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May 16, 2025
Sidley Keeps Door Open For London Hires
After a string of high-profile hires in London, Sidley Austin LLP is still open to further additions, particularly in private capital, as it looks to build a resilient platform amid geopolitical uncertainty.
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May 16, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Linklaters and EY face negligence claims from a fintech investment firm, property developer Sir John Ritblat bring legal action against a Guernsey-registered company, and fresh equal pay litigation filed against Morrisons and Safeways. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 16, 2025
The Revolving Door: Mishcon Expands Amid Partner Exit
Over the past week, Mishcon de Reya bagged a high-profile real estate and planning duo and parted ways with one partner who joined Ashurst, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher snapped up its second partner from A&O Shearman in two months, and the former head of private funds at Weil Gotshal & Manges departed for Sidley Austin.
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May 23, 2025
Ashurst Adds Paris White Collar Chief From Eversheds
Ashurst LLP said Friday that it has recruited the head of white-collar crime and investigations at Eversheds Sutherland in Paris to lead its own French corporate crime team.
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May 16, 2025
UK Legal Revenue Tops Record £5B In March
The U.K. legal sector generated revenue of just over £5 billion ($6.6 billion) in March as many law firms sought to boost their earnings figures toward the end of the financial year, official statistics have revealed.
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May 15, 2025
Clifford Chance Adds Arbitration Expert From Pinsent Masons
Clifford Chance LLP has boosted its international arbitration practice by hiring a lawyer from Pinsent Masons LLP, saying she has broad experience in matters involving Spain and has been appointed to serve as a partner on the global law firm's litigation and dispute resolution team.
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May 15, 2025
India Opens Some Doors To Foreign Lawyers With New Rules
The Bar Council of India has confirmed a revision to its rules to allow foreign lawyers and law firms to practice in the country in a push to become an arbitration destination, though the rules still prioritize the interests of Indian lawyers.
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May 15, 2025
Judge Sidelined Over Bias Concerns In Business Taxes Feud
A London court on Thursday removed a district judge from a dispute over the payment of business taxes, citing a risk of bias amid his "sensitive" response to a challenge of his decision in an earlier linked case.
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May 15, 2025
SRA U-Turn On Global Revenue Fines Calms Industry Worries
The Solicitors Regulation Authority's decision to ditch plans to base fines on global revenue has staved off a potentially punitive regime that would have made the legal market in England and Wales less attractive to international and U.S. law firms, experts say.
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May 15, 2025
Ex-Solicitor Hit With 1st Individual Tax Avoidance Stop Notice
HM Revenue & Customs has ordered a struck-off solicitor to stop promoting two tax avoidance schemes, the first notice of its kind issued against an individual, the tax authority said Thursday.
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May 22, 2025
Freeths Hires Pensions Specialist From Simmons & Simmons
Freeths has hired James Dean, a pensions specialist from Simmons & Simmons LLP, to lead the growth and development of the firm's national pensions practice.
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May 15, 2025
Vaginal Mesh Claims Pro Kept Settlement Funds, SRA Alleges
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has referred a sole practitioner at a now-shuttered law firm specializing in vaginal mesh implant claims to a disciplinary tribunal, accusing him of dishonestly keeping settlement money.
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May 15, 2025
HSF Names UK, EMEA Exec Partner For Kramer Levin Merger
Herbert Smith Freehills LLP said Thursday that it has appointed a senior real estate lawyer to lead its operations in the U.K. and EMEA regions, once the firm merges with New York-based Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP in June.
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May 15, 2025
Legal Costs Insurer On The Hook For £83K Payout To Ex-Exec
A legal expenses insurer could owe more than £80,000 ($106,000) to a former executive after a tribunal found that his insolvent employer's prolonged failure to pay wages and commission amounted to a fundamental breach of contract.
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May 15, 2025
Ex-Managing Partner Fights To Redo Costs After Bias Case
The former managing partner of a law firm argued Thursday that a tribunal failed to consider his ability to pay up to £210,000 ($278,8300) after he tried to claim both income protection insurance and a share of its while off sick with cancer.
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May 15, 2025
Former Law Firm Owner Hit With Record £4M Fine
The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Thursday it has fined the former owner of Kingly Solicitors Ltd. a record amount of almost £4 million ($5.3 million) after closing the alternative business structure firm in 2020 over concerns about the misuse of client funds.
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May 15, 2025
DWF Names New Director From Outsourcing Giant Mitie
Private equity-owned DWF LLP said Thursday that it has appointed a director at U.K. facilities management giant Mitie Group PLC to manage the day-to-day operations of the business.
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May 14, 2025
Feds Say Ex-BigLaw Atty Must Start Prison In OneCoin Case
Prosecutors asked a Manhattan federal judge on Wednesday to set a date for a former Locke Lord LLP partner to begin serving his 10-year prison sentence after he was convicted of helping to launder about $400 million in proceeds of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme.
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May 14, 2025
Eversheds Sutherland Rehires Tax Expert From DLA Piper
Eversheds Sutherland is welcoming back a tax expert in the U.K. who spent the last seven years at DLA Piper, the firm announced.
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May 14, 2025
EU Wrong To Deny Dutch Tax Firm's Trademark, Court Says
A Dutch consultancy was wrongly denied a trademark for "Taxmarc" in the European Union after a German consultancy that controlled a trademark for "X Taxman" opposed its registration, the European General Court said Wednesday.
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May 14, 2025
In-House Solicitors Get New Ethics Guidance After Scandals
The Law Society unveiled new resources on Wednesday to help in-house solicitors tackle ethical challenges in the workplace as their role remains under scrutiny following the Post Office Horizon IT scandal.
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May 14, 2025
Goodwin Hires Legal Ops Expert From HSBC
Goodwin Procter LLP has hired HSBC's former head of legal market engagement as its new managing director of client value to oversee initiatives related to pricing, legal operations and service delivery as part of Goodwin's client-facing business support functions.
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May 14, 2025
Reed Smith Loses Costs Security Bid In £21M Oil Tanker Clash
Reed Smith LLP lost a bid for Dubai-based shipping companies who are suing it for negligence to put up £6 million ($7.9 million) in costs security, as a London judge ruled Wednesday that there was insufficient evidence that Barclays Banks PLC would refuse to comply with a court order.
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May 14, 2025
UK Gov't To Shut Ministry Of Justice's London Headquarters
The U.K. government said Wednesday that it will close the London building that houses the Ministry of Justice and Crown Prosecution Service amid plans to push more civil service roles out of the capital.
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May 14, 2025
Ex-Bevan Brittan Pro Loses Appeal Over Antisemitic Tweets
A former lawyer with Bevan Brittan LLP failed to overturn on Wednesday a disciplinary tribunal's decision to strike him off after a London court found that he had over a long period repeatedly posted grossly offensive and antisemitic tweets.