Pulse UK

  • April 07, 2025

    A&O Shearman Loses Structured Finance Duo To Latham

    Latham & Watkins has hired two partners from Allen Overy Shearman Sterling's collateralized loan obligations practice in London as the newly merged firm continues to see partners move to U.S. and other rivals.

  • April 07, 2025

    1 In 3 Criminal Barristers Report Bullying, Harassment

    A third of criminal barristers say they have been bullied or harassed, the Criminal Bar Association revealed Monday, amid high attrition rates that add to the crisis in the criminal justice system.

  • April 07, 2025

    Milbank Hires 3 White & Case Infrastructure Lawyers

    Milbank LLP has hired three leading infrastructure lawyers from White & Case LLP as the firm continues its London expansion on the back of strong financial results in 2024.

  • April 07, 2025

    Linklaters Names New Global Financial Regulation Boss

    Linklaters LLP said Monday that it has appointed a new global head of its financial regulation group who will be based in Hong Kong.

  • April 07, 2025

    Employment Lawyers Warn Against Ditching DEI

    British companies that follow U.S. businesses in rolling back their diversity, equity and inclusion policies risk being held liable for discrimination, the Employment Lawyers Association has warned.

  • April 07, 2025

    Hospitality Exec Sues Law Firm Curwens For Botching Claim

    The former director of a restaurant business has accused London law firm Curwens LLP of mishandling legal action brought against his fellow directors, alleging that his claim was marred by the firm's numerous errors and lack of competent advice.

  • April 07, 2025

    Leigh Day Promotes 12 Lawyers To Partner

    Leigh Day said Monday that it has elevated 12 lawyers to its partnership as it bolsters areas including personal injury, employment and clinical negligence.

  • April 04, 2025

    UK Gov't Reviews £820M Legal Roster

    The U.K. government's public procurement agency has said that an exercise is underway for law firms to bid to be included in a consolidated £820 million ($1.06 billion) legal roster as it makes arrangements for the provision of advice.

  • April 04, 2025

    Bar Council Backs ABA Against 'Abhorrent' Political Attacks

    The Bar Council of England and Wales on Friday threw its weight behind the American Bar Association in condemning U.S. President Donald Trump's actions against the courts and the legal profession, describing the attacks as "abhorrent."

  • April 04, 2025

    UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London

    This past week in London has seen Russian industrialist Oleg Deripaska target the intelligence arm of CT Group with a commercial fraud claim, Big Technologies sue its former CEO for allegedly concealing interests in several shareholders, and an investment firm tackle a professional negligence claim by Adidas. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • April 04, 2025

    Jones Day Hires 4 Pros In Madrid For Financial Markets Team

    Jones Day has hired a group of four lawyers from Simmons & Simmons LLP and Spanish law firm RocaJunyent SLP to enhance its services in leveraged finance and capital markets transactions.

  • April 04, 2025

    HSF Hires Patent Litigator From EIP In Germany

    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP has hired a new intellectual property partner to its Düsseldorf office from EIP, with the new arrival saying Friday that the draw of working at a global firm led him to jump ship.

  • April 04, 2025

    BCLP Increases NQ Pay In London To £115K

    Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP has raised the salaries of newly qualified lawyers at its London office to £115,000 ($148,000) in its effort to remain attractive to young talent.

  • April 04, 2025

    HSF Private Equity Pro Moves To Dechert As Merger Looms

    A seasoned private equity lawyer from Herbert Smith Freehills LLP is moving to Dechert LLP as HSF edged a step closer to its anticipated transatlantic merger with Kramer Levin.

  • April 04, 2025

    The Revolving Door: Travers Smith Bags Restructuring Head

    Over the past week, Addleshaw Goddard LLP rehired a regulatory veteran after his 15-year stint at Squire Patton Boggs LLP, Travers Smith LLP appointed a partner to head its restructuring and insolvency practice, and Baker Botts LLP picked up a seasoned finance duo from Vinson & Elkins LLP.

  • April 04, 2025

    HSF, Kramer Levin Partners Vote In Favor Of Merger

    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP and Kramer Levin said Friday that their partners have voted "overwhelmingly" to approve the merger of the two law firms, adding that the combination was now expected to be completed a month later than initially anticipated.

  • April 03, 2025

    International Disputes And Trade Lawyer Heads To Foley Hoag

    A trade lawyer with experience in World Trade Organization dispute settlement and commercial mediation has joined Foley Hoag LLP's international litigation and arbitration practice in Paris as senior counsel, according to the law firm.

  • April 03, 2025

    4 Questions For Mishcon De Reya IP Chief David Rose

    By any measure, Mishcon de Reya LLP's soft intellectual property team had a good 2024. The team advised on three of the year's largest trademark cases, in a particularly busy year at the U.K. courts.

  • April 03, 2025

    Diageo GC Resigns For Top Legal Role At Thermo Fisher

    The general counsel at Diageo PLC will depart the British spirits maker for a similar position at biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., he announced in a LinkedIn post.

  • April 03, 2025

    Trump Must Pay £626K Legal Costs In Steele Dossier Case

    President Donald Trump was ordered by a London judge Thursday to pay about £626,000 ($820,000) to cover the legal costs for the defense of the authors of the infamous "Steele dossier" against his data protection claim, which was thrown out of court last year.

  • April 03, 2025

    Gowling, Police Team Up To Recoup Fraud Victims' Assets

    City of London Police said Thursday that it has teamed up with international law firm Gowling WLG to support victims of fraud through a civil asset recovery program.

