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DAC Beachcroft makes double partner hire from Clyde & Co in London and Manchester
Arrival of former senior Berrymans Lace Mawer duo boosts professional risk and corporate insurance teams
Womble Bond Dickinson adds 20-strong team from Nashville firm Neal & Harwell
Incoming group includes 15 partners, the majority specialising in litigation
UK Supreme Court sides with banks in multi-billion-pound motor finance litigation, but ruling is ‘no clean sweep’
Court of Appeal finding that commissions paid by banks to motor dealers were unlawful is overturned – but some commission arrangements are deemed unfair
Latham & Watkins hires ‘formidable’ antitrust litigator from Cravath in New York
David Marriott is the latest in a series of partner hires in Latham’s antitrust practice this year
Paul Hastings’ London co-chair exits for Linklaters
Mei Lian joins Linklaters’ corporate and structured lending practice in London
UK seeks to modernise arbitration as new legislation comes into force
Arbitration Act 2025 will apply to all arbitration proceedings commencing from today
Weil hires IP partner trio from Latham & Watkins to strengthen tech litigation bench
Doug Lumish and Jeff Homrig return to Weil to co-head its IP, technology and science litigation practice
UK Supreme Court upholds Russia sanctions in landmark ruling
Court dismisses two appeals to overturn sanctions, setting precedent for proportionality in sanctions cases
A&O Shearman, Slaughter and May guide Brookfield’s £2.4bn Just Group acquisition
A&O Shearman reps Brookfield in deal that deepens Canadian investment giant’s push into UK pension risk transfer market
Wachtell, Latham, Arnold & Porter advise on Palo Alto Networks’ $25bn CyberArk deal
Transaction is latest cybersecurity megadeal, following Alphabet’s acquisition of Wiz earlier in the year
Deutsche Bank lines up Freshfields’ European white-collar crime head as next GC
Simone Kämpfer will replace Friederike Rotsch in September
Penningtons Manches reappoints CEO, grows revenue to £120m
Helen Drayton re-elected unopposed following UK firm’s 16th consecutive year of growth
Quinn Emanuel launches first BigLaw arts foundation
An outgrowth of the firm’s artist-in-residence programme, the foundation supports early and mid-career artists
Simmons & Simmons sees revenue increase to £615m as PEP exceeds £1m
Latest results continue long-term growth trend, with profits increasing more than 70% in five years
Osborne Clarke posts record revenue as international business continues to grow
Overall revenue hit €547.5m while UK business saw PEP push through £800k for the first time