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RPC has fleshed out its Asian offering with the hire of Ashurst partner Peter Kwon who will launch the firm’s Korea desk. Kwon will be based in RPC’s Hong Kong office where he will lead the desk with a general arbitration focus on major Korean corporates, financial institutions, and investment funds. A key part of […]
A number of pandemic-related disputes were played out in the nation’s courts last year, with this trend set to continue well into 2022. The UK Government’s response will be probed in the long-awaited public Covid-19 inquiry, while obligations to care home residents will also be under the spotlight. In the insurance world, business interruption losses […]
An initiative has been launched by Pinsent Masons’ former head of communications that aims to offer pro bono opportunities to business services professionals in the legal sector. Fred Banning is spearheading the project, assisted by an advisory board of professionals from across the sector including Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom’s marketing leader Jeremy Ford, […]
Addleshaw Goddard has recruited a long-term corporate real estate partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, marking yet another departure for the transatlantic firm. Simon Pollock is set to move to Addleshaws’ investment management group after spending nearly 29 years with BCLP. He joined legacy firm Berwin Leighton Paisner in 1993, which merged with US firm […]
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RPC has fleshed out its Asian offering with the hire of Ashurst partner Peter Kwon who will launch the firm’s Korea desk. Kwon will be based in RPC’s Hong Kong office where he will lead the desk with a general arbitration focus on major Korean corporates, financial institutions, and investment funds. A key part of […]
A number of pandemic-related disputes were played out in the nation’s courts last year, with this trend set to continue well into 2022. The UK Government’s response will be probed in the long-awaited public Covid-19 inquiry, while obligations to care home residents will also be under the spotlight. In the insurance world, business interruption losses […]
An initiative has been launched by Pinsent Masons’ former head of communications that aims to offer pro bono opportunities to business services professionals in the legal sector. Fred Banning is spearheading the project, assisted by an advisory board of professionals from across the sector including Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom’s marketing leader Jeremy Ford, […]
Addleshaw Goddard has recruited a long-term corporate real estate partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, marking yet another departure for the transatlantic firm. Simon Pollock is set to move to Addleshaws’ investment management group after spending nearly 29 years with BCLP. He joined legacy firm Berwin Leighton Paisner in 1993, which merged with US firm […]
Mishcon de Reya has been called in to advocate for the former Prime Minister of Kazakhstan, Karim Massimov, who has been detained on charges of high treason since early January. The City firm is acting for the petitioner, David Merkel, a former deputy assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian Affairs at the US […]
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Scottish firm Brodies has increased its revenue by just shy of 20 per cent, reaching a new high of £98.5m. As such it is the largest of the independent Scottish firms remaining, with the likes of Burness Paull and Shepherd & Wedderburn yet to report. Many others such as Simpson & Marwick, Maclay Murray & […]
Herbert Smith Freehills is increasing the base rate of its newly-qualified lawyer salaries, having last upped pay for its junior lawyers in December. The firm will be increasing its London NQ base salary to £120,000, plus bonus, effective from today. The firm had increased these salaries back in December to £105,000. Alison Brown, executive partner, […]
Pinsent Masons is launching an office in Luxembourg after the acquisition of one of the country’s local firms. From today Pinsents is taking over Wildgen’s office, adding seven partners to the firm and 16 lawyers in the office. The office will be headed by partner, Michel Bulach. This brings the total number of Pinsents’ Continental […]
Today marks the official launch date of Clyde & Co’s merger with insurance firm and competitor BLM, a move that will transform the legal insurance market. It comes just over three months since partners from both firms voted the mega-deal through in March, after two years of covert discussions. Here are three graphs breaking down […]
Freeths is to supervise the design and implementation of a UK Government compensation scheme aimed at the original Post Office scandal victims. The national firm has been appointed by the Government to act on behalf of over 500 sub-postmasters who brought the landmark civil group action against the Post Office. Until earlier this year, this […]
