Dominic Griffiths is London managing partner at Mayer Brown and author and consulting editor of European Securitisation: A Practitioner’s Guide to Principles and Jurisdictions (published by Globe Law and Business)
Q&A: Dominic Griffiths
Outsourcing your firm’s first impression
Established in 2000, Moneypenny is the world’s market leader for telephone answering, live chat, outsourced switchboard and customer contact solutions. Moneypenny handles more than 2 million legal calls and chats each year for hundreds of legal firms in the UK, including 80 of the Top 200, thanks to its dedicated team of legal receptionists.
Communication is key for law firms and in a busy marketplace, first impressions are crucial. The way inbound enquiries are answered gives clues as to a firm’s values, priorities and approach to service. Whether it’s dealing with existing clients, handling new business enquiries or speaking with other professional service providers, the human, friendly touch is vital. Continue reading “Outsourcing your firm’s first impression”
Disputes Yearbook: Foreword – Stewarts: Groundhog Day?
A quick scan of the inevitable January opinion pieces predicting trends in the litigation market for the year ahead gives a fairly consistent view of topics we are likely to see. Against a backdrop of continued economic and geopolitical instability, ongoing inflation, high interest rates and supply chain disruption, commentators foresee an increase in insolvency-related litigation and disputes resulting from pressure on commercial contracts. The same factors are likely to increase loan defaults and distressed debt claims. In addition, frauds inevitably emerge in the wake of failing businesses.
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Securities litigation in the UK: A changing landscape?
Stewarts look at the UK financial market, with special focus on FSMA
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Two themes in arbitration cases before the English courts: state parties and the nature and extent of the court’s pro-arbitration approach
Stewarts on some recent developments in arbitration in the UK
Class/collective actions
Mayer Brown discusses the importance of businesses understanding their exposure
A focus on ESG litigation
Osborne Clarke on how seriously companies should take greenwashing accusations
Q&A: Giorgos Landas LLC
Iro Petrou and Myria Pornari examine trends and sectors in the Cyprus disputes market
Navigating dispute resolution: Exploring expert determination mechanisms – Polish perspective
Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak on the increasing importance of dispute adjudication boards
In recent years, court proceedings in Poland have been taking increasingly longer. The natural answer to this is arbitration, but unfortunately, in business reality even arbitration turns out to be too long for the parties. Probably for this reason we observe seeking for dispute avoidance by incorporating different kinds of dispute-resolving mechanisms into contracts. Does it have a chance of working? Continue reading “Navigating dispute resolution: Exploring expert determination mechanisms – Polish perspective”
Q&A: Sylvie Gallage-Alwis, Signature Litigation
Signature Litigation’s Paris office co-founding partner on the French litigation system
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