Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, we bring you news of what might be the first arbitration centre in Europe to use artificial intelligence (AI). Before that, however, the Post Office scandal has seen an explosion in debate concerning litigation tactics and third-party […]
As law firm leaders continue to debate how often they should require their staff to work in the office, one litigation boutique has told The Lawyer why they still ask junior staff to come in five days a week. For the past two years, litigation boutique CANDEY has asked the more junior members of its […]
Multibillion-dollar Argentinian oil case lands in UK court Petersen Energia, the energy arm of a major Argentine banking group, secured a victory in a US court last September, with a $16bn judgment against the Argentinian government. Now, the legal battle has moved to the Commercial Court in the UK, as Petersen pursues further claims against […]
Last month, Slaughters advised Inflexion on its latest acquisition, having landed the private equity house as a client just over a year ago.
The general counsel at Crown Agents Bank has moved to Ki Insurance after just five months. Joanna Nayler made the move from the cross-border payments and FX services provider to become GC and compliance director at the insurance firm as of March 2024. Ki Insurance is a digital insurance company, driven by algorithmically powered underwriting. […]
A member of Allen & Overy’s City finance team is set to leave the firm for Kirkland & Ellis, having joined the magic circle firm over a year ago. Capital markets specialist Marwa Elborai is making the move to Kirkland. She joined A&O in January 2023 having moved across from Shearman & Sterling after 16 […]
We’ve just launched Partnerless, a new email specifically for associates. Sign up here for weekly career intelligence and market chatter. A dedicated secondaries team from Debevoise & Plimpton is moving across to Skadden to join its investment management group in London. Counsel Delphine Jaugey leads the team and will join as head of secondaries for Europe. […]
Linklaters is advising Mondi in its all-share combination acquisition of DS Smith, represented by Slaughter and May. Mondi, the sustainable paper and packaging provider, is set to acquire its smaller counterpart in the international packing industry for over £5bn. Linklaters led from its corporate team with partners Aisling Zarraga and Matthew Hearn, alongside corporate managing […]
Five train operators, five heads of legal: how this all-female team manages the legal functions for the likes of LNER, Northern and Southeastern railways.
One of The Lawyer‘s Top 20 Cases for 2023 has reached a conclusion as two men accused of bribing Saudi officials to secure lucrative commercial contracts for the UK Government have been acquitted. The case concerned £9.7m of allegedly corrupt payments made between 2007 and 2012 to ensure military contracts were awarded to GPT Special Project […]
Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have lined up for Nationwide’s proposed acquisition of Virgin Money UK. Slaughters partner David Watkins acted for the buyer, Nationwide. Meanwhile Clifford Chance acted for Virgin Money. The team is being led by partners Katherine Moir and David Pudge, with support from employment partners Sonia Gilbert and Chinwe Odimba-Chapman, […]
Welcome to The Hearing, your weekly insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. This week, a litigation funding special. After the UK Government announced (again) its intention to overturn the Supreme Court’s July decision on litigation funding in PACCAR, we look at why funders are not totally thrilled about the announcement. Plus, why are some […]