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June 20, 2025
Ex-Orrick Solicitor Gets 12-Month Ban For Groping Colleagues
A London tribunal has suspended a former associate at Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP after it found that he touched two work colleagues in a sexually inappropriate manner without their consent.
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June 19, 2025
Pro Bono Plan Aims To Make CAT Claims Accessible To All
It might come as a surprise that the U.K.'s venue for high-stakes class actions against some of the world's largest companies is planning a new pro bono scheme. But the Brick Court Chambers antitrust silk running the program told 极速赛车 that she sees a real chance to help smaller players get a fair shot at enforcing their rights under a complex area of law.
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June 19, 2025
Greenberg Traurig Adds Spheres GC To London PE Team
Greenberg Traurig has recruited a senior lawyer from European private investment firm Spheres, the third new shareholder in its private equity team in London in recent months.
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June 19, 2025
Browne Jacobson Posts Record Revenue Of 拢137M
Browne Jacobson LLP has reported that its revenue has broken last year's record to reach 拢137 million ($184 million), coinciding with an aggressive lateral hiring strategy and investment in new practice areas and technology infrastructure.
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June 19, 2025
AmTrust Wins Disclosure Appeal In 拢56M Claim-Funding Clash
A London appeals court said Thursday that AmTrust should be able to see another insurer's communications with two law firms amid a 拢56 million ($75 million) battle over who should cover the costs of a failed litigation-funding scheme.
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June 19, 2025
Pension Trust Denies BCLP's 拢256K Office Damage Claim
A pension fund trustee company that owns a Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP office has hit back at claims it caused the firm to lose 拢256,000 ($344,000) by negligently handling repairs after the building was damaged by strong wind.
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June 19, 2025
Kennedys Appoints 1st COO As It Eyes $1B Target
Kennedys said Thursday that it has appointed a banking sector veteran as its inaugural chief operating officer to help support the growth of the firm as it looks to become a $1 billion business by 2030.
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June 19, 2025
UK Legal Tech Startup Raises 拢550K For AI-Powered Platform
Legal tech startup CaseCraft.AI said Thursday that it has raised 拢550,000 ($740,000) to help it enhance an AI platform that will simplify the small claims process for people who are not lawyers.
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June 18, 2025
Church Court Chambers Names Its First Chief Executive
Church Court Chambers has appointed lawyer Claire Anderson to the newly created role of chief executive.
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June 18, 2025
Most Companies Lack Policies For Safe AI Use, Study Finds
Inadequate oversight of artificial intelligence tools is increasingly putting companies at legal, organizational and reputational risk as use of the new technology soars, Belgian legal AI provider LegalFly said Wednesday in announcing the results of market research it commissioned.
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June 18, 2025
UK Law Firm Mergers Plunge 25% As PE Deals Lure Partners
The number of law firm mergers in the U.K. fell by 25% in 2024, as senior partners hold out for potentially more lucrative private equity offers, research published Wednesday has shown.
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June 18, 2025
Pinsent Masons Ups NQ Salaries In London To 拢105K
Pinsent Masons LLP said Wednesday that it is increasing salaries for newly-qualified lawyers in London to 拢105,000 ($141,000), joining other firms which seek to attract and retain young professionals.
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June 18, 2025
English Law Firm Penalized 拢25K Over AML Breaches
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has fined a law firm 拢25,000 ($33,600) for failing to comply with anti-money laundering regulations, citing serious deficiencies in the outfit's controls and procedures, according to an agreement published Wednesday.
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June 17, 2025
Geradin Partners Hires Top Lawyers For German Expansion
Geradin Partners said Tuesday that it has hired five lawyers from the law firms Hausfeld and Osborne Clarke as it prepares to launch in Germany later this year.
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June 17, 2025
SRA Hits Firm With 拢64K Fine Over AML Lapses
The聽Solicitors Regulation Authority has hit a firm with a 拢64,000 ($86,000) fine after finding it failed to comply with anti-money laundering regulations for around six years.
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June 17, 2025
Ackroyd Denies A Duty To Warn On Failed 拢4.5M Property Deal
Ackroyd Legal has denied failing to warn a Qatari executive and his sister about a property deal that they said cost them 拢4.5 million ($6.1 million), arguing that it was not obliged to advise them on the "prudency" of the transaction.
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June 17, 2025
Profits Surge 29% At Manchester Firm With Four-Day Week
A Manchester law firm said Tuesday that it has adopted a permanent four-day working week for all staff after a nine-month trial delivered what it described as "phenomenal results," including a 22% rise in productivity.
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June 17, 2025
Spanish Law Firm Voids Danish Outfit's 'Legaltech' TM
A Spanish law firm has persuaded European Union officials to void most of a Danish organization's protections over its "Legaltech" name, proving that the word is too descriptive to function as a trademark.
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June 17, 2025
DWF Rolls Out Legora For Its Alternative Legal Services
DWF LLP said Tuesday it is rolling out Legora's artificial intelligence platform to handle routine legal work outsourced by clients 鈥 including other law firms 鈥 as more legal providers adopt generative AI to stay competitive.
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June 17, 2025
Legal Services Price Spikes May Hit Access To Services
The Legal Services Board said Tuesday that rising prices for legal services are potentially offsetting the benefits to consumers of shopping around and accessing legal support remotely, including where prices might be lower.
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June 24, 2025
Squire Patton Taps V&E For Partner On Construction Team
Squire Patton Boggs LLP has hired construction and engineering specialist Ciaran Williams as a partner in its litigation practice, as the firm continues to bulk up its global construction team.
