Pulse UK

  • July 30, 2025

    Watson Farley Atty Will Lead Seward & Kissel Transpo Team

    An 18-year veteran of London-headquartered Watson Farley & Williams LLP, who worked with that firm's New York asset and structured finance group, has moved her practice to Seward & Kissel LLP, where she'll lead its transportation finance team, according to a Tuesday announcement.

  • July 30, 2025

    Spencer West Partner Rebuked After Drink-Driving Conviction

    A lawyer at Spencer West LLP has been reprimanded after he was convicted for driving a motor vehicle while he had an excess amount of alcohol in his system, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Wednesday.

  • July 30, 2025

    Slater ANd Gordon Swings To Profit Despite Revenue Drop

    Slater and Gordon Ltd. has swung back to recording a pretax profit even though revenue declined as it manages costs and repositions to focus on higher-value and more complex legal services.

  • July 30, 2025

    BigLaw Firms Ordered To Explain Leak Of PrivatBank Decision

    Law firms including Hogan Lovells and Fieldfisher LLP will be required to provide witness statements after the High Court judge overseeing the long-running PrivatBank fraud case revealed on Wednesday that his judgment had apparently been leaked.

  • July 30, 2025

    Pharma Tech Co. Diaceutics Hires Former Sandoz Atty As GC

    Pharmaceutical technology company Diaceutics PLC has hired a lawyer with in-house experience at Sandoz and Novartis as its general counsel.

  • July 30, 2025

    Burness Paull Posts £94M Revenue Amid Growth Across Firm

    Scottish law firm Burness Paull LLP has posted revenue of around £94 million ($125.4 million) amid growth across its key practice areas.

  • July 29, 2025

    Oft-Penalized Deutsche Bank Finds New GC From Freshfields

    Deutsche Bank AG on Tuesday said a senior partner at Freshfields LLP who specializes in corporate criminal defense will become its new general counsel on Sept. 15.

  • July 29, 2025

    Solicitor Denies Antisemitic Intent With Offensive Tweets

    A solicitor told a disciplinary tribunal Tuesday that he did not intend any of his social media posts to be antisemitic, arguing that although his posts were admittedly "offensive" and "childish" he intended only to criticize the state of Israel.

  • July 29, 2025

    SRA Fines Law Firms For Not Doing AML Reviews On Clients

    The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a London law firm £114,000 ($152,000) and agreed on a £25,000 penalty for a regional firm over failures to carry out money laundering risk assessments on their clients.

  • July 29, 2025

    Osborne Clarke's UK Revenue Tops £250M For 1st Time

    Osborne Clarke LLP said Tuesday that its U.K. business has posted record-breaking revenue of more than £250 million ($333 million) for the financial year ending in April while profits in Britain have also scaled new heights.

  • July 29, 2025

    Gateley Appoints Ex-Cleary Partner To Board Of Directors

    Gateley PLC has said that it has appointed a former Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP litigator and an ex-executive at Morgan Stanley and Google to its board of directors, as part of the firm's broader growth strategy.

  • July 29, 2025

    Law Firm Wins Appeal To Nix Ex-Solicitor's Commission

    A law firm won its appeal on Tuesday against a ruling that it owes a former solicitor unpaid commission, as an appeals tribunal found there was no chance he would have exceeded his billing targets once the involvement of partners and trainees in his work was considered.

  • July 29, 2025

    Labour Settles Defamation Case Over Antisemitism Report

    The Labour Party has agreed to compensate a former councilor and a group of ex-employees following the leak of a defamatory report on how the party's internal disciplinary body mishandled allegations of antisemitism, a lawyer for the individuals said Tuesday.

  • July 29, 2025

    Sara Cockerill Named New Deputy Head Of Civil Justice

    The Courts and Tribunals Judiciary said Tuesday that Justice Sara Cockerill has been appointed to serve as the new deputy head of civil justice, a position she will fill for three years when she is promoted to the Court of Appeal.

