Pulse UK Archive » January, 2025

Pulse UK - January, 2025

207 articles

• Brexit Five Years On: The Legal Landscape After Europe
• Akin Hires Tax Pro From Cooley In London
• The Revolving Door: Memery Crystal Loses Real Estate Team
• Ex-IP Co. Director Says Lawyer, Founders Hid $40M Takeover
• Data Reveals More To Do On Diversity Among Barristers
• Ex-BigLaw Atty Can't Escape OneCoin Conviction At 2nd Circ.
• Seasoned Patterson Belknap Trial Team Joins Linklaters In NY
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• McDermott Taps Arbitration Pro From Curtis
• Activists Fear Trump's Paris Exit Will Boost BigLaw Deals
• BCLP Adds Finance Regulatory Team From Parisian Firm
• RBG Enters Administration As Rosenblatt Rescues His Firm
• Greenberg Traurig Opens Second German Office In Munich
• Post-Maternity Return Hindered By In-Office Mandates
• Civil Justice Council Extends Litigation Funding Consultation
• DWF Promotes 13 New Partners, Boosts Senior Ranks
• Hogan Lovells Adds 5 Pros From White & Case In Italy
• Law Reform Charity Maps Out Proposals To Safely Harness AI
• Kennedys Floats Pro Bono Program For Green AI Startups
• Lawyers, Ex-Tax Inspector Took £278M From Trust, Court Rules
• Hogan Lovells Hires Financial Crime Pro From HSBC
• Solicitor Rebuked For Failing To Provide Competent Service
• Law Firm Faces £68M Ponzi Scheme Negligence Claim Again
• Northern Irish Criminal Barristers Extend Strike Over Legal Aid
• Former RFB Boss Argues 'No Vendetta' Against Ex-Partner
• SRA Fights To Revive AML Misconduct Case Against Dentons
• Solicitor Suspended After Sex Offender Counseling Conflict
• Mishcon Hires Hausfeld Litigation Pro With Pro Bono Edge 
• SRA Aims To Launch First Post Office Prosecutions In Summer
• Debevoise's New NQ Salaries Top £173K In London
• SRA Admits New Solicitor Test May Be 'Too Hard'
• Bird & Bird Hires New Irish Employment Head From Walkers
• Insolvent Law Firm Must Pay Secretary After COVID Closure
• SRA Hints At Stalling CILEX Plans
• Former RFB Dept. Head Says 'Sabotage' Forced Him To Quit
• RBG Suspends Trading After Talks Over Future Collapse
• HSF Hires 10-Lawyer Corporate Team From Orrick In Germany
• Eversheds Sutherland Taps EY Leader To Head ALSP In US
• Perkins Coie Hires Chief People Officer From Kobre & Kim
• Law Firms Among Top Offenders For Underpaid Internships
• Morgan Lewis Adds Competition, Finance Pros In London
• Simmons Hires Restructuring Pro From Dechert
• Reed Smith Brings Back Tax Pro From Amazon In Brussels
• The Revolving Door: Another SRA Exec Joins Kingsley Napley
• FCA Settles Claims Law Firm Helped Illegal Investment Plans
• DLA Piper Refreshes International Board With New Appointees
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Derains & Gharavi Arbitration Pros Set Up Paris Boutique
• Baker McKenzie Pro Gets Breathalyzer Refusal Case Tossed
• New Tribunal Venue To Open In 2026 After Cost Overruns
• A&O Partner Only Solicitor To Make KC Cut In Widened List
• Burges Salmon Names Clean Energy Pro Next Senior Partner
• Ex-Freshfields Worker Barred Over Child Sexual Offenses
• Gov't Consults On £20M-A-Year Legal Aid Funding Boost
• RBG, Rosenblatt Push Back Deadline For Deal By A Week
• Assistant Wasn't Forced Out Over Son's Job Offer, Judge Says
• Union Organizer To Lead Dispute Resolution At Acas
• Solicitor Sues Faculty Of Advocates, Alleging Service Denial
• Big Four Auditors Shed Talent As Pay Wars Roil London
• Archaeology Trust Sues Blake Morgan Over Pensions Advice
• Defunding Lawyer Apprenticeships Could Have Hidden Costs
• Litigation-Funder Sues Merricks Over Mastercard Settlement
• Squire Patton Hires 7-Lawyer EU Regulatory Team In Brussels
• How A Mishcon Lawyer Helped Get Gaza Hostages Released
• SRA Bars Ex-Stephenson Harwood Staffer For Taking Money
• Weil Hires Credit Funds Pro From PSP Investments
• Macfarlanes Launches New AI Tool For Client Use
