolo Blahnik among those honoured
Junior lawyers should focus on skills that beat AI like relationship building: financial services GC Jo Nayler
Experienced financial services and insurance GC Jo Nayler discusses her career and the industry challenges impacting in-house insurance lawyers
Simmons & Simmons hires GC from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett
Emma Williams, who joins as a partner, replaces Ian Hammond in the role
Legora expands European presence with Madrid, Milan and Paris office openings
London engineering hub also to be established as firm races to meet growing European demand
Innsworth loses judicial review challenge to Mastercard settlement
Walter Merricks hails ‘total victory’ as High Court dismisses funder’s challenge to distribution of £200m settlement
McDermott continues London litigation growth with Brown Rudnick partner hire
Jessica Lee brings crypto and blockchain expertise to firm’s London disputes bench
Trio of firms guide GSK’s $10.6bn US cancer drug maker buy
Davis Polk and Slaughter and May advise GSK as Ropes & Gray counsels target Nuvalent
Kennedys tops £450m revenue as North America and APAC fuel growth
Insurance heavyweight ups revenue 9.1% as it eyes becoming a billion-dollar law firm by 2030
Rising tax compliance and complexity impacting global businesses – study
Deloitte survey shows more than eight in 10 businesses expect a greater public tax disclosure burden within the next three years
Ex-Briefed recruiter launches specialist legal recruitment agency focused on Bar, law firms
Legal sector recruitment consultant Elliott Rogers to launch EJR Recruitment this week
Linklaters, Hogan Lovells lead Ingredion’s £2.7bn Tate & Lyle buy
Linklaters acts for Tate & Lyle as Hogan Lovells counsels US-based Ingredion in deal that represents another loss for London stock market
DAC Beachcroft boosts London commercial disputes practice with Signature partner hire
Paul Brehony joins as UK firm ramps up international work with office launches and alliances across the Middle East, Asia, Australia and the Americas
High Court unveils new Business and Property Division as Chancery Division overhauled
Judge-led reform to unify group of specialist civil courts handling complex and often international litigation
Mass claims divide opinion as lawyers defend rule of law at London International Disputes Week
LIDW26’s main conference saw business and consumer representatives clash over UK class actions, while senior lawyers and policymakers called for a stronger defence of the rules-based international order