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UK disputes firm Seladore Legal recruits ex-HSF lawyer for Singapore debut

Liang-Ying Tan is seventh partner to join Seladore, all of whom previously worked at HSF

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Kennedys hires leading Paris arbitration partner from Hogan Lovells

Thomas Kendra brings emerging markets expertise to his new firm notably through his Africa work

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DIAC heralds modernisation programme as cases and diversity grow

Annual report records 4.4% increase in cases in 2023 as dust settles on sweeping reform programme

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Paris Arbitration Week reshuffles leadership, elects three new board members

White & Case lawyer among those appointed to board of landmark arbitration event

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Skadden adds Asia disputes head from Sidley

Friven Yeoh joins having co-led Sidley’s global arbitration, trade and advocacy group

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Howard Kennedy bolsters disputes bench with hires from Paul Hastings, Mishcon de Reya

Contentious insolvency lawyer Crispin Daly and international arbitration specialist Heidrun Walsh join London firm as partners

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Greenberg Traurig adds senior arbitration partner in Dubai from Clyde & Co

Nassif BouMalhab joins US firm having led Clyde’s Middle East arbitration group

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Arbitration barrister Baloch exits 3 Verulam Buildings for Essex Court

Experienced senior junior swaps sets in rare lateral move between commercial chambers

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Greenberg Traurig adds arbitration partner trio in London from Pinsent Masons

Pinsents' former international arbitration co-head Jason Hambury joins with Gurmukh Riyat and Clea Bigelow-Nuttall

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Prominent arbitration lawyers launch new boutique in Europe

WilmerHale’s Maxi Scherer and Niuscha Bassiri of Hanotiau & van den Berg team up for ArbBoutique

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Eversheds adds ex-Quinn Emanuel partner, Freshfields partner to London disputes bench

Former Quinn Emanuel UK competition co-head joins transatlantic firm alongside Freshfields’ Japan head of disputes

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Former ICSID secretary general launches disputes boutique with Steptoe veteran

Meg Kinnear joins forces with former Steptoe & Johnson partner Lucinda Low for new DC firm

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Singapore Convention Week stresses ‘dialogue and innovation’

Singapore’s law minister praises multilateralism and warns of ‘much more challenging outlook for businesses and lawyers’

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Leading 39 Essex Chambers silk departs for new specialist arbitrator set

Former HSF partner David Brynmor Thomas KC has joined Newmans Row, which launched in March

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ICC reappoints van Leeuwen as chair of influential Arbitration Commission

Melanie van Leeuwen, a Paris-based arbitration partner with Derains & Gharavi, will serve a second term as chair of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR

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Arbitration Bill back on UK legislative agenda, government confirms in King’s Speech

Legal practitioners welcome efforts to reform the Arbitration Act 1996, but rue missed opportunity to bring back Litigation Funding Bill

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Quinn Emanuel sets up shop in Singapore

Office led by partner Duncan Watson KC recognises city-state’s arbitration prowess

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ICC reappoints Claudia Salomon as president for second term

Salomon became the first women president of the court back in 2021

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