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  • April 30, 2025

    Fried Frank Taps Sidley's UK Tax Head

    The former head of Sidley Austin LLP's U.K. tax practice has joined Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP's London office, where he will advise on U.K. and international tax structuring, the firm announced.

  • May 07, 2025

    White & Case Hires Back PE Pro From Kirkland In London

    White & Case LLP announced Wednesday the return of a corporate partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP to boost its cross-border private equity offering to deal with the increase in transactions it expects to continue through the year.

  • April 30, 2025

    WFW, Stewarts Add 5 Partners Each In 2025 Promotions

    Watson Farley & Williams LLP and Stewarts Law LLP both said Wednesday that they have promoted five lawyers to their partnerships worldwide for 2025.

  • April 30, 2025

    Clyde & Co. Adds Cross-Border Insurance Pro From Brazil

    Clyde & Co. LLP has hired a corporate insurance expert as a partner in London, as the firm looks to strengthen its access to the "fast-evolving" and complex Latin American market.

  • April 30, 2025

    Axiom Ince Execs Deny Fraud Charges Over Firm's Collapse

    Five former senior figures at Axiom Ince denied allegations on Wednesday that they had defrauded clients and covered up their wrongdoing during a regulatory probe into the law firm, which collapsed with a hole of more than 拢60 million ($80.1 million) in its client accounts.

  • April 30, 2025

    Bird & Bird Appoints 17 To Partner In Latest Promotions

    Bird & Bird LLP said Wednesday that 17 lawyers have made the grade as partners in a wider annual round of promotions across the legal business globally.

  • May 06, 2025

    Linklaters Hires Arbitration Pro From A&O Shearman

    Linklaters LLP has snapped up an international arbitration expert from A&O Shearman to serve as its new head of public international law in London, the latest partner to exit the law firm in the city since its merger.

  • April 29, 2025

    Barrister's Suspension For Lie About Client Docs Overturned

    A barrister who lied to his client about misplaced case papers has successfully appealed against his six-month suspension from the profession as a London court ruled on Tuesday that a 拢25,000 ($33,500) fine was a more appropriate penalty.

  • April 29, 2025

    Trust In Legal AI Hinges On Human Oversight, Survey Says

    Many consumers say they think that artificial intelligence could make it more affordable to get legal services amid concerns about the cost of what many view as an "elitist" legal system, though few are ready to let technology take over completely, a survey from Robin AI reported on Tuesday.

  • April 29, 2025

    Solicitor Banned For Misleading Clients Over Failed PI Claims

    A disciplinary panel has struck off a solicitor after he confessed that he told clients that their personal injury claims had succeeded when they had in fact failed.

  • April 29, 2025

    Solicitor Denies Deleting Emails To Cover Up Client Complaint

    A solicitor told a disciplinary tribunal Tuesday that she did not attempt to mislead her firm by deleting emails about a client complaint, saying she could not remember deleting them and was under severe work stress at the time.

  • April 29, 2025

    Ex-Russells Partner Denies Role In Alleged Share Sale Plot

    Russells Solicitors and a former partner have denied being part of an alleged plot to hide plans for a $40 million takeover of a celebrity intellectual property licensing company to get a former director to sell his shares cheaply.

  • April 29, 2025

    Vardy Must Foot Rooney Costs In Lawyer Fee Challenge

    Rebekah Vardy was ordered on Tuesday to pay the full legal costs of her unsuccessful attempt to challenge a finding that Coleen Rooney's lawyers had not committed misconduct by understating their costs in the libel battle between the footballers' wives.

  • April 29, 2025

    Clifford Chance Boosts Partnership With 31 New Partners

    Clifford Chance said Tuesday that it has promoted more than 30 lawyers to its partnership, with its office in London accounting for the largest number of new partners in the latest promotions round.

  • April 28, 2025

    Dentons Promotes 13 Lawyers To Partnership In Europe

    Dentons said Monday that it has promoted more than a dozen lawyers to its partnership as part of a wider round of promotions by the firm in Europe and central Asia.

  • April 28, 2025

    DLA Piper Hires New CFO From Knight Frank

    DLA Piper said Monday that it has appointed Knight Frank's group chief financial officer to take on a similar role as it looks to achieve its goals for growing the business.

  • April 28, 2025

    UK Targets Fake Immigration Lawyers With 拢15K Fines

    Fake lawyers fraudulently posing as immigration advisers will face fines of up to 拢15,000 ($20,100) under new powers to toughen up the U.K.'s asylum system against rogue law firms, the Home Office has said.

  • April 28, 2025

    Mishcon De Reya Promotes 27 To Partnership

    Mishcon de Reya LLP said Monday that it has elevated 27 lawyers to the role of equity or junior equity partner, bolstering its senior ranks as part of a wider round of promotions at the firm.

  • April 25, 2025

    Ex-Solicitor Barred For Misleading Law Firm About Caution

    A former solicitor who failed to disclose a police caution to a law firm on three occasions has been banned for providing false and misleading information, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.

  • April 25, 2025

    The Revolving Door: Rosenblatt Law Adds Its First Silk

    Over the past week, Rosenblatt Law hired a dispute resolution silk, Travers Smith appointed a new property disputes head, and Clyde & Co. tapped an insurance pro from Brazilian firm Campos Mello Advogados.

  • April 25, 2025

    Tycoon's Son Loses Challenge To 拢3M Howard Kennedy Bill

    The son of a diamond tycoon accused of swindling $1 billion from banks lost his bid for a court-ordered review of his legal bills from Howard Kennedy on Friday as the High Court said he knew of the climbing costs linked to his international fraud case.

  • April 25, 2025

    SRA Shutters RBG Unit After Administration Falls Through

    The solicitors' watchdog has closed down a trading subsidiary of RBG Holdings PLC after the group said it would wind down its operations because it was unable to appoint an administrator.

  • April 25, 2025

    UK Law, Accounting Bodies Queried On Poor SAR Records

    The anti-money laundering unit of the聽Financial Conduct Authority聽has told legal and accounting professional bodies to justify their failure to check the quality of suspicious activity reports by their member firms.

  • April 25, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen pub operator Stonegate sue insurance broker Marsh, a human rights lawyer sued for defamation by Russian businessman Ovik Mkrtchyan, and British toy-maker The Character Group reignite an employment dispute with a former finance director. Here, 极速赛车 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • April 25, 2025

    DWF In Redundancy Talks With More Than 100 Employees

    DWF LLP said Friday that it is consulting on redundancies that could affect more than 100 employees as it blamed challenging economic conditions for the move.

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