“AI-powered” bank board faces claim from investors Members of the current and former board of Tintra, an AI-powered DeepTech bank based in London have been hit with a part 7 ‘other’ claim in the London Circuit Commercial Court, filed on Wednesday (8 May) by US-based former investors Fintech Leaders Fund LLC (FLF). A part 7 […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Fountain Court prepare to represent clients across a number of court hearings this week. JP Morgan clashes with Greek investment hearing in race to €5bn After investment banking giant JP Morgan and Greek investment company WeRealize filed parallel claims against one another in mid-February this year, their dispute has […]
In this week’s Spotlight, we delve into the often-confusing world of restructuring disputes, to find out how DLA Piper comes to the rescue when a company goes under. The market: While restructuring disputes used to be the remit of clearing banks and the Big Four accounting firms, the market has undergone a huge diversification in […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we look at why Freshfields’ NQ pay rise makes it the most desirable litigation firm for associates, and whether judge selection is still just an old boys’ club. First though, there is a sense of inevitability among […]
“AI-powered” bank board faces claim from investors Members of the current and former board of Tintra, an AI-powered DeepTech bank based in London have been hit with a part 7 ‘other’ claim in the London Circuit Commercial Court, filed on Wednesday (8 May) by US-based former investors Fintech Leaders Fund LLC (FLF). A part 7 […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Fountain Court prepare to represent clients across a number of court hearings this week. JP Morgan clashes with Greek investment hearing in race to €5bn After investment banking giant JP Morgan and Greek investment company WeRealize filed parallel claims against one another in mid-February this year, their dispute has […]
In this week’s Spotlight, we delve into the often-confusing world of restructuring disputes, to find out how DLA Piper comes to the rescue when a company goes under. The market: While restructuring disputes used to be the remit of clearing banks and the Big Four accounting firms, the market has undergone a huge diversification in […]
Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we look at why Freshfields’ NQ pay rise makes it the most desirable litigation firm for associates, and whether judge selection is still just an old boys’ club. First though, there is a sense of inevitability among […]
Competition specialist Hausfeld has lost its co-instruction mandate on Justin Gutmann’s boundary fares class action. Since 22 February, Charles Lyndon has been the sole representation for the class representative as the boundary fares case rolls through the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). Hausfeld had been co-instructed alongside Charles Lyndon on the Gutmann claims throughout the dispute, […]
Journalists aren’t natural champions of PRs, but sometimes we sympathise. Cleaning up the mess of lawyers behaving badly. Calming down those who haven’t been ranked in the latest directory release. Trying to pitch tedious not-quite-scholarly articles to uninterested reporters. Getting asked ‘can we just have a leaflet?’ by people who don’t comprehend the breadth of […]
In-house lawyers are contending with major resourcing issues that is preventing them from doing their job effectively. This is the conclusion of major new research from alternative legal provider, Axiom, which found the in-house market stacked with challenges. In the wake of the Post Office Horizon Public Inquiry, which has put the reputation of the […]
The scene: A US firm boardroom, somewhere not in New York*. Big Cheese (furiously): ‘We’re not growing fast enough. What have you got?’ Smaller Cheese (panicking): Private equity! That’s the thing! Kirkland! Paul Weiss!’ Big Cheese: ‘Do whatever it takes. And do it now.’ Smaller Cheese: ‘Leave it with me. We’ll hire big in London. […]
Some US firms in London tend to get all the headlines, and as you know who they are, we won’t bother namechecking them again. But there are others, a tad more under the radar, that have had a barnstorming year in 2023 and whose time in the limelight is now. Such as Willkie Farr & […]
The latest newly-qualified (NQ) salary rise from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer still managed to raise interest last week, despite the fact enormous pay hikes are the new normal these days and that even £150,000 isn’t unusual any more (as of last week, Quinn’s £180,000 tops the market alongside Gibson Dunn). But it is still significant because […]
Brick Court Chambers is the latest in the legal market to investigate a possible cyber breach. A Brick Court spokesperson said: “We are aware of a potential cyber incident and we are actively working with external cyber specialists to investigate the extent of any data breach. “Chambers remains fully operational and we are taking all […]
RPC is set to defend gaming company Valve in a class action launched by Milberg London in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). The action is brought by class representative and children’s digital rights campaigner Vicki Shotbolt, who set up social enterprise Parent Zone, on behalf of around 14 million UK consumers. She alleges the class […]
Slaughter and May is leading for the owner of Royal Mail, which is poised to accept a takeover bid from Czech-owned EP Group (EP). EP’s bid values International Distribution Services (IDS) at approximately £3.5bn. Slaughters’ corporate team for IDS is led by partners Richard Smith and Claire Jackson. Kirkland & Ellis is leading for EP […]
A capital markets team from Linklaters is taking the lead in the expected London Stock Exchange listing of British single-board computer developer Raspberry Pi. Under the leadership of equities global chair and capital markets partner Jason Manketo, the firm is working with both the Cambridge-headquartered chip maker and its non-profit subsidiary over the process of […]
Bird & Bird has announced it will be opening a new office in Tokyo with the hire of Ashurst partner Hiro Iwamura. The primary purpose of the office will be to support the firm’s Japanese clients in the renewable energy, life sciences and technology space with outbound work across Europe, the Middle East and Asia […]
