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January 14, 2025
Goodwin Enters Brussels With Ex-Quinn Emanuel Antitrust Atty
Goodwin Procter LLP has opened an office in Brussels, focusing on competition matters with the hiring of a former Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP attorney who once served as the head of Shearman & Sterling LLP's global antitrust group.
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January 21, 2025
Plasseraud Hires Patent Pro To Lead New Amsterdam Office
French IP boutique Plasseraud has brought on board a veteran patent attorney from Simmons & Simmons to oversee its new office in Amsterdam as the firm expands its European reach.
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January 14, 2025
SFO Taps Insider As Top Lawyer As Osofsky Era Ends
Britain's anti-graft agency said Tuesday that a long-serving official with a background in running fraud and corruption investigations will serve as its top lawyer at least on an interim basis as it hunts to fill the crucial role on its executive committee.
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January 14, 2025
Blackstone Chambers Ups Pupils' Award By 20%
Blackstone Chambers has raised its pupillage award to £90,000 ($109,000), positioning itself ahead of law firms in the competitive race for top legal talent in London.
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January 21, 2025
Clifford Chance Hires M&A Pro Bruce Embley From Skadden
Clifford Chance said Tuesday that it has hired senior corporate lawyer Bruce Embley from Skadden in London as it looks to boost its transactions services.
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January 14, 2025
Gunnercooke Pro Fined For Improper Use Of Client Account
A lawyer at Gunnercooke LLP has been fined more than £14,000 ($17,000) for allowing clients to use the law firm's client account as a banking facility, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.
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January 21, 2025
Clyde & Co. Insurance Pro Joins DWF As Partner
DWF LLP has hired a property and related liability expert from Clyde & Co. as a partner to join its global risks insurance team in London, as the firm looks to expand its practice across the U.K.
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January 13, 2025
Law Student Can't Rope Cambridge Profs Into Bias Claim
A law Ph.D. student cannot sue the individual committee members who collectively refused to award him a doctoral thesis after a London judge ruled Monday that the panelists added nothing of substance to his discrimination case against Cambridge.
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January 13, 2025
Law Firms Avoid Early Payout In Dispute Over Property Deal
A property business failed to get two law firms to contribute to its £2.5 million ($3 million) liability to a lender over a botched property purchase, after a judge ruled Monday that the dispute needed to be decided at trial.
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January 13, 2025
Simmons & Simmons Ups NQ Pay In Bristol To £96K
Simmons & Simmons LLP said Monday that it is raising the salaries of newly qualified associates in its Bristol office to £96,000 ($116,833) as it looks to boost its pipeline of promising junior lawyers in the southwest English city.
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January 13, 2025
Tribunal Member Sanctioned After Falling Asleep In Hearing
Britain's judicial conduct watchdog has sanctioned a tribunal member for misconduct after he "appeared to be fast asleep" during a hearing, despite his claims that he suffered from a medical condition.
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January 20, 2025
Addleshaw Goddard Hires New Brands Chief From Stobbs
Addleshaw Goddard LLP has appointed a new head of brands from Stobbs, the latest in a spate of other lawyers at the intellectual property boutique taking a well-trodden path between the two firms.
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January 20, 2025
Clyde & Co. Lands Plane Insurance Pro From Kennedys
An insurance specialist has returned to Clyde & Co., joining its aviation liability practice as a partner in London as the law firm looks to bolster its firepower and support its clients' complex and evolving needs.
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January 13, 2025
Croner To Face Fired Ex-Solicitor's Claim Despite Docs Spat
Human resources consultancy Croner Group Ltd. must face a claim of a former litigation adviser that it unfairly fired him because he faced being struck off the solicitors' roll for sending antisemitic tweets.
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January 13, 2025
Quinn Emanuel's London Income Tops £200M, But Profits Dip
Quinn Emanuel reported its latest financial results on Monday, saying that its revenues in London had topped £200 million ($242.7 million) for the first time — but noted that profits fell by around 7%.
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January 10, 2025
The Revolving Door: Osborne Clarke, MoFo Make Big UK Hires
Over the past week, Osborne Clarke LLP hired a competition litigator from claimants boutique Hausfeld LLP, Charles Russell Speechlys LLP brought on a barrister specializing in fintech, and Morrison Foerster LLP lost another real estate lawyer to Simmons & Simmons LLP. Here, Law360 looks at those and more of the week's most notable lateral hires around the U.K.
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January 10, 2025
RBG And Rosenblatt Reach 2-Week Truce In Battle Over Firm
RBG Holdings PLC said Friday evening that it had reached a two-week truce with founder Ian Rosenblatt to allow him to buy back his former firm after its skirmish with its biggest shareholder over the business's future publicly exploded.
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January 10, 2025
Milbank Bumps Trainee Pay As New Training Contract Debuts
Milbank LLP said Friday that the first group of five trainees on its new leveraged finance training program will start in September as the firm revealed that it had bumped trainee pay by more than 12%.
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January 10, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen legal services group RBG Holdings face a winding-up petition from founder Ian Rosenblatt amid soured talks about the group's leadership, J.P. Morgan file a fresh claim against WeRealize, retailer Asda face an intellectual property claim over a specific type of mandarin and financier Nathaniel Rothschild sue German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst and his investment vehicle Tennor International. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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January 10, 2025
Lawyer Cleared Of Dishonesty Over AML Compliance Failings
A disciplinary tribunal on Friday cleared a lawyer of dishonesty over allegations that he misled an insurer and the English solicitors regulator about his lack of compliance with anti-money laundering regulations.
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January 10, 2025
Litigation Funder Forms New Biz To Oversee Group Claims
Litigation funder Asertis confirmed Friday it has joined forces with law firm KP Law PC to create a one-stop shop for managing legal claims through a unique platform that offers funding, litigating and insuring services.
