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London Court of International Arbitration names new president
Maxi Scherer becomes third woman president in succession, replacing Paula Hodges KC
Travers Smith and Foley & Lardner among firms advising on Steve Madden’s Kurt Geiger acquisition
Steve Madden pays £289m in cash to acquire luxury UK brand Kurt Geiger from PE firm Cinven
Linklaters hires CMA litigation chief in London
Jessica Radke latest in string of senior disputes hires for Magic Circle firm in UK and US
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
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
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
Cadwalader hits Reed Smith, Ashurst for London fund finance trio
US firm restocks London finance bench following team exit for King & Spalding last year
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
Norton Rose Fulbright ups NQ pay in London to £135k
Rise of 12.5% brings firm in line with Hogan Lovells, Herbert Smith Freehills
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
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
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
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
Slaughter and May names successor to first managing partner Finkler
Slaughters lifer David Johnson to take over from Deborah Finkler in August
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
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
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
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
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
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