• Memery Crystal Senior Partner Steps Down As RBG Director
• Katten Boosts NQ Salaries In London By 9% To £125K
• Ex-Baker Botts Partner Fined For Abusing Court Process
• Fountain Court Gains Arbitration Pro As Door Tenant
• Spencer West Launches In US With SF, NYC Offices
• Law Firms At Forefront Of Trend For Paid Carer's Leave
• Norton Rose Fulbright Hikes Trainee Salaries To Up To £55K
• Kennedys Risk Chief Cleared Of Due Diligence Failures
• Clifford Chance Adds White & Case Euro Private Credit Vet
• Solicitor's Past Contact With Judge No Reason To Retry Case
• Ashurst Expands Consulting Team With New UK Head
• Kinglsey Napley Hires SRA Exec In Another Blow To Watchdog
• Tory MP Wants 'Answers' On Atty General's Alleged Conflicts
• Latham Boosts Trainee Salaries To Up To £65K In London
• Legal Tech Biz Defeats Developer's Age Bias Claim
• Scales Of Justice TM Rejected As 'Commonplace'
• SocGen Can't Move €140M Clifford Chance Case To France
• White & Case Hires Tech Deal Pro From Travers Smith
• UK Inks Deal To Help Lawyers Practice In Switzerland
• Judges Call For Removal Of Judicial Appointments Boss
• Practice Leader Insights From Eversheds' Diane Gilhooley
• The Revolving Door: Jones Day Adds Ex-Lord Chancellor
• Conveyancing Exec Misappropriated £110K Of Client Money
• City Lawyers Group's Chief Executive To Step Down
• Rodl Picks Up 25-Person Warsaw Team From Hogan Lovells
• Jones Day Hires Ex-Justice Secretary Alex Chalk As Partner
• Finnegan Adds Quinn Emanuel UPC Pro In Munich
• IP Group Slams UPC Verdict As Threat To In-House Counsel
• Chambers Get In On The Salary Rush For Young Talent
• Milbank Elects 17 Attorneys As Partners
• Law Prof Says Litigation Over Firing Is Genuine, Not Vexatious
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• SFO Secures 1st UWO Against Convicted Lawyer's Ex-Wife
• Simmons Taps DLA For New Antitrust Chief, MoFo For RE Pro
• Litigation Funding Group Watching Mastercard Row For Now
• Freeths Appoints Ex-Deloitte E-Discovery Manager
• Scottish Judge Named Prez Of Employment Appeal Tribunal
• McDermott Adds Restructuring Pro In London
• Jenner & Block Taps Investigations Pro From Baker McKenzie
• UK Legal Sector Revenue Dips 12% In November After High
• CMS To Cut Lawyers' Jobs In UK Real Estate Team
• Gateley's Revenues Top £86M In First-Half Results
• TLT Hikes NQ Pay In London To £85K
• Hoffmann Eitle, KSVR Team Up To Form Patent Powerhouse
• Diversity In Judiciary Stays Stagnant Despite Push
• RPC Taps Hong Kong Litigation Pro As New Managing Partner
• Ex-Axiom Ince Execs Appear In Court Charged With Fraud
• Solicitor General Backs More Money For SFO
• Charles Russell Speechlys Adds Barrister To Finance Team
• Temple Bright Hires 2 Partners From Travers Smith, Ashurst
• Mishcon's Review Plan Forced Staffer To Leave, Tribunal Says
• Orrick Adds Paris Tax Partner From Latham
• Goodwin Enters Brussels With Ex-Quinn Emanuel Antitrust Atty
• Plasseraud Hires Patent Pro To Lead New Amsterdam Office
• SFO Taps Insider As Top Lawyer As Osofsky Era Ends
• Blackstone Chambers Ups Pupils' Award By 20%
• Clifford Chance Hires M&A Pro Bruce Embley From Skadden
• Gunnercooke Pro Fined For Improper Use Of Client Account
• Clyde & Co. Insurance Pro Joins DWF As Partner
• Law Student Can't Rope Cambridge Profs Into Bias Claim
• Law Firms Avoid Early Payout In Dispute Over Property Deal
• Simmons & Simmons Ups NQ Pay In Bristol To £96K
• Tribunal Member Sanctioned After Falling Asleep In Hearing
• Addleshaw Goddard Hires New Brands Chief From Stobbs
• Clyde & Co. Lands Plane Insurance Pro From Kennedys
• Croner To Face Fired Ex-Solicitor's Claim Despite Docs Spat
• Quinn Emanuel's London Income Tops £200M, But Profits Dip
• The Revolving Door: Osborne Clarke, MoFo Make Big UK Hires
• RBG And Rosenblatt Reach 2-Week Truce In Battle Over Firm
• Milbank Bumps Trainee Pay As New Training Contract Debuts
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Lawyer Cleared Of Dishonesty Over AML Compliance Failings
