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October 07, 2024
Kingsley Napley Taps SRA's AML Director For New Service
Kingsley Napley LLP said Monday that it has hired the former director of anti-money laundering at the Solicitors Regulation Authority to lead a new service for clients of the firm as the solicitors' watchdog prepares to enhance its fining powers for economic crime.
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October 07, 2024
Covington UK White Collar Chief Heads To Litigation Boutique
Covington & Burling LLP's former co-head of white collar defense for Europe joined litigation boutique Quillon Law LLP on Monday to boost its capabilities in major fraud cases and investigations.
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October 07, 2024
Ex-Mayer Brown Chair Helman Recalled As Steadfast Leader
Former Mayer Brown chair Bob Helman, who stepped up to lead his firm through a fraught juncture in the 1980s during his decades in Chicago's legal community, has died at 90 years old, the firm said Friday.
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October 07, 2024
Firm's Boss Misled Insurer Over Suspended Lawyer, SRA Says
The solicitors' watchdog told a disciplinary tribunal Monday that the boss of a law firm misled insurers to cover up employing a lawyer who was banned from handling client accounts.
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October 07, 2024
CMS Raises NQ Pay In London To £110K
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP said Monday that it has increased the salaries of freshly qualified lawyers in its London office to up to £110,000 ($144,000), as it joins other law firms that have boosted pay for new solicitors.
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October 11, 2024
Covington Adds Mishcon Insurance Litigation Pro In London
Covington & Burling LLP has hired a dispute specialist as a partner to its global insurance practice group in London to lead the firm's policyholder disputes practice.
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October 04, 2024
Barristers Lose Appeal Over Fees For Adjourned Trial
Two barristers have failed to overturn a ruling that they were not entitled to the majority of approximately £150,000 ($196,800) in fees to act in a £20 million trial after a London appellate court ruled that the contract underpinning the fees was a "one-sided arrangement."
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October 04, 2024
CAT Head Stepping Down After Love Letter To Junior Staffer
The president of the Competition Appeal Tribunal is leaving his post, the judiciary announced this week — two months after he received a serious warning for misconduct for declaring his love to a junior staff member in a handwritten note.
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October 04, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen GMB Union sued by the makers of Tetley Tea after a staff walkout in September, boxer Mike Tyson hit with legal action from a marketing company and the Met Police face a misuse of private data claim from a woman who had a relationship with an undercover police officer. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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October 04, 2024
A&O Shearman Set To Expand New Office Space By A Third
A&O Shearman is set to expand its footprint significantly when it relocates to its new London offices by early 2027, boosting the space it plans to lease by a third.
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October 04, 2024
McDermott Taps Big 4 Partner As Senior Tax Pro In London
McDermott Will & Emery LLP announced it has recruited a former U.K. partner from KPMG to join its firm as a tax partner, bringing an expert in private equity to its London office.
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October 04, 2024
Judge Sanctioned For 'Overfamiliar' Talk With Court Employee
A judge has been issued with formal advice after an investigation found that he had been "overfamiliar" in his conversations with a female member of court staff, the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office has said.
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October 11, 2024
Dechert Hires Fund Finance Pro From DLA Piper
Dechert LLP has recruited a fund finance specialist as a partner from DLA Piper to boost its offerings for asset management firms, financial institutions and alternative lenders.
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October 03, 2024
Linklaters Teams Up With King's College For GenAI Training
Linklaters LLP, in collaboration with the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College London, announced on Thursday the launch of a new generative artificial intelligence training course to help its lawyers better understand generative artificial intelligence as the firm moves to adopt such technology this year.
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October 03, 2024
Watson Farley To Move To New London Base After 30 Years
Watson Farley & Williams LLP will be relocating to a smaller office in London's financial district to better reflect the needs of a modern working environment, ending a stay of more than 30 years at its current base in the English capital, the law firm announced Thursday.
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October 03, 2024
Osborne Clarke Keeps 1st Apprentices Amid Latest NQ Class
Osborne Clarke LLP said Thursday that 38 of the 44 trainees who qualified in September will stay on as newly qualified solicitors — an 86% retention rate that also includes the firm's first two qualifying solicitor apprentices.
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October 03, 2024
Kennedys Raises Pay For NQ Lawyers In London To £85K
Kennedys Law LLP said Thursday that newly qualified lawyers at its office in London are now earning a salary of £85,000 ($111,400) as it hikes rates to keep up with changing market dynamics.
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October 03, 2024
Travers Smith Launches Solicitor Apprentice Scheme
Travers Smith LLP said Thursday that it had begun recruiting its first group of solicitor apprentices, joining the growing number of big law firms with similar initiatives to diversify their intake of future lawyers.
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October 03, 2024
Freeths Says Developer At Fault In £7M Warehouse Value Row
Freeths has hit back at a developer's £7.5 million ($9.8 million) negligence claim accusing the law firm of tanking the value of a warehouse, arguing that it had no prospect of avoiding the imposition of noise conditions when it started demolishing the building.
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October 02, 2024
Lawyers Fail To Overturn EU Ban On Legal Services To Russia
The European General Court on Wednesday dismissed an attempt by French and Belgian lawyers to overturn prohibitions on providing legal advice to Russia, clarifying that the ban only applies when the advice has no link to judicial proceedings.
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October 02, 2024
Ex-DWF Partner Banned Over Child Sex Solicitation
A former partner at DWF LLP has been banned from practicing as a solicitor after he was convicted of attempting to communicate with a child for his sexual gratification following a sting operation.
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October 09, 2024
Shoosmiths Adds Privacy & Data Partner From BCLP
Shoosmiths LLP has hired a new partner to its privacy and data unit in London from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, with the new arrival saying Wednesday that an immediate rapport with Shoosmiths' partners led her to jump ship.
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October 02, 2024
Ex-Osborne Clarke Employee Banned Over Mock Exam Lie
A former assistant accountant at Osborne Clarke LLP has been barred from working for a law firm after he misled the legal business about whether he had submitted a mandatory mock exam, the solicitors' watchdog has said.
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October 02, 2024
BMW Appoints New UK And Ireland Compliance Chief
BMW has promoted a lawyer with expertise across German and international law firms to its top compliance job covering the U.K. and Ireland.
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October 02, 2024
Quinn Emanuel Says It Can't Give Source Of Deripaska Report
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP told a court Wednesday that the source of a report suggesting that Russian industrialist Oleg Deripaska misled arbitrators during a dispute with a former business partner was privileged information.