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February 03, 2025
Morgan Lewis Adds Competition, Finance Pros In London
Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP said Monday it has hired specialists in competition and structured finance from Baker McKenzie and Akin Gump, respectively, as it looks to continue to expand across Europe.
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February 03, 2025
Simmons Hires Restructuring Pro From Dechert
Simmons & Simmons LLP has hired a restructuring expert to join its wider private equity and leveraged finance practice in London as the firm reacts to an uptick in global demand for its services in the evolving lending sector
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January 24, 2025
Reed Smith Brings Back Tax Pro From Amazon In Brussels
An attorney who specializes in customs, trade and excise tax matters in the European Union and U.K. has rejoined Reed Smith LLP in Brussels after a stint at Amazon, the firm announced.
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January 24, 2025
The Revolving Door: Another SRA Exec Joins Kingsley Napley
Over the past week, the Solicitors Regulation Authority lost another executive to Kingsley Napley LLP, another Travers Smith LLP partner left the firm, and Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP hired a private funds partner from Proskauer Rose LLP.
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January 24, 2025
FCA Settles Claims Law Firm Helped Illegal Investment Plans
The Financial Conduct Authority said Friday it has settled with a regional law firm over allegations that it helped a client promote a misleading care home investment scheme causing £50 million ($62 million) in losses.
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January 24, 2025
DLA Piper Refreshes International Board With New Appointees
DLA Piper has refreshed its international board with the reelection of a Milan-based leader for a second term and the addition of leaders from Singapore, Dublin and Paris, the firm announced Friday.
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January 24, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Axa Insurance and Admiral face a claim from a former lawyer recently exposed for personal injury fraud, the owner of Reading Football Club sue a prospective buyer and mobile network Lycamobile tackle action by Spanish network Yogio. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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January 31, 2025
Derains & Gharavi Arbitration Pros Set Up Paris Boutique
Two international arbitrators from Derains & Gharavi have left the firm to set up their own boutique practice that leverages their combined decades of experience in investor-state and commercial arbitration.
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January 24, 2025
Baker McKenzie Pro Gets Breathalyzer Refusal Case Tossed
The Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal has thrown out allegations that a Baker McKenzie solicitor failed to act with integrity when he refused to provide a breathalyzer sample after being pulled over by the police, though it did endorse other parts of the solicitors' watchdog's case.
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January 24, 2025
New Tribunal Venue To Open In 2026 After Cost Overruns
A new London tribunal building is due to open in January 2026, after its completion was delayed by "unexpected issues" at the new site near St Paul's Cathedral and a "significant rise" in costs, stakeholders were told on Friday.
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January 24, 2025
A&O Partner Only Solicitor To Make KC Cut In Widened List
More than 100 lawyers have been awarded King's Counsel status in England and Wales, the Ministry of Justice said on Friday — although an A&O Shearman partner was the only solicitor to make the cut in a group with limited diversity.
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January 24, 2025
Burges Salmon Names Clean Energy Pro Next Senior Partner
Burges Salmon LLP said on Friday that it has appointed clean energy lawyer Ross Fairley as its next senior partner as to continue the momentum sparked by record-breaking financial results.
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January 24, 2025
Ex-Freshfields Worker Barred Over Child Sexual Offenses
A former IT worker at Freshfields has been barred from the profession after he was convicted by a criminal court of committing more than a dozen sexual offenses against children, the Solicitors Regulation Authority said Friday.
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January 24, 2025
Gov't Consults On £20M-A-Year Legal Aid Funding Boost
The government began consulting on Friday on proposals to increase legal aid funding in housing and immigration by £20 million ($25 million) in what would be the first major cash boost for civil legal aid since 1996.
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January 24, 2025
RBG, Rosenblatt Push Back Deadline For Deal By A Week
RBG Holdings PLC said Friday that it has extended the exclusivity period to allow founder and majority shareholder Ian Rosenblatt to buy back part of the business by one week as they continue to explore a deal.
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January 23, 2025
Assistant Wasn't Forced Out Over Son's Job Offer, Judge Says
An assistant was not forced out of her role at a specialist healthcare sector recruiter after the company questioned her involvement in the process that led to her son being given a job offer, an employment tribunal has ruled.
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January 23, 2025
Union Organizer To Lead Dispute Resolution At Acas
The employment arbitration body has named the former head of organizing at the Trade Union Congress as its new director of dispute resolution, the body said Thursday.
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January 23, 2025
Solicitor Sues Faculty Of Advocates, Alleging Service Denial
A Scottish solicitor has brought a claim against the Faculty of Advocates' service company at the Competition Appeal Tribunal, alleging the company refused to let him hire an advocate in two cases where he is representing himself.
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January 23, 2025
Big Four Auditors Shed Talent As Pay Wars Roil London
The Big Four accounting firms are experiencing a departure of talent to traditional law firms — and the trend shows no signs of cooling as analysts blame the losses on the salary wars in London.
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January 23, 2025
Archaeology Trust Sues Blake Morgan Over Pensions Advice
An archaeological trust has accused Blake Morgan LLP of providing negligent advice on the closure of its pensions plan, telling a London court that a failure to validly shut the savings scheme led to £2.5 million ($3.1 million) in extra payouts.
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January 23, 2025
Litigation-Funder Sues Merricks Over Mastercard Settlement
A representative of more than 45 million U.K. consumers in a class action against Mastercard is being sued by his litigation-funder over his decision to reach a settlement in the £10 billion ($12.3 billion) case for £200 million.
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January 23, 2025
Squire Patton Hires 7-Lawyer EU Regulatory Team In Brussels
Squire Patton Boggs LLP said Thursday it has snapped up a seven-strong team of lawyers from Fieldfisher LLP in Brussels to help it support clients on environmental, products and chemicals regulatory matters.
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January 22, 2025
How A Mishcon Lawyer Helped Get Gaza Hostages Released
It may be a far cry from his day-to-day job, but a London-based Mishcon de Reya LLP partner has been clocking hundreds of pro bono hours acting for the British families of some of the hostages held in Gaza.
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January 22, 2025
SRA Bars Ex-Stephenson Harwood Staffer For Taking Money
A former employee at Stephenson Harwood LLP has been banned from working the legal profession by the solicitors' watchdog for taking money that she was not entitled to.
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January 29, 2025
Weil Hires Credit Funds Pro From PSP Investments
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP has hired an expert in credit funds as it looks to make the most of opportunities to grow its portfolio of work from large asset management firms and other clients.