  • April 03, 2025

    Co-op Legal's Revenues Top £80M In Financial Results

    The Co-operative Group said Thursday that revenue at its legal services business had exceeded £80 million ($105 million) in 2024 as profits surged, fueled by growth in its probate and estate-planning practices.

  • April 03, 2025

    New Corker Binning Partner Hails Firm's 'Good Bones'

    Boutique criminal practice Corker Binning has recruited a criminal litigation specialist as a partner from Simons Muirhead & Burton LLP as the firm continues to bolster its serious and general crime practice.

  • April 03, 2025

    Pinsent Masons Promotes 24 Partners In Latest Global Round

    Pinsent Masons said Thursday that it has promoted 24 lawyers to its partnership, a slight rise from 2024's numbers, with women accounting for more than half of those who made the grade.

  • April 03, 2025

    Charles Russell Boosts Partnership With 11 Promotions

    Charles Russell Speechlys LLP said Thursday that it is promoting 11 lawyers from its U.K. offices to its partnership, boosting partner numbers in practice areas including private client, employment and dispute resolution.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights From HFW's Christopher Foster

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    Christopher Foster, global head of insurance and reinsurance at HFW, discusses the challenges of conducting complex arbitration, why arbitration rules should be amended, and how learning about the market makes working in insurance law easier.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Broadfield's Sajjad Khan

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    Sajjad Khan, head of Broadfield's intellectual property practice, discusses how trademark matters that appear to be simple can end up being complex, why the regulatory framework for artificial intelligence and copyright is in clear need of reform, and how junior lawyers should persevere if interested in this competitive area of law.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Cleary's Gareth Kristensen

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    Gareth Kristensen, head of the Europe, Middle East and Africa intellectual property practice group at Cleary, discusses the challenges when data laws are not adapted to frontier artificial intelligence, why IP rights can have such significant value, and how nothing beats a deep understanding of what you enjoy within the realm of tech, IP and data.

  • Series

    PR Perspectives: 3 Misconceptions Around Law Firm Brands

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    Despite an implicit understanding of the value of brand, misconceptions around logo and financial value have resulted in law firms being slow to manage and build this valuable asset, without which it becomes difficult to attract the same caliber of client or recruit the best lawyers, says Daniela Conte at Gibson Dunn.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights From Covington's Sonia Campbell

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    Sonia Campbell, head of the U.K. insurance recovery practice at Covington, discusses the challenges of working during the COVID-19 pandemic, why cyber underwriting risk will be critical for sector reform, and how junior lawyers need to be resilient and tenacious.

  • Roundup

    Practice Leader Insights

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    In this Law360 U.K. Expert Analysis series, leaders of employment, intellectual property, insurance and transactions practice groups share thoughts on keeping the pulse on legal trends, tackling difficult cases and what it takes to make a mark in their area.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights: Bird & Bird's Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard

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    Rebecca O'Kelly-Gillard, who co-heads Bird & Bird's international copyright group, discusses the challenges of working on long cases with complex issues, whether current copyright law is fit for purpose in light of artificial intelligence, ​​​​​​​and why understanding technology makes it easier to argue the nuances of the law.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Birketts' Maria Peyman

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    Maria Peyman, who heads Birketts' intellectual property team, discusses the challenges of cases involving multiple patents, the need to reform legislative provisions in light of artificial intelligence, and why junior lawyers should take opportunities to get a broad range of experience before specializing.

  • Rethinking 'No Comment' For Clients Facing Public Crises

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    “No comment” is no longer a cost-free or even a viable public communications strategy for companies in crisis, and counsel must tailor their guidance based on a variety of competing factors to help clients emerge successfully, says Robert Bowers at Moore & Van Allen.

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    Practice Leader Insights: Mishcon de Reya's Daniel Naftalin

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    Daniel Naftalin, who chairs the employment practice at Mishcon de Reya, discusses the challenges of working on multijurisdictional litigation, the need to show consideration for lawyers' well-being, and why employment law offers unique opportunities to specialize in a commercial field with a high degree of human interest.

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    Practice Leader Insights From Baker McKenzie's David Scott

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    David Scott, head of the London mergers and acquisitions practice at Baker McKenzie, discusses the excitement of working on a highly complex transaction, the need for a harmonized approach to deal regulatory scrutiny, and why deal work can become addictive.

  • Transatlantic Law Firm Mergers Are Transforming UK Market

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    With the current prevalence for high-profile U.K.-U.S. law firm mergers likely to continue, a new type of firm could emerge that strikes a balance between U.K. culture and working style, but with the global ambition that U.S. firms offer, says Ria Karnik at Major Lindsey.

  • Series

    Practice Leader Insights: Taylor Wessing's Paul Callaghan

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    Paul Callaghan, who leads Taylor Wessing's employment, pensions and mobility group, discusses the challenges of clients who take matters personally, why discrimination based on socioeconomic background needs to be addressed by the law, and how being contracted as an independent investigator is becoming a new trend for senior employment lawyers.

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    Practice Leader Insights From BCLP's Benjamin Lee

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    Benjamin Lee, who co-leads BCLP's global corporate transactions practice, discusses the value of face-to-face meetings, how aspects of English company law could align with a more global approach, and what junior lawyers can learn by observing their senior colleagues.

  • Opinion

    Defunding Lawyer Apprenticeships Could Have Hidden Costs

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    In proposing to reform the U.K. apprenticeship system, it is crucial that the government gives sufficient consideration to how funding changes could reduce opportunities for underrepresented groups and negatively affect firms' ability to deliver effective training, says Carrie Laws at The Family Law Co.

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