The regulator's total spend in its investigation into the former Freshfields partner's conduct has been discovered by Law.com International.
The former disputes paralegal submitted claim forms using the initials of a former manager.
Real estate lawyer Mori Inada moves over.
David Swain joins from Deacons and will now lead Lewis Silkin's IP practice in Asia
The restructuring is taking place across the firm's Europe, Middle East and Asia operation.
The way we work has changed beyond measure in the last year, which is why our approach to teaching law must change as well.
Duprey spoke this week with Law.com International about the new firm's values, his decision to leave big-firm life, and how arbitrators often have a different way of looking at the law. ...
The move is a bid to help clients in the middle east manage increasingly complex regional regulatory oversight.
Oxana Balayan used Instagram to announce that she is launching her own firm. She was with Hogan Lovells for 19 years.
Attorneys with experience in Latin America's biggest economy are a coveted asset as Brazil work booms.
Clyde & Co also announced it is opening an office in Munich.
Firm CEO Sir Nigel Knowles said no more redundancies or office closures are expected as part of the latest shake up.
This is the second partner loss for HSF in January.
Three insurance partners are moving across, and more recruits are expected to follow.
Cannabis is a booming sector in law.
Six UK experts offer their thoughts on where the sector is heading after last year's unprecedented disruption.
The move underlines the growing importance of the UAE to the firm's Middle East and global work.
The tribunal recognised that the A&O partner's health was at risk.
Matthew Gearing QC has been a partner at A&O since 2005 and took silk in 2014.
The Hong Kong-based partner, who joined in 2016, is joining a London boutique.
Mumbai-based Jerome Merchant + Partners will benefit from transactions visualization tools.
The firm's zigzags in its Hong Kong practice are in keeping with broader trends in the market over the past two decades.
The firm has its eye on European expansion.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance both advised on a $49 billion reorganization deal of China's state-owned oil and gas sector.
Sternford Moyo, chairman and senior partner of the Zimbabwe law firm Scanlen and Holderness, is the IBA's first African president in the history of the 74-year-old organization. �...
The universal belief among U.K. practitioners is that accession to the Lugano Convention now that the U.K. has left the EU would make life "dramatically easier." But the EU has thus far been sile...
Trump's defense team is expected to look different than the team that represented him in his first impeachment, as several top lawyers are distancing themselves from the fray. ...
The highest adviser to Europe's top court has said national privacy regulators can take legal action against tech giants who flout GDPR rules even if they are headquartered in another EU country....
The team will concentrate on private equity deals in technology and life sciences.
The new CEO will be based in Abu Dhabi and succeeds Jeremy Cohen in the position.
Three partners have now left the U.S. firm's young London base in the past three months.
The firm says COVID-19 and remote working 'has implications for the resourcing of offices on a day-to-day basis'.
An independent investigation did not uphold complaints made against Peter Hirst but reviews of the firm's remuneration and membership agreements have been halted.
The AIM listed outfit is the latest to take the measure after a challenging year.
The tie-up is the second move into continental Europe the U.K. firm has made in recent months.
The partners are joining August Debouzy, an elite business law firm, to lead a push into project finance, infrastructure and energy in Africa.
The team includes four partners and will launch a new office for Kennedys.
Allen & Overy is also advising on the latest IPO.
Tony Andriotis will lead an international arbitration practice in Japan.
If firms all adopt flexible work arrangements, they'll lose the characteristics that make them unique, Paul Hodkinson writes.
The ethnicity bonus gap, however, has narrowed significantly.
A new Mergermarket report places Benelux firms NautaDutilh and De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek in the list of the 20 firms with the largest M&A transactions by deal value in Europe in 2020. ...
As the aviation sector right-sizes, law firms have been forced to adapt. Many that have specialized in transport sector work are benefiting, while larger firms that had been mulling over whether ...
Nusbaum chaired Willkie Farr & Gallagher for 23 years, most notably overseeing its expansion into Europe.
Legal departments for private equity firms are asked to control outside spending, but they're unable to approve budgets for new legal projects and lack access to live spending data, according to ...
Following the lead of several major banks and corporations, the firms are reassessing where money from their political action committees goes.
London's High Court has criticised the UK industry regulator over its decision to strike out the claim against David Greene.
The transaction sees French pharma giant Sanofi acquire U.K. biotech firm Kymab.
The international behemoth continues its European expansion charge with senior hires in Italy and Germany.
The partner has joined the fund in a new role as European legal counsel.
'Direct trade will make Africa more visible to potential UK investors,' one lawyer said.
Gary Yin previously led Chinese firm Jingtian & Gongcheng's Hong Kong disputes and investigations practice.
GQ Littler has opened its Dublin office several months after it registered an entity in late 2020.
The firm follows several in increasing emergency leave granted to staff in recent days.
The lawyer left the firm after seven years as a partner in 2020.
The firm has selected its successor for outgoing managing partner Julian Howard when his term expires in May 2022.
The partner joined from Ashurst in 2019.
Law firms should support grass-roots artists and organisations rather than just sponsoring major exhibitions, argues Joe Dunning.
This is the second litigation partner hire in two months for the firm's London office.
Ericsson and Samsung are suing each other over 4G and 5G licensing in Texas and in China, respectively. Gilstrap ruled Monday that the suits can proceed in parallel, and that if the Chinese court...
