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Paul Hastings snaps up two Latham partners in London
Investigations and litigation team boosted by arrival of Stuart Alford KC and Oliver Browne
Simpson Thacher names first woman to lead London office
Wheatly MacNamara to succeed Jason Glover as managing partner of 200-lawyer office in October
Jones Day called in as Body Shop’s UK business goes into administration
Team led by London restructuring partner David Harding working with administrators FRP on possible rescue
Boosting investment in Black and minority ethnic businesses
More work needs to be done to ensure Black and minority ethnic entrepreneurs can access funding, writes Hogan Lovells counsel Fenella Chambers
Hogan Lovells rings in record results as turnover hits $2.68bn
PEP jumps 20% to $2.74m as transatlantic firm marks return to growth after revenue and profit dips in FY22
UK legal regulators urged to prioritise policing of ethics in response to Post Office scandal
Legal ethics academic Richard Moorhead highlights risks posed by culture of ‘adversarial partisanship’ and ‘excessive zeal’ in profession
Lady Chief Justice to headline London International Disputes Week
Conference organisers announce expanded agenda ahead of five-day event in June
Freshfields and Hogan Lovells advise on Barclays’ £600m Tesco Bank deal
Tesco to unload credit card, loan businesses to Barclays, with the two companies also entering into a 10-year distribution deal
What happens to UK pensions following a high-net-worth divorce?
Freeths’ Antonia Williamson delves into the complexities of post-marital pension sharing
Gateley and Fidal target African disputes with senior arbitration hires
Perenami Momodu joins Gateley from Aelex Legal, while Manuel Tomas joins Fidal from Foley Hoag
Simpson Thacher raids Skadden for London disputes partner
David Edwards to co-lead European disputes practice alongside Tyler Robinson
Nokia and China’s Vivo settle international patent dispute with 5G cross-licensing deal
Finnish telecoms equipment maker secures sixth 5G deal in 13 months as smartphone licence renewal cycle draws to a close
How much supplier due diligence is enough for a major system procurement?
Firms should consider using project-specific RfPs when evaluating potential IT suppliers, write 3Kite’s Paul Longhurst and Kemp IT Law’s Richard Kemp
Hill Dickinson adds Irwin Mitchell corporate team for Birmingham debut
Move sees UK firm mark second office launch in less than a month
Mishcon acquires majority stake in group actions management business
Co-founders of Brazil-based Somos become equity partners as City firm moves to take on bigger cases
Get to know the finalists for Woman of the Year at the Women and Diversity in Law Awards – part four
Ahead of the Women & Diversity in Law Awards in March, we profile the shortlisted contenders for the prestigious Woman of the Year Award
Paul Weiss raids Linklaters again in London for M&A partner
Dan Schuster-Woldan joins as head of European public M&A
Majority of global CLOs see in-house budgets shrink, workloads increase, ACC survey shows
Pressure to do more with less is increasing focus on operational efficiency and tech
Gowling WLG names asset management head next UK chair
Emma Pioli to succeed incumbent Andy Stylianou in May
AI inventorship – a victory for common sense (for now)
Dabus AI case confirms that only humans can legally be recognised as inventors, avoiding any potential IP ownership issues, writes Withers & Rogers partner Diego Black