  • July 29, 2025

    Travers Smith Boosts NQ Pay To £130K As Pay Hikes Continue

    Travers Smith LLP said Tuesday that it has increased base salaries for newly qualified lawyers to £130,000 ($173,000) as Mishcon de Reya LLP and Stephenson Harwood LLP also hiked pay for new solicitors.

  • July 28, 2025

    Travers Smith To Lose Leveraged Finance Head To Goodwin

    Goodwin Procter LLP said Monday that it has hired Travers Smith's head of leveraged finance to strengthen its growing private equity practice in London.

  • July 28, 2025

    Simmons & Simmons Says AI Key Factor In £615M Revenue

    Simmons & Simmons LLP on Monday announced revenue of £615 million ($823 million) for the past financial year, citing its lawyers' use of artificial intelligence as a notable factor in its growth.

  • July 28, 2025

    Ex-Ashurst, Eversheds Lawyer Barred For Child Sex Offenses

    A former lawyer at Ashurst LLP and Eversheds Sutherland has been banned from practicing as a solicitor after he was convicted by a criminal court of committing child sexual offenses, a tribunal in London has said.

  • July 28, 2025

    Leicester Atty Suspended For Filing 'Meritless' Lawsuits

    A disciplinary tribunal has said it suspended a partner at Leicester-based firm Deals & Disputes Solicitors LLP for a year after finding he submitted multiple "meritless" applications.

  • July 28, 2025

    Ex-Solicitor Loses Appeal Over £175K Client Fund Transfers

    A former solicitor failed on Monday to overturn a decision to strike him from the profession for moving more than £175,000 ($235,000) from his firm's client account into its office account after a suspected arson attack on its premises devastated its profits.

  • July 28, 2025

    Ex-Capsticks Partner Barred For Misleading Client On Costs

    A former housing partner at Capsticks Solicitors LLP has been banned from practicing as a solicitor after he failed to provide complete and accurate information to a client about its liability to pay costs and interest after he missed a court deadline.

  • July 28, 2025

    Ward Hadaway Expands By Acquiring Teesside Law Firm

    Ward Hadaway said Monday it has bought commercial law firm Endeavour Partnership to grow its revenue and presence in the northeast of England.

  • July 28, 2025

    SocGen Settles €140M Clifford Chance Negligence Claim

    Société Générale SA and Clifford Chance LLP have settled their €140 million ($163.3 million) dispute over the bank's allegations that the law firm gave negligent advice that caused its claim in a multimillion-dollar dispute over gold bullion to be struck out as an abuse of process.

  • July 25, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen the owner of a £6 million ($8 million) mansion once rented by Adele sue real estate consultants Strutt & Parker, Romanian-Australian mining investor Vasile Frank Timis bring a claim against reputation and privacy firm Schillings, and a Chinese businessman bring a legal action against his former lawyer over an alleged £12.5 million mortgage fraud.

  • July 25, 2025

    Ex-RAF Officer Wins Bid To Pursue Sex Discrimination Claims

    A former Royal Air Force officer who alleges a commodore told her he could "feel the emotion" after she raised a complaint can continue to pursue her sex discrimination claims against her former employer, according to an Employment Tribunal judgment published Friday.

Expert Analysis

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    Practice Leader Insights: Travers Smith's Louisa Chambers

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    Louisa Chambers, head of technology and commercial transactions at Travers Smith, discusses the challenges of working on a series of deals under time pressure, why data subject access requests can be a disproportionate burden on businesses, and how a career in technology and intellectual property will suit a lawyer with energy and creativity.

