A report which has highlighted the legal sector as a weak point in the UK financial crime regime has drawn criticism from the Law Society of England and Wales. The UK legal services sector has been ...

The New York-based firm will focus on litigation, white-collar defence, investigations and trials. The founding partners tell CDR they expect to be a six-strong team within the next month. A&O ...

The bank has drawn the FCA’s ire for anti-financial crime compliance shortcomings. Barclays has been hit with a GBP 42 million fine by the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) after the agency ...

A former Magic Circle partner with experience across public-service and in-house roles is the latest to join O’Melveny & Myers. O’Melveny & Myers has hired Vanessa Turner as a partner in its Brussels ...

A physical commodities lawyer with extensive arbitration and litigation experience has returned to Hill Dickinson in the UK capital after a decade at Reed Smith.

An executive resolution promises a holistic review of the Saudi arbitration framework, with publication of arbitration-related court judgments attracting most attention, but granular detail is still ...

A top federal prosecutor has joined the firm’s litigation practice, citing its ‘unwavering’ values after its battle with the Trump administration. Perkins Coie has added the former US Attorney for the ...

A former Dentons Europe competition and antitrust practice head is among two lawyers joining Norton Rose Fulbright in Brussels, with both bringing notable experience at international and Magic Circle ...

The firm has hired a disputes lawyer with extensive experience in the banking sector. Lewis Silkin has added disputes specialist Catherine Hammerson-Jones as a partner in its London office. The firm ...

The first arbitration termination under ICSID’s security for costs rule has sparked furious debate over the fairness of the decision. CDR explores the impact of the ruling and how different arbitral ...

The court has overturned an ICC tribunal’s jurisdictional award and clarified how competing arbitration clauses in commercial contracts should be interpreted under English law. The London High Court ...

Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier’s current managing partner is to become the Magic Circle player’s new global restructuring chair in Paris, with a fellow partner and six other practitioners joining him ...