McDermott snags cross-border transactions veteran from Mayer Brown as Am Law 100 firms log high-profile lateral hires for Latin America.
Creel lures a name partner from rival Ritch Mueller to aid in restructurings, while Mattos Filho adds muscle for fintech and mining.
The House could vote as soon as Wednesday to impeach President Donald Trump over his incitement of the violent mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol during the ratification of President-elect Joe Bid...
The firm's London based private client and family teams had already slimmed recently following the departure of several members.
Interviews with regional managing partners at eight international law firms reveal how Brussels offices are seemingly resisting the post-pandemic trend towards shrinking workspaces. ...
No formal presentations were given in the radically different assessment, which aimed to avoid the 'pointless' and 'miserable' usual process.
Investment firm GIP is acquiring U.K. private jet business Signature Aviation in the multi-billion pound transaction.
The firm has posted a bottom line boost of 34% for 2020.
The partner and associate are MoFo's first London hires of 2021.
Lex Mundi CEO Helena Samaha looks at what firms can do to further their gender diversity efforts.
The letter to Vice President Pence was signed by leaders at DLA Piper, Foley Hoag, Sullivan & Worcester and Hanson Bridgett, among others.
Signing their names on letters from two attorney groups, close to 8,000 lawyers are pushing for impeachment or action under the 25th Amendment.
The bank has agreed to pay $85 million in criminal penalties and more than $40 million to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission to resolve allegations over hiding bribes to "decisionmakers" i...
Evan Jowers, co-founder of Jowers Vargas recruiting in Hong Kong, is involved in a trade secrets suit with Texas recruiter Robert Kinney. He pointed fingers at his former lawyers at DLA Piper. �...
The trio joins other firms including Allen & Overy to up emergency leave for the legal workforce.
The firm also saw its staff costs rise in a year in which revenue and profits remained fairly flat.
"For two brilliant specimen of the legal profession, they're screwing up their careers royally."
The latest report by Mergermarket demonstrates a year of two halves, with a late surge in high-value deals occurring in H2.
Firms that failed to win roles on the biggest deals plummeted down the rankings, especially in the UK.
The firm joins Allen & Overy, DWF and Eversheds Sutherland in tweaking policies in response to the U.K.'s latest lockdown.
The new partner will head up the firm's private wealth advisory offering, based in Mayfair.
Incumbent Chris Perrin has held the GC role for 17 years.
The pandemic has seen firms realign their priorities to matters including staff well-being, remote working and diversification of work.
Energy lawyer Mike Arruda leaves after the Texas firm closed Beijing office.
The U.S. firm has expanded the base in recent months with a flurry of hires.
The Belgium-based based partner is bringing an associate with him - others are expected to join in due course.
Mergermarket tallies show Brazilian law firm Pinheiro Neto led activity in the region by both number and value of deals, while Davis Polk ranked second by deal value.
Donald Trump wasn't alone when he stoked unsubstantiated conspiracy theories in order to cling to power. He had a team of lawyers behind him.
Will law firms that represented Trump and the GOP in post-election litigation face financial or reputational damage after a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday? ...
It is not clear how long Paul Davis, who questioned election results in his Instagram story, served as associate general counsel at Goosehead Insurance.
Chairman Philip Inglima said he plans to contact as many law firm leaders as possible Thursday, asking them to join Crowell's statement.
The partner joined RPC at the start of January.
UK firms have quickly stepped up to support working parents and carers as the U.K. is plunged into a third lockdown.
The body representing solicitors in England and Wales was largely able to mitigate job losses through a restructuring.
John Clancey, an American human rights lawyer, was one of more than 50 people arrested by the Hong Kong police on Wednesday.
It's the firm's ninth base in the U.K. and comes with a double partner hire.
The partner previous served as vice chair of the firm's global tax practice.
The firm sees growth opportunities as concept of sustainability gains awareness across Asia Pacific.
Lawyers across the region are optimistic, as long as COVID-19 can be successfully eradicated.
Kirkland & Ellis, Quinn Emanuel, McKool Smith and two former chief judges of the Federal Circuit are having and a former Federal Circuit chief judge to make its case for the Wuhan Intermediate Co...
The takeover of the building forced the evacuation of lawmakers, staffers and members of the press.
In some countries, coups and juntas decided leadership disputes, but here in the United States we went to court to resolve problems.
The arrival of Barthélemy Cousin, a specialist in insurance law and Africa, brings the firm's Paris office to 15 lawyers, including six partners.
Securities intermediaries in China, including law firms, could face regulatory headwinds as civil and criminal liabilities pile on.
Reed Smith has also announced a sweeping global round.
Investors have grown leary of Mexico after President Andrés Manuel Lo pez Obrador squashed a series of private sector investments last year.
The controversial figure had his bail application rejected on Wednesday - the latest development in a long-running saga.
Latham private equity heads speak to Law.com International about what the hire of Paul Dolman will mean for the team.
The U.S. firm is the latest to announce a reduced round following a strained year.
The new deals extend the firm's reach into a total of 44 of the 54 countries in Africa.
The high street stationery favourite is the latest U.K. retailer to face collapse during the pandemic.
The energy giant will review its panel line-up of 18 firms later this year instead.
Kate Stonestreet has been the firm's global director of operations since 2017.
Administration change in the United States means lawyers are planning for what lies ahead when President Trump gives way to President Biden.
Allegations of bullying and price disputes surrounded the unusually public fall-out at Kennedys.