Analysis

Chambers Get In On The Salary Rush For Young Talent

By Marialuisa Taddia

While the spotlight has focused on the soaring salaries for newly qualified solicitors, top barristers' chambers in London have also begun advertising substantial compensation packages amid a talent shortage and growing demand for commercial litigation.

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Roundup

The Revolving Door: Jones Day Adds Ex-Lord Chancellor

By Max Austin

In the past week, former lord chancellor Alex Chalk KC joined Jones Day's disputes practice, Jenner & Block recruited a seasoned investigations partner from Baker McKenzie to spearhead the launch of its public law practice and Mayer Brown scored its second partner from White & Case since the start of the year. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires around the U.K.

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SFO Secures 1st UWO Against Convicted Lawyer's Ex-Wife

By Christopher Crosby

A judge ordered the ex-wife of solicitor imprisoned for defrauding investors on Friday to explain how she acquired a house in northwest England after granting the Serious Fraud Office its first-ever unexplained wealth order

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City Lawyers Group's Chief Executive To Step Down

By Ashish Sareen

The City of London Law Society said Friday that it is searching for a new chief executive to promote the interests of law firms and solicitors in the English capital's financial district as its current incumbent prepares to retire.

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Conveyancing Exec Misappropriated £110K Of Client Money

By Ashish Sareen

A former conveyancing executive has been barred from working for a law firm after she misappropriated nearly £110,000 ($133,853) of client money, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday.

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Rodl Picks Up 25-Person Warsaw Team From Hogan Lovells

By Matt Perez

Germany-based professional services firm Rödl & Partner announced Wednesday the hiring of 19 attorneys, including five new partners, from Hogan Lovells' closing Warsaw office.

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Milbank Elects 17 Attorneys As Partners

By Tracey Read

Milbank LLP has elevated 17 attorneys to partner in one of its largest new partner classes ever, the firm announced Wednesday.

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IP Group Slams UPC Verdict As Threat To In-House Counsel

By Jamie Lennox

An intellectual property group is urging the Unified Patent Court to clarify that parties' employees can act as representatives, expressing concern that a recent ruling has threatened in-house counsel's ability to appear at the court.

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Law Prof Says Litigation Over Firing Is Genuine, Not Vexatious

By Lucia Osborne-Crowley

A former professor of law at the University of Warwick defended herself on Friday against an attempt by her former employer to get a court order to stop her from bringing any further claims, saying her attempt to clear her name is genuine and not vexatious.

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

By Laura Stewart Liberty

This past week in London has seen the family of the late chairman of Leicester City FC sue a helicopter manufacturer for £2.15 billion ($2.63 billion), Vivienne Westwood bring a copyright claim against the late designer's foundation and blockchain giant Tether file a new claim in its ongoing dispute with crypto trading firm Swan Bitcoin. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Jones Day Hires Ex-Justice Secretary Alex Chalk As Partner

By Jamie Lennox

Jones Day said Friday it has hired former justice secretary Alex Chalk KC as a partner in its London office, boosting its global disputes practice with both legal and political experience.

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Simmons Taps DLA For New Antitrust Chief, MoFo For RE Pro

By Ashish Sareen

Simmons & Simmons LLP has hired DLA Piper's U.K. competition chief and an expert in international real estate transactions from Morrison Foerster LLP to boost its legal services in its London office.

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Finnegan Adds Quinn Emanuel UPC Pro In Munich

By Hanna Vioque

Finnegan Henderson Farabow Garrett & Dunner LLP has added a new IP partner to its Munich office with particular expertise in front of the nascent Unified Patent Court, marking its fifth IP partner hire.

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