  • Practice Leader Insights From Bristows' Gareth Wadley

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    Gareth Wadley, head of the employment and immigration team at Bristows, discusses the challenges of resolving disputes where compensation is not the primary driver, why employment status law needs to better reflect the realities of modern work, and how neurodiversity is reshaping the workforce in a positive way.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Linklaters' Julia Schönbohm

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    Julia Schönbohm, global head of technology, media and telecommunications and intellectual property at Linklaters, discusses the challenges of deciding patent validity in complex litigation cases, why the enforcement of standard essential patents is an area in need of reform, and how the advent of the Unified Patent Court is having a significant impact on patent litigation in Europe.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Walker Morris' Andrew Rayment

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    Andrew Rayment, head of employment at Walker Morris, discusses the challenges of dismissing employees at a coal mine, how the proposed employment law reforms could create logistical burdens for businesses, and why prioritizing effectively is key for a lawyer.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Kennedys' Matthew Poli

    Matthew Poli, head of Kennedys' corporate M&A transactions team, discusses the challenges of rushing to close transactions ahead of possible budgetary changes, why reform is needed in the way a company's statutory books can be altered at Companies House, and that client service needs to be a lawyer's watchword.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Broadfield's Caroline Yarrow

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    Caroline Yarrow, head of Broadfield's employment practice, discusses the challenges of analyzing huge volumes of data in a service provider transfer of 2,000 employees, why the employment tribunal system needs urgent review, and why being pragmatic and commercial when giving advice is important.

  • 8 Ways Law Firms Can Prepare For SRA's AML Offensive

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    The Solicitors Regulation Authority’s recent plans to intensify anti-money laundering enforcement means firms need to concentrate on strengthening client matter risk assessments, policies and procedures, source of funds checks and firmwide risk assessments, says Harriet Holmes at Thirdfort.

  • How Fostering Well-Being Can Drive Law Firm Profitability

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    To counter the common assumption that prioritizing lawyer’s well-being damages profitability, firms should look at the role itself and build strategies to reduce stress, especially with the current focus on delivering more billable hours in light of artificial intelligence tools creating new capacity, says Charlotte Clegg at The Mindful Business Charter.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Bristows' Robert Burrows

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    Robert Burrows, joint head of patent litigation at Bristows, discusses the challenges of remote working when preparing cases, the need for reform in respect of second medical use patents, and whether recent European Union court decisions could mark the beginning of a shift in European litigation practice.

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    Practice Leader Insights: Farrer & Co.'s Kathleen Heycock

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    Kathleen Heycock, leader of the employment practice at Farrer & Co., discusses why challenging cases foster a sense of achievement, how an increase in workplace investigations has affected her practice, and the importance of emotional intelligence when working on both positive and negative employment matters.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Morgan Lewis' Timothy Corbett

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    Timothy Corbett, leader of Morgan Lewis' London corporate and business transactions practice, discusses the challenges of divesting a company of its Russia operations under wartime conditions, the need to align regional regulatory approaches to artificial intelligence across global businesses, and why junior lawyers should develop an area of special interest.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Covington's Gregor Frizzell

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    Gregor Frizzell, head of the EMEA corporate group and vice chair of the global corporate practice at Covington, discusses the creative challenges of merger and acquisition document provisions, how modernizing the archaic stamp duty regime would be welcomed by tax lawyers, and the guidance offered by a recent case on the interpretation of material adverse clauses.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Farrer & Co.'s Simon Ward

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    Simon Ward, leader of the private capital practice at Farrer & Co., discusses the challenges of coordinating an acquisition with lawyers from other practice areas, why finding ways to connect education institutions to regulators and decision-makers would be a positive shift, and why young lawyers should get involved in the business world early on.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Morgan Lewis' Nick Bolter

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    Nick Bolter, leader of the London intellectual property practice at Morgan Lewis, discusses the challenges of acting in disputes where the other party is a lay person representing themselves, the need to refocus trademark law on consumer protection, and why IP is a challenging area of law.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Mayer Brown's James West

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    James West, co-leader of Mayer Brown's private equity practice, discusses the challenges of conducting complex deals at pace, the benefits of maintaining a relatively light regulatory framework in the private equity arena, and why the current economic climate has led to a need for the industry to be more flexible in its approach to dealmaking.

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