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June 17, 2025
Anexo Investors Get More Time To Weigh Buying Out Stake
Anexo Group PLC said on Tuesday that its largest shareholders will have a further two weeks to say whether they plan to buy out the rest of the specialist motor accident credit hire and legal services business.
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June 16, 2025
Birketts Launches Employment Support Service, Resolve
Birketts LLP said Monday that it has launched a new service to provide holistic employment support to clients under one roof as workplace challenges become increasingly complex.
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June 16, 2025
McDermott Goes West To Mayfair As London Grows Rapidly
McDermott Will & Emery LLP said Monday that it will relocate its U.K. headquarters to Mayfair in London in 2028, moving from its current City offices to accommodate future expansion and to be closer to private equity clients.
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June 16, 2025
Knights Group Completes 拢16.6M Birkett Long Deal
Knights Group Holdings PLC said on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of the Birkett Long law firm and financial advisory company, in a deal estimated to be worth up to 拢16.6 million ($22.5 million).
Expert Analysis
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Series
Practice Leader Insights From HFW's Christopher Foster
Christopher Foster, global head of insurance and reinsurance at HFW, discusses the challenges of conducting聽complex arbitration, why聽arbitration rules should be amended, and how learning about the market聽makes working in insurance law easier.
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Practice Leader Insights From Broadfield's Sajjad Khan
Sajjad Khan, head of Broadfield's intellectual property practice, discusses how trademark matters that appear to be simple can end up being complex, why the regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and copyright is in clear need of reform, and how junior lawyers should persevere if interested in this competitive area of law.
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Practice Leader Insights From Cleary's Gareth Kristensen
Gareth Kristensen,聽head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa intellectual property practice group at Cleary, discusses the challenges when data laws are not adapted to frontier artificial intelligence, why聽IP rights can have such significant value, and聽how聽nothing beats a deep understanding of what you enjoy within the realm of tech, IP and data.
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Series
PR Perspectives: 3 Misconceptions Around Law Firm Brands
Despite an implicit understanding of the value of brand, misconceptions around logo and financial value have resulted in law firms being slow to manage and build this valuable asset, without which it becomes difficult to attract the same caliber of client or recruit the best lawyers, says Daniela Conte at Gibson Dunn.
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Practice Leader Insights From Covington's Sonia Campbell
Sonia Campbell, head of the U.K. insurance recovery practice at Covington, discusses the challenges of working during the COVID-19 pandemic, why聽cyber underwriting risk will be critical for sector reform, and how junior lawyers need to be resilient and tenacious.
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Roundup
Practice Leader Insights
In this 极速赛车 U.K. Expert Analysis series, leaders of employment, intellectual property, insurance and transactions practice groups share thoughts on keeping the pulse on legal trends, tackling difficult cases and what it takes to make a mark in their area.
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Practice Leader Insights: Bird & Bird's Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard
Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard, who co-heads Bird & Bird's international copyright group, discusses the challenges of working on long cases with complex issues,聽whether current copyright law is fit for purpose in light of artificial intelligence, 鈥嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧嬧媋nd why聽understanding technology makes it聽easier to argue the nuances of聽the law.
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Practice Leader Insights From Birketts' Maria Peyman
Maria Peyman, who heads Birketts' intellectual property team, discusses the challenges of cases involving聽multiple patents, the need to reform聽legislative provisions聽in light of artificial intelligence, and why junior lawyers should聽take opportunities to get a broad range of experience before specializing.
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Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises
鈥淣o comment鈥 is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.
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Practice Leader Insights: Mishcon de Reya's Daniel Naftalin
Daniel Naftalin, who chairs the employment practice at Mishcon de Reya, discusses the challenges of working on聽multijurisdictional litigation,聽the need to show consideration for lawyers'聽well-being, and why聽employment law offers unique opportunities to specialize in a commercial field with a high degree of human interest.
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Practice Leader Insights From Baker McKenzie's David Scott
David Scott, head of the London mergers and acquisitions practice at Baker McKenzie, discusses the excitement of working on a highly complex transaction, the need for a harmonized approach to deal regulatory scrutiny, and why deal work can become addictive.
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Transatlantic Law Firm Mergers Are Transforming UK Market
With the current prevalence for high-profile U.K.-U.S. law firm mergers likely to continue, a new type of firm could emerge that strikes a balance between U.K. culture and working style, but with the global ambition that U.S. firms offer, says Ria Karnik at Major Lindsey.
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Practice Leader Insights: Taylor Wessing's Paul Callaghan
Paul Callaghan, who leads Taylor Wessing's employment, pensions and mobility group, discusses the challenges of clients who take matters personally, why discrimination based on socioeconomic background needs to be addressed by the law, and how being contracted as an independent investigator is becoming a new trend for senior employment lawyers.
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Practice Leader Insights From BCLP's Benjamin Lee
Benjamin Lee, who co-leads BCLP's global corporate transactions practice,聽discusses the value of face-to-face meetings, how aspects of English company law could align with a more global approach, and what junior lawyers can learn by observing their senior colleagues.
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Opinion
Defunding Lawyer Apprenticeships Could Have Hidden Costs
In proposing to reform the U.K. apprenticeship system, it is crucial that the government gives sufficient consideration to how funding changes could reduce opportunities for underrepresented groups and negatively affect firms' ability to deliver effective training, says Carrie Laws at The Family Law Co.