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  • February 12, 2025

    Axiom Ince Execs' Fraud Trial Over Collapse Set For 2027

    Five former leaders of Axiom Ince are to stand trial in 2027 over allegations they committed fraud and covered up their wrongdoing during a regulatory probe into the law firm, which collapsed with a hole of more than £60 million ($74.4 million) in its client accounts.

  • February 12, 2025

    Haynes Boone Hires 7-Lawyer Team From Memery Crystal

    Haynes Boone said Wednesday that it has recruited a seven-strong team of capital markets experts from Memery Crystal in London, led by former senior partner Nick Davis, as the fallout continues from the collapse of the RBG professional services group.

  • February 11, 2025

    BonelliErede Snaps Up Arbitration Partner From Cleary 

    Italian law firm BonelliErede has hired an arbitrator with over 30 years of experience and a particular focus on construction disputes as partner, as the firm looks to capture a bigger slice of the growing market. 

  • February 11, 2025

    Met Office Process For Tackling Sexual Misconduct Upended

    A London court ruled Tuesday that the Met's process to pull clearance for police officers accused of sexual misconduct is unlawful, leaving the force in what it called "a hopeless position" to tackle unfit officers after Wayne Couzens' rape and murder conviction.

  • February 11, 2025

    ETSI Picks IP Law Pro For New Chief Policy Officer

    Europe's telecommunications standards body has appointed a new chief policy officer with a background in intellectual property law and policy.

  • February 18, 2025

    Dechert Hires PE Pro From Gibson Dunn In London

    Dechert LLP has hired a longtime partner at Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP to augment its services for clients in private equity transactions and corporate mergers and acquisitions.

  • February 11, 2025

    Bristows Hires New UPC Chief In Dublin

    Bristows LLP has hired a new Unified Patent Court director to its Dublin office who aims to "sculpt" the firm's practice at the European forum.

  • February 11, 2025

    Pinsent Masons Cuts Jobs In Germany Amid Strategic Review

    Pinsent Masons LLP said Tuesday that it is making cuts to its workforce in Germany, more than a decade after it first opened an office in the country.

  • February 10, 2025

    Milbank's Revenue Soars, London Office Sees Big Gains

    Milbank LLP said on Monday that it achieved record-breaking financial results for 2024, with firmwide revenue rising 23% to $1.86 billion and its London office posting a 40.8% surge to $329.2 million

  • February 10, 2025

    Herbert Smith Unveils Career Program For Black Lawyers

    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP announced Monday the launch of a program to help Black lawyers advance their legal careers at the firm as studies continue to show that they are underrepresented across the legal sector.

  • February 10, 2025

    DLA Piper Trims UK Innovation Team, IT Could Be Next

    DLA Piper has made cutbacks to its innovation team and is entering into a collective consultation with its information technology teams in moves to streamline certain parts of its business in the U.K.

  • February 10, 2025

    SSB Group Ltd. Administration Extends To 2026

    The administration of SSB Group Ltd. has been extended by one year as litigation funders and other creditors look unlikely to recover their money from the failed Sheffield-based claims firm.

  • February 10, 2025

    Solicitor Struck Off For Secretly Working For Multiple Firms

    An ex-employee of London firm Connect 2 Law was struck off the roll of solicitors Monday for misleading the firm about the hours she worked and for being paid by multiple firms for the same hours, with a disciplinary tribunal saying her behavior was "a clear breach of trust."

  • February 10, 2025

    Proskauer Hires Tax Pro In Paris From Addleshaw Goddard

    Proskauer Rose LLP added a tax professional in Paris from Addleshaw Goddard LLP who advises private equity funds and multinational groups on mergers and acquisitions.

  • February 10, 2025

    Willkie Boosts New Lawyers' Pay In London To £170K

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher said on Monday that it has hiked the salaries of freshly qualified lawyers at its London office to £170,000 ($211,000) and that it has also raised earnings for trainees, as the salary war in the English capital continues to heat up.

  • February 10, 2025

    Property Boss' Brother Denies Dodging £13M Fraud Recovery

    The brother of a property tycoon who funneled £13 million ($16 million) out of his family business has hit back at claims that he transferred his shares from an investment venture to escape attempts to recover funds dissipated from the fraud.

  • February 10, 2025

    Fladgate Picks Up 25 Memery Crystal Pros Amid Turmoil

    Fladgate said on Monday that it has hired a team of 25 lawyers and staff from Memery Crystal as the firm prepares to shut its doors after its owner filed for administration.

  • February 07, 2025

    HFW Hires New COO From Deloitte With An Eye On Expansion

    Holman Fenwick Willan LLP has appointed a new chief operating officer from Deloitte as the firm looks to continue its global expansion to maintain strong financial results.

  • February 07, 2025

    UAE Prisoner Subpoenas Ex-Dechert GC Over Torture Claims

    A Jordanian lawyer imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates has subpoenaed Dechert's former general counsel in the U.S. over what the law firm's top brass knew of alleged human rights abuses said to have been committed by a former partner.

  • February 07, 2025

    Lawyer Struck Off For Misleading Clients In Property Dispute

    A former partner at a Plymouth law firm has been barred from working as a solicitor after the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal found he falsely informed two clients that he had lodged their legal complaint in court.

  • February 14, 2025

    Willkie Hires 3 Pros To Continue Expansion In Germany

    Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has recruited Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP's office managing partner in Hamburg and two other lawyers as it continues to make major investments in its business in Germany.

  • February 07, 2025

    The Revolving Door: Clifford Chance, Travers Make Key Moves

    Over the past week, Travers Smith LLP appointed a seasoned partner to head transactions, a newly created role for the firm, Clifford Chance LLP rehired a private capital lawyer from Blackstone following a flurry of appointments to the team and Addleshaw Goddard LLP snapped up an insolvency expert from Burness Paull.

  • February 07, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen Investec Bank PLC sue two diamond tycoons, London florist Nikki Tibbles file a claim against an "imitator company," a direct descendant of the Cartier family launch a claim, and a Coronation Street actor hit footballer Joe Bunney with a defamation claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • February 07, 2025

    A&O Shearman Retains 84% Of London Trainees For Spring

    A&O Shearman said Friday that more than 80% of its latest group of trainees in London will continue their careers at the firm as newly qualified lawyers in the spring as it boosts its pipeline of junior talent.

  • February 06, 2025

    Mental Health Calls From Lawyers Hit New High In 2024

    A mental well-being nonprofit for the U.K. legal industry said Thursday that the number of people reaching out for support hit record levels in 2024 amid pressures that include long working hours and heavy workloads.

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