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  Ex-Rosenblatt Firm Argues VC Co. Can't Dodge £6M Legal Bill

  By William Janes

  Winros Partnership, formerly known as Rosenblatt Solicitors, told a London court Monday that a venture capital f...(read more)

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  UK LLPs Face Reduced NICs, But Equity Partners Still At Risk

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves has reportedly scaled back plans to impose National Insurance contribu...(read more)

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• Barristers Report Better Wellbeing But Gaps Persist

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Bar Council said Monday that more work needs to be done amid lower levels of wellbeing among younger barristers and women, as well as those working in criminal and family law. 

• Paul Hastings Hires Weil, Cadwalader Pros For Tax Expansion

  By Ashish Sareen

  Paul Hastings LLP said Monday that it has hired two new partners from Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP in London as it looks to build a tax team to support its growing transactional practices.

• The Revolving Door: Eversheds, Paul Hastings Make Big Hires

  By Ashish Sareen

  Over the past week, Eversheds Sutherland recruited three new partners from DLA Piper to boost its transactional risk insurance and construction practices, Paul Hastings LLP added a structured finance specialist from Ashurst LLP and Charles Russell Speechlys LLP hired a tax expert from Clifford Chance LLP. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires around the U.K.

• Gov't Floats FCA Powers To Punish Lawyers For AML Lapses

  By Christopher Crosby

  The U.K. government has said it intends to give the Financial Conduct Authority broad powers to enforce anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism regulations against the legal sector, including the ability to issue fines and bans mirroring those imposed against financial firms.

• AI Platform Legora Launches Portal To Ease Firm-Client Work

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Swedish legal AI platform Legora said Friday it is developing a document portal that lets lawyers and clients work together in a secure workspace that avoids "inefficient" email chains with a roll-out date expected in early 2026.

• Akin's London Chief Leaves For GC Spot At Dubai Tech Biz

  By Ashish Sareen

  Digital technology provider Veon Ltd. said Thursday that it has hired Sebastian Rice as general counsel, where he will take on a new role after spending the past 24 years at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP.

• City Firms Lead Profit Growth As Regional Firms See Decline

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  The financial gap between City and regional law firms is widening, with big players seeing their partner profit pools surge more than 12% in financial years ending in early 2025 while regional firms saw declines of more than 10%, according to a new report published Thursday.

• Historic England Picks 3 Law Firms For Legal Panel

  By Ashish Sareen

  Bevan Brittan LLP, Trowers & Hamlins LLP and Womble Bond Dickinson have all secured places on the legal panel of Historic England, a public body responsible for protecting and promoting the country's heritage.

• Fieldfisher To Merge With Regan Wall To Boost Irish Presence

  By Ashish Sareen

  Fieldfisher LLP said Wednesday that it is merging with boutique law firm Regan Wall LLP, a move to boost its services in the corporate market in Ireland as it continues its expansion in Europe.

• Proposed Tax Reform Could Spur UK Law Firm Consolidation

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Facing a new tax on limited liability partnership members, U.K. law firms are weighing alternative structures in a shift experts say could accelerate consolidation across the sector and spur U.S. firms to reconsider their local setups.

• Ex-Slaughter & May Lawyer Banned For Lying In Pupillage Bid

  By Jamie Lennox

  A disciplinary tribunal has struck off a former Slaughter and May associate after he admitted to telling a host of lies in his attempt to secure a pupillage within a prominent central London barristers' chambers.

• Carter-Ruck Invokes Privilege In Legal Bid To Stop SRA Case

  By Sophia Dourou

  Carter-Ruck has asked the High Court to block the Solicitors Regulation Authority from investigating it for allegedly using abusive tactics against a politician during a failed libel claim brought by a client who is a donor to the Conservative Party.