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WE Soda calls in Latham as it plots first big ticket London listing in 2023
Soda ash producer is planning to raise at least $800m from listing on the London Stock Exchange
Recent arbitral award challenges underscore high bar for overturning tribunal decisions
Serle Court’s Jennifer Haywood examines a series of recent cases that have tried – and failed – to challenge an award under section 68 of the English Arbitration Act
Kirkland, Latham and Skadden check in for Asda’s £2.3bn acquisition of EG petrol chain arm
Addleshaw Goddard and Allen & Overy also act in deal to create retail group with £30bn combined revenue
Can ‘honest concurrent use’ offer a viable defence to a besieged brand?
Fladgate senior associate Ben Milloy examines the recent trademark tussle between dating apps Match and Muzmatch
How law firms are developing client-facing knowledge initiatives
3Kites’ Jenni Tellyn and Melanie Farquharson discuss the latest trends in knowledge management
The elite Wall Street legal teams advising on the blockbuster A&O Shearman merger
John Malpas explores the thinking behind the appointment of Davis Polk and Simpson Thacher to advise on the planned A&O/Shearman tie-up
BCLP cuts 47 global business services roles
Move sees transatlantic firm join the likes of Cooley, Goodwin Procter and Dechert in laying off staff
French heavyweight Gide forms patent litigation partnership with IP specialist Regimbeau
Move comes ahead of launch of EU’s Unified Patent Court on 1 June and amid increasing complexity of national proceedings
4 Pump Court secures 3 Hare Court's ex-head in rare top-level commercial Bar lateral
Simon Davenport KC joins the leading commercial set to grow its fraud, insolvency and offshore work
England & Wales law society unveils seasoned regulator as new board chair
Amerdeep Somal's portfolio of roles include financial services Complaints Commissioner and immigration judge
Bar Council elects 4 Paper Buildings’ joint head of chambers as first Black vice chair
Barbara Mills will assume the role next year, paving the way to become the first Black chair in 2025
Ashurst signs up four-partner Shearman international energy team
Team move across UK and Asia comes hot on the heels of news of Shearman’s planned merger with Allen & Overy
Van Bael & Bellis launches London international trade team with hires from Crowell & Moring, Ashurst
Brussels-based independent launches new practice amid “unprecedented growth in EU and UK sanctions and export control legislation”
‘Opportunistic and strategic’ – Allen & Overy’s bold move to crack the lucrative US market
For the first time in decades the four international UK Magic Circle firms will no longer be marching in strategic tandem, reports John Malpas
Quinn Emanuel launches contentious IP practice in London with Pinsent Masons hire
Specialist disputes firm ‘fires the starting gun’ on building London IP ligation work with recruitment of David Lancaster