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Linklaters advises UK fintech Revolut on banking licence approval
PRA grants Revolut licence that will allow it to compete on the same terms as traditional high street banks
Bracewell opens in Paris with 11-lawyer energy team from Norton Rose Fulbright
Incoming team is led by Bracewell’s new Paris managing partner Anne Lapierre
Fox News Media hires Gibson Dunn partner to head up legal team
Katherine Moran Meeks joins as GC, replacing Bernard Gugar
Bird & Bird hits double-digit revenue growth again as profit and PEP move higher
Turnover rose 10.2% to €632m, marginally lower than the 10.8% increase achieved in FY23
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
TLT posts double-digit revenue increase as UK firm continues national expansion plans
Turnover jumped 12% driven by growing domestic footprint and new partner hires
Fieldfisher hires Hausfeld’s former commercial disputes head in London
John McElroy bolsters City firm’s banking litigation offering
Greyhound bus-owner Flix North America replaces GC with EnLink Midstream hire
James Bristow will succeed Tricia Martinez, who is leaving the company
Clifford Chance posts record global revenue and profit growth amid ongoing US push
Revenue rose 9% to £2.3bn, spurred by soaring turnover in US
Dentons hires new global chief executive from EY
EY’s former global vice chair Kate Barton to succeed Elliott Portnoy in November
Macfarlanes sees jump in profits, revenue after dip in 2023
UK firm also sees improvement in PEP as transactional and litigation practices perform well
Simmons PEP pushes past £1m as turnover grows 10% to £574m
PEP rises 7% to £1,076k after flatlining in FY23
Quinn Emanuel strengthens in Japan with partner hire from Nagashima Ohno
International disputes lawyer Hisaya Kimura joins the firm in Tokyo
Linklaters adds capital markets quartet in Hong Kong from Clifford Chance, Sidley Austin
Hires follow Magic Circle firm downsizing China team last year
UK Intellectual Property Office launches standard essential patent hub
Resource aims to help businesses tackle the complex licensing landscape of SEPs
A&O Shearman expands leveraged finance team with partner hire from Barclays
Filippo Crosara joins A&O Shearman’s debt finance practice in London
Lawyers celebrate 2024 South Asian Heritage Month
This year's event marks launch of South Asian Litigators Forum
UK appeals court restores status quo when assessing patentability of AI inventions
Previous decision had upended UK’s longstanding approach to assessing patentability
Post Office legal head takes ‘leave of absence’ amid Horizon IT probe
Ben Foat ‘temporarily’ steps back from duties, This Is Money reported
Nominations now open for 2025 Women & Diversity in Law Awards
Awards recognise individuals, firms and other organisations advancing the DE&I agenda in the UK
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