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January 10, 2025
SRA Bars Conveyancing Exec Over Falsified Documents
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has banned a conveyancing executive from working for another law firm after she falsified legal documents to conceal the fact that she had missed a deadline for sending them to Companies House.
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January 10, 2025
Clifford Chance Adds 2 Fund Finance Pros From Mayer Brown
Clifford Chance LLP has hired two lending experts to join its global financial markets team in London, as the firm looks to add experience and specializations to its already strong private credit practice.
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January 10, 2025
CMS Taps Tax Disputes Specialist From KPMG
CMS announced that it has appointed a former KPMG director as a partner in its London-based tax practice.
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January 10, 2025
RBG Says It Has Creditor Support Despite Winding Up Bid
RBG Holdings PLC sought Friday to halt the sharp decline in its share price by reassuring investors that the company continued to have the support of its main creditors, just days after its largest shareholder and founder filed to wind up the company.
Expert Analysis
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The Challenges Of Presenting To Clients In The Hybrid World
As a sector that is guided heavily by the demands of its client base, the legal industry will have to overcome various obstacles to make stylish, convincing and successful in-the-room, virtual and hybrid presentations in the post-pandemic blend of home and office, says Gavin Brown at Speak with Impact.
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5 Challenges General Counsel Are Set To Face
With an ever-broadening role, general counsel are being tasked to do more with less, with a need for caution and a requirement to leverage time wisely to anticipate and identify emerging industry challenges, says Jerry Temko at Major Lindsey.
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How SRA Workplace Culture Guidance May Help Legal Sector
Whether or not the Solicitors Regulation Authority acts on its recently released guidance on toxic workplace environments in law firms and imposes harsh sanctions, it will hopefully encourage some positive top-down changes, and should give individuals confidence to demand acceptable behavior, says Georgina Calvert-Lee at Bellevue Law.
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Beyond ChatGPT: AI Considerations For Law Firms
The use of artificial intelligence is likely to become increasingly mainstream in the legal sector, and firms should not remain complacent in the current limitations of ChatGPT, but develop policies to ensure that AI-generated liability and regulatory issues are addressed sooner rather than later, say Corinne Staves and Andrew Pavlovic at CM Murray.
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Reflecting On The Benefits Of Direct Access To Barristers
At close to 20 years since public access to barristers came into being, it is a good time to take a look at its impact on the U.K. legal profession and the more collaborative approach between barristers and solicitors we have seen develop since its introduction, say Amani Mohammed and Sean Gould at Westgate Chambers.
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How Apprenticeships Are Transforming The Legal Sector
As more legal employers recognize the benefits of creating apprenticeship opportunities, they are likely to grow in popularity, ensuring that the best and brightest minds are available to meet the challenges of an ever complex and changing legal environment, says Aisha Saeed at Addleshaw Goddard.
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Pitfalls Lawyers Should Avoid When Correcting Their Mistakes
When solicitors make mistakes that cause prejudice to their clients, they will need to carefully consider whether they should try to fix their mistake, as trying to put things right may expose them to potential regulatory action, says Andrew Pavlovic at CM Murray.
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Translating The Plan For English-Language German Courts
The German Ministry of Justice is aiming to do away with the mistakes of the past and overhaul the German civil procedure in order to accommodate English-language disputes, but the success of these proceedings will depend very much on factors that the proposal does not address, say Jan Schaefer and Rüdiger Morbach at King & Spalding.
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A Breakdown Of The SRA's Proposed New Fining Powers
Thanks to the Solicitors Regulation Authority's pending new fining framework, which includes guidance on unsuitable fines and a fixed penalties scheme for low-level breaches, firms can expect to see more disciplinary findings leading to an SRA fine rather than referral to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, say Graham Reid and Shanice Holder at RPC.
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Russian Bank Ruling Clarifies UK Sanctions Regime
The recent U.K. High Court judgment of PJSC National Bank Trust v. Mints, a case brought by two Russian banks, is significant in clarifying that the U.K. sanctions regime does not deprive designated persons of their fundamental common law right to bring a claim in an English court, despite their assets being frozen, says Zoe O’Sullivan KC at Serle Court.
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Preparing For EU's Pay Gap Reporting Directive
An agreement has been reached on the European Union Pay Transparency Directive, paving the way for gender pay gap reporting to become compulsory for many employers across Europe, introducing a more proactive approach than the similar U.K. regime and leading the way on new global standards for equal pay, say attorneys at Lewis Silkin.
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Has The Liberalization Of Legal Services Achieved Its Aims?
Although there is still some way to go, alternative business structures are now an increasingly prominent feature of the legal services landscape, and clients can expect greater choice, improved quality and more manageable costs, as was intended by this shake-up of the profession's regulatory frameworks 15 years ago, says Dana Denis-Smith at Obelisk Support.
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How Overseas Property Verification Poses Risks To Attorneys
The recently launched register of overseas entities, requiring verification of foreign owners hoping to purchase U.K. property, could expose attorneys to criminal prosecution, professional negligence claims and reputational damage if they do not complete these checks to the required standard, which nevertheless remains murky, says Harriet Holmes at Thirdfort.
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What To Expect From UK's New Economic Crime Bill
The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency bill, if passed, will reform aspects of Companies House and strengthen government anti-money laundering efforts, but it is also raising questions about how new information sharing requirements will affect businesses, say attorneys at Signature Litigation.
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A Trusted Cybersecurity Framework Is Imperative For Lawyers
The recent increased risk of cyberattacks has a number of profound implications for law firms, and complying with government guidance by embedding a cyber-savvy culture and adhering to a security framework will enable lawyers to add extra layers of defense and present their clients with higher levels of protection, says Marion Stewart at Red Helix.