• Litigation Funder Forms New Biz To Oversee Group Claims
• SRA Bars Conveyancing Exec Over Falsified Documents
• Clifford Chance Adds 2 Fund Finance Pros From Mayer Brown
• CMS Taps Tax Disputes Specialist From KPMG
• RBG Says It Has Creditor Support Despite Winding Up Bid
• SRA Bars 2 Case Managers Over Drug Dealing Convictions
• Fieldfisher Hires Disputes Pro From DWF In Birmingham
• 'Revolving Door' Model Can Help Bridge Legal Sector Gaps
• Investors Sue Ackland & Co. Over Negligent Property Advice
• Law Firm Sued For £1.8M Over Property Payments Advice
• Skadden Opens Abu Dhabi Office With Freshfields Hire
• CILEX Regulator Still Faces Uncertainty About Its Future
• Trainee Misled Firm Over Annual Leave Request
• Lawyer Disbarred For 'Recklessly' Misleading Upper Tribunal
• Direct Line Names New GC Ahead Of Planned Aviva Merger
• Barbara Mills KC Elected As New Bar Council Chair
• Tech Biz Says Barrister Failed To Flag Law Firm's Negligence
• SFO To Claw Back £1M From Solicitor Convicted Of Fraud
• Ex-Lawyer Sues BT Over Lost £8M From Search Invention
• Lawyer Accused Of AML Failings And Accounts Rules Breach
• Reed Smith Names Brigid North As New London Chief
• Howard Kennedy Recruits IP Partner From Gunnercooke
• Charles Russell Hires Disputes Pro From Swiss Firm
• Ashurst Reports 'Serious' Technical Incident
• ACG Metals Hires Ex-Kirkland Partner As Chief Legal Officer
• London Partner Moves Hit Record, Driven By US Firms' Pay
• RBG Fires Rosenblatt As Dispute Over Firm's Future Explodes
• Lawyer Denied Bonus On Career Break Wins Sex Bias Case
• Here's How Paul Hastings' Big Bet On Finance Paid Off
• Shein GC Avoids Labor Abuse Claims At UK Inquiry
• Gibson Dunn Appoints New Leaders Of London Office
• Shook Hardy & Bacon Winds Down London Office
• Troutman Pepper Locke Leaders Define A Successful Merger
• Latham Loses Antitrust Pro To Sidley In Latest Exit
• NI Law Society Partners With Broker Gallagher On Cyber Risk
• Solicitor Told 'Client' To Make False Asylum Claim, SRA Says
• Law Firm Fined £28K For Not Complying With AML Laws
• Northern Ireland's Barristers Strike In Legal Aid Protest
• Longtime Cravath Presiding Partner Sam Butler Dies At 94
• Hogan Lovells Boosts 28 Partners, 47 Counsel In 3 Continents
• Cleary Adds Antitrust Attys From A&O Shearman, TikTok
• Ex-Ashfords Paralegal Misled Firm Over Client Emails
• Pallas Partners Promotes 2 Lawyers In London To Partnership
• New Football Regulator Taps CMA Director As Legal Chief
• Zurich Denies Insurer's Bid For £580K Slice Of Settlement
• 3rd BCLP Partner Joins Shoosmiths In 6 Months
• Morgan Lewis Hires IP Pro From Baker McKenzie In Munich
• Dechert, Garrigues Attys Move On To Independent Arbitration
• Shein GC Gets Uyghur Labor Abuse Dossier Amid UK Inquiry
• Addleshaw Goddard Adding 2 Employment Pros In Germany
• Clyde & Co. Merges With Dallas Insurance Boutique
• Ex-Blake Morgan Legal Executive Misled Lender, SRA Finds
• UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
• Shoosmiths Adds 6-Member Locke Lord IP Team In London
• Paralegal Loses Pregnancy Bias Claim Against Law Firm
• Competition Lawyer Files £2.1B Microsoft Price Abuse Claim
• Lib Dem Founder Loses Bid To Widen Claim Over Expulsion
• Ex-Kennedys Manager Fined £27K For Due Diligence Failures
• Disbarred Solicitor Loses Bid To Sue BSB Over Inn's Rejection
• After Busy 2024, Law Firms Eye More Mergers In Year Ahead
• Mayer Brown Hires Structured-Finance Pro From White & Case
• Defunct Law Firm Must Pay Redundant Staff £41K
• England's 1st Barrister-Partner Loses Harassment Claim Bid
• Legal Expenses Insurer Restructures After DAS Acquisition
• Ex-Freshfields Senior Partner Knighted In New Year Honors
• Elite Law Denies Fault In Lender's £1.9M Loan Fraud Case
• Legal Industry Prepares For Widespread Mergers In 2025
• A Year Of Reckoning Beckons For Professional Regulation