Pulse UK

  • February 18, 2025

    Eversheds Launches Consulting Service In Middle East

    Eversheds Sutherland's consulting division has hired a data protection, artificial intelligence and data regulatory expert from PwC Legal in the Middle East as part of its launch in the region.

  • February 18, 2025

    Addleshaw Set To Expand Into Warsaw With Linklaters Office

    Linklaters LLP is set to hand its Warsaw office over to Addleshaw Goddard LLP, giving the firm a new base and a team to represent clients across Central and Eastern Europe from Poland.

  • February 18, 2025

    Squire Patton Adds LA, London Partners To Global Board

    A trial lawyer and a specialist energy attorney are the two latest members elected to serve on Squire Patton Boggs LLP's global board, the firm announced Tuesday.

  • February 18, 2025

    Compliance Software Provider Augmetec Raises £2M

    London-based Augmetec, which provides an investigations software tool, announced on Tuesday the raising of £2 million ($2.5 million) to grow its product and market.

  • February 18, 2025

    Cleary To Merge Beijing Office Into Hong Kong This Summer

    Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP has announced that it will close its Beijing operations in July and consolidate its Greater China presence into Hong Kong.

  • February 18, 2025

    Solicitor Caught In Daily Mail Sting Accused Of Dishonesty

    A solicitor was accused of acting dishonestly and undermining the administration of justice on Tuesday as the profession's regulator alleged that he was caught by undercover journalists encouraging an illegal immigrant to lie to the Home Office and make a false application for asylum.

  • February 18, 2025

    Linklaters Hires Top CMA Lawyer For Competition Group

    Linklaters LLP has recruited a senior lawyer at the Competition and Markets Authority to boost its competition and consumer law disputes offering amid regulatory changes across the globe and demand for advice on private litigation and class actions.

  • February 18, 2025

    SRA Urged To Keep Client Money In Hands Of Law Firms

    The Law Society has criticized proposals to allow third parties rather than law firms to manage client money, and warned on Tuesday that the "radical" shift proposed by the solicitors' watchdog would not bring fraud to a halt.

  • February 18, 2025

    Environmental Campaigners Target A&O Shearman, Akin

    Environmental campaigners targeted A&O Shearman and Akin Gump on Tuesday over their continuing involvement in fossil fuel projects and a $500 billion development in Saudi Arabia that has been linked to human rights violations. 

  • February 17, 2025

    Magistrate Warned For Calling Peer A 'Trolley Dolly'

    A magistrate has been issued a warning after he mocked another magistrate for her previous career as cabin crew by referring to her as a "trolley dolly," the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office said.

  • February 17, 2025

    Ward Hadaway Ponders Merger With Regional Law Firm

    Ward Hadaway said Monday that it is in talks over a potential merger with The Endeavour Partnership in northeast England as it seeks to build on its "very close" existing relationship with the commercial law firm.

  • February 17, 2025

    UK Appoints New And Old Faces To Trio Of Labor Bodies

    The U.K. government confirmed the appointment and reappointment of dozens of members of three employment bodies on Monday.

  • February 17, 2025

    Lawyer Struck Off For Taking Money From Client Account

    A disciplinary tribunal struck off a solicitor Monday after concluding that he had taken money from his firm's client account without authorization and misled the sector's regulator when it probed the transactions.

  • February 17, 2025

    Former Entain Execs Sue Addleshaw For Privileged Docs

    The former chief executive at the predecessor of Entain and the betting giant's former chair have sued Addleshaw Goddard LLP, seeking the release of privileged advice believed to have been turned over to regulators and prosecutors in a major bribery investigation.

  • February 17, 2025

    Armstrong Teasdale UK Rapped Over Client Account Misuse

    The defunct U.K. subsidiary of Armstrong Teasdale LLP has been sanctioned after the legal business breached rules by causing or allowing its client account to be used as a banking facility, the Solicitors Regulation Authority has said.

  • February 17, 2025

    RBG To Wind Down After Failing To Find Administrator

    RBG Holdings PLC said on Monday that it is winding down operations after many of its lawyers moved to other firms in London and it failed to appoint an administrator.

  • February 14, 2025

    Brown Rudnick Bolsters Firm With Tax Pro From Fieldfisher

    Brown Rudnick LLP announced it added a former Fieldfisher partner to work in the firm's London-based litigation and dispute resolution practice as a tax partner.

  • February 14, 2025

    A&O Shearman Loses IP Litigators In London, Paris

    Allen Overy Shearman Sterling is set to lose three intellectual property litigators to White & Case LLP's London office, while another specialist from its Paris base has been snapped up by Clifford Chance LLP.

  • February 14, 2025

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

    This past week in London has seen Spice Girls star Mel B's ex-husband bring a defamation claim against the publisher of The Sun, a hotel sue a former director convicted of embezzling its funds for breach of fiduciary duty, and comedian Russell Brand face a sexual abuse claim. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.

