Linklaters and Milbank agree Visa fee settlement with WHSmith

Linklaters, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and Humphries Kerstetter have agreed to settle part of the Visa/Mastercard Interchange dispute involving stationery store WHSmith. WHSmith joined the raft of high street stores bringing allegations against Visa and Mastercard, accusing the pair of charging anti-competitive credit card fees. The Lawyer understands that the parties reached an out-of-court […]

New York

Latham’s chair heads Stateside after spearheading City growth

After nearly 20 years at the forefront of Latham & Watkins’ expansion in London, firm chair Richard Trobman is set to relocate back to the US to focus on growth across the Atlantic. Trobman will move to New York just over a year after he was voted in as managing partner and chair of Latham. […]