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Legal Services Board moves to sanction SRA for oversight failures in SSB collapse
LSB review conducted by Carson McDowell concludes that the SRA ‘did not act effectively or efficiently’
London Arbitration Week launches programme
Inaugural event aims to foster collaboration and innovation in international arbitration, as LIDW announces its 2026 theme
Life in the law 2025: A wake-up call
Law firm leaders have a critical role to play in supporting lawyer wellbeing and ensuring a career in the law remains a sustainable option, writes LawCare’s Elizabeth Rimmer
White & Case makes double partner hire from Paul Hastings to boost London tax practice
Arun Birla and Jiten Tank bring decades of joint experience on transactional tax matters
Mazur judgment triggers LSB intervention over guidance on rights to conduct litigation
Legal Services Board meets with regulators after judgment throws legal executives’ ability to conduct litigation into doubt
Carmakers defend dieselgate litigation as High Court case begins
Lawsuit brought on behalf of 1.6 million claimants against five leading carmakers could be worth up to £6bn
Milbank adds Paul Hastings partner duo for European real estate finance launch
Miles Flynn and Rehan Hanif join as part of broader infrastructure push by Milbank in London
World Mental Health Day prompts calls for cultural shift amid research highlighting lawyers’ poor mental health
Nearly 60% of lawyers report poor wellbeing as leaders urge profession to confront stigma and long working hours
Trio of firms guide Carlyle’s €7.7bn acquisition of majority stake in BASF’s coating unit
Freshfields acts for Germany’s BASF as Milbank and Latham counsel Carlyle
HSF Kramer builds in Milan with hire of senior banking partner from BonelliErede
Emanuela Da Rin joins with four-strong team as BonelliErede announces hire of partner trio from rival Gatti Pavesi
Law Society president outlines lawyer welfare and inclusion priorities in inauguration speech
Mark Evans takes office as the third Welsh president of the Law Society of England and Wales
Investors using media to pressurise states into paying $83bn of unpaid arbitral debts, report finds
Investor-state disputes ‘generate far more media coverage than might be expected from confidential proceedings’, according to Thorndon Partners
Latham, Linklaters advise on Verisure’s €13.7bn record-breaking IPO
Latham says deal is the largest European private-equity backed listing on record
Tesco hires BT lawyer as GC of its UK and Ireland business
Jeff Langlands arrives after almost two decades at BT Group
UK law firms lead responsible business index as US firms slide – study
Clyde & Co, DWF, Pinsent Masons, Simmons & Simmons and Taylor Wessing top list published by Lamp House and Chambers