Could trustee protection return post-Pitt and Futter?

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Withers’ Steven Kempster and Sarah Aughwane on the doctrine of mistake.

Withers’ contentious trust and succession group is unrivalled in its size and the scope of its experience. Our team, based across Europe, Asia and the US, and consisting of 40 fee-earners, acts on the leading domestic and multi-jurisdictional trust disputes, as well as representing individuals, families and charities in every aspect of contentious trust and succession work. Continue reading “Could trustee protection return post-Pitt and Futter?”

US firms step up in the City with new practices

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Goodwin Procter and Ropes & Gray launch in PE and ComLit

International firms in the City maintained their expansive form in April with three US-bred advisers unveiling UK law practice launches. The moves saw Boston’s Goodwin Procter launch a UK practice in private equity, New York’s Cahill Gordon & Reindel hire its first English-qualified partner and Ropes & Gray move into UK disputes work.

Goodwin Procter set up shop in London seven years ago looking to emulate the success of the firm’s property team in the States. But the firm recently announced its intention to compete in London’s private equity space, with the hire of King & Wood Mallesons co-head of corporate Richard Lever.

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An opportunity to ‘build something’: KWM’s City litigation head Alex Leitch leaves for Covington

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US firm Covington & Burling has bolstered its European disputes capabilities with the hire of King & Wood Mallesons London head of litigation, Alex Leitch (pictured), to its City office, as its plans to bulk up the practice this year.

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Rumbling on – Barclays’ profits plunge after £750m Forex provision

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The fallout from the Forex rigging scandal continues to rumble on with Barclays this week being the latest in a long line of banks to set aside huge sums to deal with the matter. The bank this week announced that it had set aside an additional provision of £750m in the last quarter of 2014 for ongoing investigations and litigation relating to Forex rigging investigations and related litigation.

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