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‘A big moment’ – car shipping cartel claim delivers first opt-out class action settlement
All eyes on Competition Appeals Tribunal as it prepares to consider £1.5m deal with one of five shipping line defendants
Pinsent Masons adds partner trio in Germany from Dentons in Europe growth push
Public sector and EU law duo join in Dusseldorf alongside corporate partner and team of associates
Linklaters, Herbert Smith Freehills called in for Metro Bank rescue
Deal sees HSF client Spaldy Investments become embattled high street bank’s majority shareholder
Stephenson Harwood hires Walker Morris’s head of competition
London firm cites rise of UK competition disputes as it adds additional firepower to team
Fountain Court elects new head of chambers
Richard Handyside KC succeeds Bankim Thanki KC at top London set
Around the house: AIG hires former Stripe CLO, Guardian newspaper’s US arm gets first GC
This week’s roundup of top in-house moves also includes appointments at Africa Oil, Stax Payments, BioMed Realty and Transport for London
BonelliErede names new chairman and managing partner
Duo set to take over in January as firm puts new five-year plan into action
Freshfields secures Travers Smith’s head of environment in ESG drive
Arrival of Doug Bryden in London follows 2022 hire of academic as head of client sustainability and environment
Japanese heavyweight Anderson Mori debuts in Brussels
Tokyo-based firm follows up 2022’s London launch with new base offering Japanese law advice to clients across Europe
UK companies lack managers who are trained to handle whistleblowing, survey finds
Freshfields says companies need to review whistleblowing training and policies in a world of hybrid work
Spencer West adds 19-strong team from shuttered Axiom Ince in private wealth push
Fee-sharing firm also acquires London boutique Hieron and adds team from Selig + Partners
Speakers from Liverpool FC, Amazon, Mattel, Philip Morris to feature at Anti-Counterfeiting World Law Summit
Join brand protection managers, law enforcement and technology innovators on 18 October to share best practice in the fight against counterfeits
Sullivan & Cromwell hangs on to number one spot in global M&A legal advisor rankings
US firm topped ranking by deal value, narrowly ahead of Kirkland & Ellis and Davis Polk & Wardwell, according to Refinitiv
TikTok’s Oliver Walsh joins Rouse’s IP enforcement team
Rouse beefs up its intellectual property enforcement team with two new appointments in response to client need amid the changing anti-counterfeiting landscape
Considerations for a laptop deployment project revisited
As hybrid working becomes more entrenched, laptops are being preferred to traditional desktop PCs, writes 3Kites’ Jon Howells