Disputes Eye: Crime pays as white-collar hires dominate recruitment
If you are a senior litigator looking for a lucrative move, it does not hurt to be a white-collar specialist.…
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Former Cobbetts partners fined by SDT for their role in firm’s downfall
Six former Cobbetts partners have been fined by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after an admission of failings relating to…
Global London: Sidley Austin launches London life sciences practice with senior hire from Bristows
Sidley Austin has today (6 March) announced the recruitment of Marie Manley, formerly of Bristows’ life sciences team, as it…
The offshore elite in review – rolling with the punches
Global stock markets rose by 22% in 2017, according to the Morgan Stanley Capital International index of bourses. Meanwhile, the…
Disputes Eye: Disclosure reform – time to err off the side of caution
It takes a brave soul to tackle the issue of extortionate disclosure in the UK, and finding the happy medium…
Disputes Eye: Disclosure reform – time to err off the side of caution
It takes a brave soul to tackle the issue of extortionate disclosure in the UK, and finding the happy medium…
Signature boosts revenue 16% as dispute boutiques sustain their ascendency
City litigation specialist Signature Litigation has capped off a run of high-profile mandates to record a 16% uptick in revenue…
Disputes eye: How the talent flow demonstrates the Bar’s strength
Speaking to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer disputes veteran Jon Lawrence this summer on his decision to join Brick Court Chambers, he…
Under the sword
Tom Baker assesses attempts to revive the flagging Serious Fraud Agency amid a fractious political debate It is fair to…
Privilege: A rock and a hard place
For years, privilege was the invaluable asset taken for granted by the profession. But those days have long since passed,…
Our leadership: Evolving London’s courts for a global market
Despite post-Brexit challenges to the UK’s legal market and persistent concerns over court funding, confidence remains high among commercial practitioners…
Global investigations: Nowhere to run
The first session of the afternoon tackled key aspects of global investigations from an in-house and external adviser perspective. Clifford…
The Commercial Litigation Summit 2017
Menu Our leadership: Evolving London’s courts for a global market Global investigations: Nowhere to run Privilege: A rock and a…
Disputes eye: How the talent flow demonstrates the Bar’s strength
Speaking to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer disputes veteran Jon Lawrence this summer on his decision to join Brick Court Chambers, he…
The cutting edge
During Apple’s earnings conference call in May, chief executive Tim Cook discussed the company’s long-running and bitter dispute with Qualcomm,…
Shorter trial scheme undergoes first full test as court allows BP appeal in $70m claim
The first case brought to trial under the London courts’ ongoing shorter trial pilot scheme has concluded on 27 July,…
Quinn Emanuel breaks tradition as merger talks with DC disputes leader Williams & Connolly begin
US litigation powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has entered into merger discussions with Washington DC disputes shop Williams & Connolly, Legal Business can reveal.…
UK’s top court gains first female president as progressive’s darling Hale to lead the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has gained its first female head with Lady Hale today (21 July) confirmed as its new president alongside three…
‘GCs are becoming much more discerning’: CPS special crime head Vamos to join Peters & Peters
Disputes and business crime boutique Peters & Peters has today (19 July) announced that the former head of special crime at the…
‘Should be the end of the proposal’: Queen’s Speech reprieve for SFO as abolition move recedes
Theresa May’s Conservative manifesto pledge to subsume the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) into the National Crime Agency (NCA) was absent…