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  • December 18, 2024

    Herbert Smith Freehills Brings Back Senior Regulation Pro

    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has rehired a heavyweight former partner as a consultant to its global financial services regulatory team in London, as the firm looks to draw upon his longstanding economic expertise and experience representing both sides in the sector.

  • December 18, 2024

    Simpson Thacher Hires 2 Leveraged Finance Pros From Sidley

    Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP said on Wednesday that it has hired two leveraged finance lawyers from Sidley Austin LLP as competition for talent in London looks set to continue into 2025.

  • December 18, 2024

    PE-Backed Legal Group Trebles Revenue To £47M In Last Year

    A private equity-backed legal services business has said that its revenue trebled to £47 million ($60 million) in the last financial year after it made a string of law firm acquisitions.

  • December 18, 2024

    Kennedys Elects Financial Lines Pro As New Senior Partner

    Kennedys named on Wednesday a financial lines expert as its new senior partner to replace Nick Thomas, who is stepping down from the role after 27 years.

  • December 18, 2024

    Lawyer Success Fees Can't Form Part Of Inheritance Claims

    Success fees paid to lawyers in a "no win, no fee" agreement cannot be recovered as part of an award for maintenance in a claim against the estate of a dead person, Britain's highest court ruled on Wednesday.

  • December 17, 2024

    Bonuses At Susman Godfrey, Other Boutiques Top Milbank's

    Susman Godfrey LLP, Pallas Partners, Yetter Coleman LLP and other litigation boutiques are offering associates bonuses exceeding the market scale set by BigLaw firms this year.

  • December 17, 2024

    Trinity International Adds Tax Expert To Paris Office

    Trinity International LLP announced the addition of an experienced tax attorney from Dentons to serve as a partner in its Paris office.

  • December 17, 2024

    DWF Hires Polish Team From Hogan Lovells' Warsaw Office

    DWF Group LLP said Tuesday that it had taken on three prominent Polish partners from Hogan Lovells' closing Warsaw office, bolstering its presence in Poland.

  • December 17, 2024

    Clifford Chance Appoints New Managing Partner In London

    Clifford Chance LLP said Tuesday that it has appointed a new office managing partner for London who will also be co-regional managing partner for its Continental European division as the firm continues its efforts to integrate its U.K. and European businesses.

  • December 17, 2024

    MI5 Wins Case Against Lawyer Accused Of Being Chinese Spy

    A solicitor accused of being a Chinese spy has lost her legal challenge against MI5, after a tribunal found Tuesday that the U.K. security service acted lawfully when it warned parliamentarians that she was trying to interfere with the political process.

  • December 17, 2024

    Osborne Clarke Pro Denies Trying To Block Zahawi Scrutiny

    A partner with Osborne Clarke LLP who represented Nadhim Zahawi has denied trying to prevent the former Conservative chancellor from facing scrutiny over his tax affairs by sending an allegedly threatening letter to a blogger, as he testified at a disciplinary tribunal on Tuesday.

  • December 17, 2024

    Quinn Emanuel Taps 2 London Partners In Global Promotions

    Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP has named 11 new partners in its latest round of promotions, with two in the British capital.

  • December 17, 2024

    DAC Beachcroft Debuts In US With LA, NYC Offices

    DAC Beachcroft LLP said Tuesday that it is entering the U.S. market by opening offices in New York City and Los Angeles, as the insurance specialist continues its global expansion.

  • December 16, 2024

    How Sidley Helps Women In Africa Access Higher Education

    Countless generations of women in Africa have never had the chance to benefit from higher education, but lawyers at Sidley Austin LLP are working to change that.

  • December 16, 2024

    Solicitors Struck Off Over Fake Land Registry Filing

    Two solicitors have been struck off the roll and ordered to pay £70,000 ($88,818) for breaching Solicitors Regulation Authority integrity rules, after they knowingly registered properties in the names of fake people.

  • December 16, 2024

    Sidley Adds Leading Tech Pro In London

    Sidley Austin LLP said Monday that it has hired a leading tech lawyer from rival CMS as the Chicago-based law firm continues its expansion in the London market.

  • December 16, 2024

    Post Office 'Hasn't Changed' Despite Scandal, Lawyers Say

    The attitude of the Post Office has not been reformed from the "corporate psychopathy" its lawyers exhibited throughout the Horizon IT scandal, a barrister representing former postmasters told the three-year-long inquiry in closing submissions on Monday.

  • December 16, 2024

    Osborne Clarke Pro Accused Of 'Abusive' SLAPP Threat

    An Osborne Clarke LLP partner who represented Nadhim Zahawi faced a disciplinary tribunal on Monday over allegations that he sent an intimidatory letter in an attempt to silence a critic who was investigating the former Conservative chancellor's tax affairs.

  • December 13, 2024

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen a group of franchise operators hit Vodafone with a £120 million ($151 million) claim for allegedly imposing commission cuts, green energy tycoon Dale Vince pursue another libel action against the publisher of the Daily Mail, and parcel delivery giant Yodel face a claim by an investor that helped save it from collapse earlier in the year.

  • December 13, 2024

    Real Estate Partner Struck Off For Dishonesty

    A former real estate partner at a London law firm has been banned from practicing as a solicitor after he admitted that he falsified a document to conceal his failure to respond to a legal notice within a statutory deadline, a judgment from the solicitors' watchdog revealed Friday.

  • December 13, 2024

    Restructuring Hires Rise In UK Despite Dip In Insolvencies

    The recent rise in lateral recruitment of restructuring partners points to a shift toward an anticipation by law firms of their clients' needs amid escalating costs and geopolitical tensions, even though official U.K. insolvency statistics still do not confirm the fears of some analysts in the sector.

  • December 13, 2024

    UK Legal Sector Revenue Exceeded £5B In October

    The U.K.'s legal industry pulled in revenue of more than £5 billion ($6.3 billion) in October, government statistics showed on Friday, showing growth against a backdrop of lackluster performance in the wider economy.

  • December 13, 2024

    Eversheds Ireland In Talks To Merge With William Fry

    Eversheds Sutherland said Friday that its Irish offices are in early discussions to merge with Dublin-based law firm William Fry LLP, the latest indication that large law firms are continuing to reassess their international office needs.

  • December 12, 2024

    Judgment Debts Can't Offset Pro Bono Cost Orders Says CoA

    A London appeals court on Thursday ordered a litigation financing company to pay a legal aid fundraising charity £85,000 ($108,000), concluding that pro bono costs orders cannot be set off by outstanding judgment debts owed by a party with pro bono counsel.

  • December 12, 2024

    HSF Removes Partner Over 'Deeply Offensive' Tweet

    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Thursday that it has removed an Australian corporate lawyer from its partnership over "a deeply offensive" post that prompted the law firm to reiterate support for its Jewish network leaders.

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