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November 27, 2024
HSF To Open Luxembourg Office Ahead Of Merger
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP will open an office in Luxembourg in 2025, bringing in three lawyers from A&O Shearman and Maples & Calder, ahead of its proposed merger with U.S. firm Kramer Levin later in the same year.
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November 27, 2024
Training Lawyers To Be 'More Human' Will Counter Rise Of AI
Douglas Armstrong, managing partner at Dickson Minto LLP, believes that keeping a firm small and training lawyers to be "more human" are the best defenses against the rise of artificial intelligence.
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November 27, 2024
Simpson Thacher Hires Funds Trio To New Luxembourg Office
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP said Wednesday that it has hired three funds partners for a new office in Luxembourg, which it plans to open in early 2025.
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November 26, 2024
HFW Hires Commodities Disputes Pro From Clyde & Co.
Holman Fenwick Willan LLP said Tuesday that it has hired a new partner from Clyde & Co. LLP to its commodities team, boosting its ability to handle high-value trading disputes out of London.
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November 26, 2024
Withers Settles £249K Fee Dispute Over Daniel Truell Estate
Withers LLP has settled its dispute with pensions industry entrepreneur Edmund Truell and a partner at law firm Moore Barlow LLP over a £249,500 ($313,000) legal bill for representing them as executors of the late financier Daniel Truell's estate.
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November 26, 2024
Accredited Insurance Denies £61.4M Liability In Loan Dispute
An insurer has hit back at a £61.4 million ($77.4 million) claim by a legal loans company, arguing a number of regulatory breaches by the lender mean it's not liable to pay out under a litigation funding arrangement.
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November 26, 2024
1KBW Chambers Barrister Named As High Court Judge
A leading family law specialist, who has worked on numerous child abduction cases at the U.K. Supreme Court, has been appointed as a High Court judge and will start his new position in early December.
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November 26, 2024
Family Law Boutique, Finance Firm Ink 'Industry-First' Tie-Up
A family law boutique and a financial planner said Tuesday they have entered into an "industry-first" collaboration to offer integrated advice to high-net-worth clients when they get divorced.
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November 26, 2024
AI Use By Unregulated Legal Service Providers Creates Risk
Unregulated legal service providers pose risks to consumers, especially as the use of artificial intelligence tools becomes more prevalent, according to research published Tuesday by a watchdog for legal executives.
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November 26, 2024
Shoosmiths Targets Global Expansion In 'Transformation' Plan
Shoosmiths is targeting international expansion, from the Middle East to continental Europe and the U.S. East Coast, as it presses ahead with its "transformational" plan, moving against a trend for law firms to retreat from overseas offices.
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November 25, 2024
Greenberg Traurig Grows In Middle East With 2 From Clyde
Greenberg Traurig LLP said Monday that it is expanding its coverage in the Middle East with the addition of an international arbitration and litigation lawyer as well as a corporate lawyer with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, who were both hired away from Clyde & Co. LLP.
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November 25, 2024
Bugsby Denied Arbitration In Olympia Case Funding Battle
A real estate sponsor failed in its bid to arbitrate a dispute stemming from its attempt to buy London's Olympia Exhibition Center, when a London judge ruled Monday that its argument "falls far short."
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November 25, 2024
Akin Announces Associate Bonuses, 2025 Salary Scale
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP told Law360 Pulse on Monday it will pay associates and counsel year-end bonuses of between $15,000 and $115,000 and special bonuses of between $6,000 and $25,000, based on seniority, in February.
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November 25, 2024
Clarilis Teams Up With Addleshaw Goddard On VC Tool
Legal document automation company Clarilis has launched an automated document suite for early-stage venture capital transactions in the U.K. that was developed in partnership with its law firm client Addleshaw Goddard LLP, the company said Monday.
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November 25, 2024
Kennedys Gets Green Light For Net-Zero Goal
Kennedys said Monday its plan to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2040 has received approval from a scheme run by a coalition of nonprofit organizations to help businesses set goals and plans to reduce their pollutants.
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November 25, 2024
Administration Costs For Axiom Ince Triple To Over £3M
The cost of the administration of collapsed law firm Axiom Ince are three times higher than the original estimate and will now hit more than £3 million ($4 million), according to a progress report issued by the administrators on Monday.
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November 25, 2024
CMS Ties Up With Mauritian Firm In Boost To African Presence
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP said Monday it has partnered with a Mauritian boutique business law firm as it looks to strengthen its foothold in the African market.
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November 22, 2024
Squire Patton Lawyer Dies In Laos Amid Poisoning Reports
A junior lawyer at Squire Patton Boggs LLP has died in Laos, the law firm confirmed Friday, amid reports in the media that she was the victim of a suspected mass poisoning incident.
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November 22, 2024
Simpson Thacher Hires Finance Pro From Linklaters
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP has recruited a newly promoted banking partner at Linklaters LLP to continue building its finance offering in London.
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November 22, 2024
Teacher Stern Cleared Of Rules Breach Over Client Payments
Teacher Stern LLP and two partners were cleared by a London disciplinary tribunal on Friday of breaching legal accounting rules and ethical regulations by allowing clients to transfer money that was not related to an underlying legal transaction or service.
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November 22, 2024
London Associates Add Big Bonuses To Big Salary
Newly qualified lawyers and associates at some top U.S. law firms in London will receive bonuses ranging from $21,000 to $150,000 in 2024 as pay for the more junior members of the profession continues to grow in the capital, reflecting trends from recent years.
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November 22, 2024
Solicitor Loses Defamation Case Over Bad Online Reviews
A property solicitor has lost a claim for £25,000 ($31,282) alleging that an angry former client posted defamatory online reviews about her, as a London court ruled that there was not enough proof he had written them.
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November 22, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen cash-strapped Thurrock Borough Council bring a £40 million ($50 million) negligence claim against 23 other local authorities over its solar investments from a not-for-profit local government body, AstraZeneca sue a fire safety company following a blaze at its Cambridge headquarters last year, and a director who was convicted in 2016 for corporate manslaughter face action by Manolete Partners. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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November 28, 2024
Addleshaw Goddard Hires Payments Pro From Hogan Lovells
Addleshaw Goddard LLP has recruited a payments specialist from Hogan Lovells in London, with the new partner saying Thursday the firm's young partnership and talented female ranks spurred her to jump ship.
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November 28, 2024
Hogan Lovells Hires Disputes Pro From Dentons In Germany
Hogan Lovells has recruited a specialist in commercial and construction disputes from Dentons in Germany as it looks to expand its coverage of contentious matters, including in the area of environmental, social and governance.