Interview

Incoming Law Society Leader Has Her Eye On Modernization

By Marialuisa Taddia

When Dana Denis-Smith launched her campaign to become president of the Law Society of England and Wales, her message was clear: the legal profession has changed dramatically over the past two decades — and must keep evolving.

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Ex-Kingsley Napley Pro Fined For Breaching Accounts Rules

By Ashish Sareen

A former partner at Kingsley Napley LLP has been fined for breaching accounts rules by letting a client use the firm's client account to facilitate mortgage payments without a legal transaction at play, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.

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Law Firm Fails To Ax Vanquis Bank's £4.5M Complaints Case

By Ronan Barnard

A London judge has refused to throw out Vanquis Bank's £4.5 million ($6.1 million) claim against a law firm it alleges inundated it with thousands of meritless complaints over loans, ruling that although the facts underpinning the claim were "novel," it was based on "well-established" principles.

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M&A Tops Baker McKenzie's 59-Strong Partner Class For 2025

By Matt Perez

Baker McKenzie announced that 59 attorneys will be promoted to partner by the start of July, with the number of internal hires decreasing from last year while lateral recruitment remained the same, at 48, over the past 12 months.

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Roundup

The Revolving Door: White & Case Swipes Private Equity Duo

By Laura Stewart Liberty

Over the past week, White & Case continued its raid of Ropes & Gray's private equity team, an energy partner returned to Freeths, and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton lost a corporate lawyer to Ashurst.

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ICO Secures Guilty Verdicts In Massive Data Misuse Case

By Ronan Barnard

The director of a legal funding company and seven other men have been convicted over a personal injury data conspiracy at an English court, the U.K.'s data regulator has said.

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Justice Birss To Become High Court Chancellor

By Ashish Sareen

Justice Colin Birss has been appointed to become the new chancellor of the High Court, putting an appeals court judge who specializes in intellectual property law in one of the most senior judicial roles in England and Wales.

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

By Max Austin

This past week in London has seen the British Basketball Federation sued by members of the men's professional basketball league for alleged competition breaches, songwriter Coco Star file an intellectual property claim against Universal Music Publishing, and the Solicitors Regulation Authority file a claim against the Post Office amid ongoing investigations into law firms linked to the Horizon IT Scandal. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

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Simmons & Simmons Hires 3-Lawyer IP Team In Paris

By Hanna Vioque

Simmons & Simmons LLP has expanded its IP practice in Paris with a technology expert and two associates from a boutique business law firm, bringing nearly two decades of experience to the firm.

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Hogan Lovells Adds IP Duo In Paris From A&O Shearman

By Tabitha Burbidge

Hogan Lovells has broadened its intellectual property litigation bench in Europe with the hire of two heavyweight intellectual property litigators, who join the firm's Paris office as partners from A&O Shearman.

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Brief

Ex-TLT Chief And Law Society President Robert Bourns Dies

By Ashish Sareen

Robert Bourns, TLT's first managing partner and the 172nd president of the Law Society, has died after a more than 40-year career in the legal profession, the two organizations confirmed Friday.

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