  • February 14, 2025

    ENRC Can't Directly Appeal $120M Cut From SFO Claim

    A London judge Friday refused Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. a direct route to challenge his decision to pare its claim against the Serious Fraud Office over its criminal investigation, a move the company's lawyers say "went behind" its evidence and should have been aired at trial.

  • February 14, 2025

    Cadwalader Adds 3 Fund Finance Pros In London

    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP said Friday that it has hired three fund finance lawyers from Ashurst LLP and Reed Smith LLP to boost its capabilities advising clients on increasingly complex transactions from its office in London.

  • February 14, 2025

    Former ICJ President Joins London's Twenty Essex

    A prominent arbitrator who spent three years as president of the International Court of Justice has joined Twenty Essex in London, the barristers' chambers said on Friday.

  • February 13, 2025

    Patent Court Rules Out DIY Defense For Attys Party To A Case

    Lawyers cannot represent themselves at the Unified Patent Court if they are a party to a case, an appeals panel at the court has ruled.

  • February 13, 2025

    Norton Rose Fulbright Hikes NQ Pay To £135K

    Norton Rose Fulbright said Thursday that it is increasing starting salaries of newly qualified solicitors in London to £135,000 ($169,100) following an annual benchmarking review as junior lawyers' earnings continue to hit new levels across the market.

  • February 13, 2025

    Gunnercooke Taps Ex-Millwall FC Chief To Lead Sports Division

    Gunnercooke LLP said Thursday that it has recruited the former chief executive of Millwall Football Club to lead a new division representing clients in the sports industry.

Expert Analysis

  • Series

    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.

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    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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    Practice Leader Insights From Eversheds' Diane Gilhooley

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    Diane Gilhooley, who leads Eversheds Sutherland's employment, labor and pensions practice, looks at the multifaceted challenges of advising clients during pandemic lockdowns, the need to reform U.K.'s whistleblowing law, and why it's important for lawyers to enjoy their work.

  • 'Revolving Door' Model Can Help Bridge Legal Sector Gaps

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    The ability for lawyers to move freely between private and public sectors, a long-time feature of the U.S. legal landscape that was recently embraced by the U.K. Government Legal Department, offers valuable career experience and an effective way to close talent gaps at either end, say James Lavan and Thomas Hanlon at Buchanan.

  • Pros And Cons Of Nonequity Partnership For English Firms

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    With Cleary recently announcing a new nonequity partner category, it is an opportune time for firms governed by English law to examine the advantages and disadvantages of this position from the perspective of both the firm and the lawyer, says John Gould at Russell-Cooke.

  • Global Law Firms: The Challenge Of Where To Do Business

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    As the world becomes less predictable and operational risks present greater challenges, global law firms must contend with a range of pressures, yet financial considerations still drive much of the process when deciding where to plant a flag, say Bethaney Durkin and Liam McCafferty at Byfield Consultancy.

  • How Partners' Role In Firm Culture Affects Pay Decisions

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    Amid an increased regulatory focus on workplace culture, law firms are more than ever having to grapple with how they can reinforce the right partner behaviors when making decisions as to promotion or remuneration, in a way that is objective and fair, say Andrew Pavlovic and Corinne Staves at CM Murray.

  • 3 Reasons For Popularity Of Pro Bono In UK, Europe BigLaw

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    Several factors have contributed to the rise in organized pro bono work in the legal sector across the U.K. and Europe, and with large law firms looking to distinguish themselves and compete for talent, the trend seems likely to continue, says Paul Yates at Freshfields.

  • UK Election Offers New Opportunity To Promote Rule Of Law

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    With many members of Parliament entering the House of Commons for the first time following the election in July, it is a daunting time for those transitioning into elected legislators, and the input of lawyers is crucial to ensure we see evidence-driven and legally certain legislation, says Tyrone Steele at Justice.

  • The Art Of Storytelling In E-Discovery, And Why It Is Important

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    With document review accounting for a large proportion of legal costs, weaving in a storytelling approach to e-discovery alongside increasingly automated processes allows a more effective way of producing evidence that minimizes inefficiencies and ultimately achieves better outcomes, says Tiana Van Dyk at Epiq Legal Solutions.

  • Tips On Preparing A Business To Navigate A Corporate Crisis

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    The recent CrowdStrike IT issue demonstrates that while it can be difficult to predict when a crisis might hit, there are proactive steps senior executives and their legal advisers can take to be better prepared for such an eventuality and to weather the storm more effectively, says Jenny Afia at Schillings.

  • How Generative AI Is Changing Legal Department Functions

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    Generative artificial intelligence is of much greater consequence than previous legal technologies and is therefore poised to reshape legal functions, redefine the roles of legal professionals, and change how much legal work is delivered — and some key practice areas and legal activities stand to be most transformed, say members of Deloitte Legal.

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