A bitter clash between funder and claimant has laid bare deep tensions at the heart of collective actions in the wake of the UK’s largest collective settlement, reports Ben Rigby | 24m
Financial Services
‘Largest consumer settlement through the English courts’ brings decade-long interchange fee battle to a close | 1d
Legacy Shearman & Sterling’s London tax head Simon Letherman joins as corporate finance specialist Lerika Le Grange moves over from Taylor Wessing | 1w
Latham advises Coinbase with Willkie across the table in crypto industry’s biggest deal to date | 1w
Fashion Law is a comparative guide providing answers and insight into the law around the business of fashion in 20 jurisdictions around the world, with guidance on areas such as the effective legal protection of brands, the rules around e-commerce and marketing and how to navigate sustainability guidelines. | 1yr
Hires comes as Akin plans Chicago office launch, according to sources with knowledge of the matter | 1w
Weil’s global private funds co-head, Ed Gander, to be joined by Stephen Fox and Peter Boulle in coming weeks | 1w
Firm doubles down on European expansion strategy with new offices in Warsaw and Krakow staffed with team hired from Polish boutiques | 2w
Hires include A&O Shearman’s US head of financial services regulatory, a finance partner, two counsel and five associates | 2w
Dave Perkins moves over after nearly 20 years at Wall Street stalwart | 1mo
Alex Jupp marks US firm’s 11th lateral hire in London over past year | 1mo
China was the leading country filer for patents and designs, while US took the top spot for trademarks | 2mos
Joiners arrive from Paul Weiss, Simpson Thacher and Pillsbury | 2mos
Team led by trio of partners focuses on private equity, infrastructure, banking and finance transactions | 2mos
Paul Hastings advises seller CK Hutchison as Weil guides consortium led by BlackRock | 2mos
Finance litigation specialists join London-based boutique as cross-border finance and restructuring disputes ramp up | 2mos
Ben Rigby reports on controversial resolution of eight-year, headline-grabbing battle over credit card fees | 2mos
Five corporate and transactions partners join to open platform firm’s second US office | 2mos
Fate of claim once valued at £14bn mustn’t become blueprint for future cases if CAT regime is to succeed, argues Calunius Capital chair Leslie Perrin | 2mos
Matthew Goulding joins to launch London-based firm’s fourth US office | 2mos
Decision follows bid by claim’s funder to scupper deal struck with lead claimant Walter Merricks | 3mos
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