Try our Advanced Search for more refined results
- Law360
- Law360 UK
- Law360 Pulse
- Law360 Employment Authority
- Law360 Tax Authority
- Law360 Insurance Authority
- Law360 Real Estate Authority
- Law360 Healthcare Authority
- Law360 Bankruptcy Authority
- Products
- Lexis®
- Law360 In-Depth
- Law360 Podcasts
- Rankings
- Leaderboard Analytics
- Regional Powerhouses
- Law360's MVPs
- Women in Law Report
- Law360 400
- Diversity Snapshot
- Practice Groups of the Year
- Rising Stars
- Titans of the Plaintiffs Bar
- Sections
- Adv. Search & Platform Tools
- About all sections
- Browse all sections
- Banking
- Bankruptcy
- Class Action
- Competition
- Employment
- Energy
- Expert Analysis
- Insurance
- Intellectual Property
- Product Liability
- Securities
- Beta Tools
- Track docs
- Track attorneys
- Track judges
Pulse UK
-
September 12, 2024
DLA Piper Taps Brussels Veteran As Int'l Head Of Competition
A DLA Piper partner who has been with the firm in Brussels since 2015 is the new head of its international competition group.
-
September 12, 2024
Hogan Lovells To Close Sydney, South Africa, Warsaw Offices
Hogan Lovells announced Thursday that it will be closing its offices in Johannesburg, Sydney and Warsaw, Poland, in a move that the firm framed as part of its strategy to grow in other key markets.
-
September 12, 2024
Fried Frank Information Chief Moves To Mayer Brown
Mayer Brown LLP said Thursday that a former chief information officer from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP has joined the firm in the same role.
-
September 12, 2024
Wilson Sonsini Hires Tax Pro From Slaughter and May
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati PC has recruited a tax specialist from Slaughter and May to its office in London to boost its strengths representing U.K. and European technology and life sciences companies that are expanding in the U.S. and globally.
-
September 12, 2024
Employment Firm GQ Littler Hires Pro From Baker McKenzie
GQ Littler has hired a long-serving employment lawyer at Baker McKenzie to its office in London to represent U.K. and international clients, particularly in the financial services, technology and media sectors.
-
September 12, 2024
Ex-CBA Chief Jo Sidhu KC Accused Of Sexual Harrassment
A former chair of the Criminal Bar Association is reportedly facing allegations of sexual harassment before a professional tribunal.
-
September 12, 2024
Linklaters Hires Shell's Qatar Legal Chief For Energy Practice
Linklaters LLP has hired the head of legal for energy giant Shell in Qatar to become its global sector lead for its energy transition practice.
-
September 12, 2024
Slater & Gordon Beats Former Analyst's Redundancy Appeal
Slater & Gordon has defeated a cost analyst's appeal against the firm's decision to make him redundant, persuading a London judge on Thursday that a lower tribunal did not botch its investigation into the factors leading to his dismissal.
-
September 12, 2024
Accuracy, Security Top Firms' Concerns As AI Use Rises
Most law firms are using artificial intelligence tools for routine tasks over the coming year or plan to use them, but lawyers are concerned about the accuracy and security of the technology, an industry survey revealed on Thursday.
-
September 12, 2024
French Legal Research Startup Jus Mundi Raises $22M
Paris-based international law and arbitration research startup Jus Mundi announced that it raised $22 million in series B funding to fuel artificial intelligence development and continue its international expansion.
-
September 12, 2024
Ex-Barrister Andy Slaughter Elected Justice Committee Chair
Former barrister Andy Slaughter has been elected chair of the parliamentary panel responsible for holding Britain's justice system to account, at a time when courts face record backlogs and many legal professionals are threatening to leave the industry.
-
September 12, 2024
Barrister Cleared Of Misconduct Over Touching Paralegal
A One Essex Court barrister accused of touching a paralegal's thigh during a dinner has been cleared of misconduct, as a tribunal found on Thursday that he genuinely believed he was reciprocating her flirtation.
-
September 12, 2024
Keystone Law Reports 8% Revenue Growth In First Half
Keystone Law Group PLC said Thursday that revenue for the first half of 2024 had risen by more than 8% to reach £46.5 million ($60.8 million), driven by growing demand from clients and the success of its consultancy model.
-
September 11, 2024
Proskauer Lands Fried Frank's Arbitration Head In London
Proskauer Rose LLP has recruited the former head of arbitration at Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP in London as the firm looks to boost its litigation practice in the U.K.
-
September 11, 2024
Clyde & Co. Hikes NQ Pay To £85K As Talent War Heats Up
Clyde & Co. LLP has said that newly qualified lawyers in the U.K. can now earn up to £85,000 ($110,800), as it joined many other law firms that have hiked pay as the market for junior talent becomes ever-more competitive.
-
September 11, 2024
Dickson Minto Breaks Tradition With Walker Morris Hire
Dickson Minto is breaking with its long tradition of virtually exclusively promoting partners from within its ranks by tapping into the lateral hiring market to rebuild its London offering, the Scottish firm's boss told Law360 Wednesday as the firm brings on a real estate veteran from Walker Morris LLP.
-
September 11, 2024
IP Boutique Hires Murgitroyd Pro For Life Sciences Team
Haseltine Lake Kempner LLP has hired a new partner from rival Murgitroyd & Co. for its chemistry and life sciences team as the firm looks to expand its patent capabilities in the northern English city of Leeds.
-
September 11, 2024
Barrister Accused Of Groping Paralegal At Work Dinner
A barrister with One Essex Court groped a legal assistant during a work dinner, the Bar Standards Board told a tribunal Wednesday.
-
September 11, 2024
Legal Industry Grows By 8% In July, UK Gov't Stats Show
The U.K. legal industry posted its second-highest monthly revenue in 2024 as growth in the sector outpaces other professional services industries and the wider economy, new government statistics showed on Wednesday.
-
September 11, 2024
Dentons Adds 2 Corp. Pros In Dublin From US Rivals
Dentons has recruited two new corporate partners to its Dublin office from U.S. rivals as it looks to expand its mergers and acquisitions practice in the Irish market and capitalize on its global footprint.
-
September 11, 2024
Ex-Simpson Millar Pro Can't Use Privilege Docs In Ouster Spat
Documents detailing failed settlement negotiations between a former director at Simpson Millar LLP and the firm are inadmissible in the solicitor's claim that he was unduly coerced in the lead-up to his dismissal, an employment tribunal has ruled.
-
September 11, 2024
Latham Hires Senior Tax Pro From Travers Smith In London
Latham & Watkins LLP said on Wednesday that it has recruited a former head of tax at Travers Smith LLP for its office in London, a blow for the U.K. law firm, which has been hit by the departure of a series of partners.
-
September 10, 2024
UK Court OKs Nix Of Partners' Tax Deduction For Amortization
A lower court was correct in ruling that a trio of U.K. entities that formed a limited liability partnership cannot take a tax deduction for the amortization of intangible assets they contributed to the LLP against their share of the profits, the Upper Tribunal ruled.
-
September 10, 2024
Simpson Thacher Names Bi-Coastal Fund Finance Leaders
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has tapped into both its East and West Coast offices to name the new leaders for its fund finance practice, according to a Tuesday announcement.
-
September 10, 2024
Womble Bond Eyes Growth, Not Layoffs, With New Tie-Up
The merger between Womble Bond Dickinson and Lewis Roca Rothgerber Christie LLP is not about cutting costs because of mounting competition, the international law firm's U.S. boss told Law360 on Tuesday. It's about growth in the U.S., the U.K. — and beyond.