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  Winston Taylor Goes Live As New Transatlantic Giant

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Winston Taylor officially launched on Monday, bringing together Winston & Strawn LLP and the U.K. arm of Taylor ...(read more)

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  Pinsent's AI Slip-Up Prompts Warnings On Lawyer Oversight

  By Joanne Faulkner

  A recent High Court ruling that exposed how lawyers had relied on fake artificial intelligence-generated legal a...(read more)

• Fladgate Revenue Tops £100M For 1st Time On Private Capital

  By Ashish Sareen

  Fladgate LLP said Monday that its revenue has crossed £100 million ($134.4 million) for the first time and partner profits have exceeded £1 million, driven by the firm's increased focus on work for clients in the private capital market.

• SRA Appeals Solicitor's Suspended Ban For Bullying Staff

  By Ashish Sareen

  The Solicitors Regulation Authority said Monday that it has appealed a decision by a tribunal to allow an owner of a law firm to continue to practice, despite findings that he bullied and harassed five young female employees.

• Squire Patton's New EU IP Head Sets Sights On UPC And AI

  By Alex Baldwin

  After some false starts, Squire Patton Boggs is handling its first dispute at the Unified Patent Court, and new European IP and technology chief Carlton Daniel could not be happier to see the firm through its new foray into European patent litigation.

• Hogan Hires Paris Arbitration Team From Hughes Hubbard

  By Ashish Sareen

  Hogan Lovells said Friday that it has boosted its international arbitration practice by hiring a team of four lawyers from Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP in Paris, led by that firm's office managing partner.

• Clyde & Co. Cuts UK Support Jobs In Services Overhaul

  By Marialuisa Taddia

  Clyde & Co. LLP said Friday that it has launched an in-house consultation over job cuts in its business services departments in the U.K. as the global law firm seeks to overhaul its back-room operations.

• The Revolving Door: Charles Russell Hires Mishcon PE Head

  By Laura Stewart Liberty

  Over the past week, Charles Russell Speechlys hired Mishcon de Reya's private equity head, Clyde & Co. lost a construction litigator to Stephenson Harwood LLP, and U.S. firm Alston & Bird LLP hired a Simmons & Simmons lawyer as its first ever tax partner in London.  

• Ex-Law Firm Manager Barred After Harassing Junior Women

  By Hanna Vioque

  A manager at a law firm has been sanctioned for behaving inappropriately with female colleagues at a work conference after a tribunal expressed concerns that he didn't understand why it was wrong to joke about someone's virginity and restrict a wheelchair user's movements. 

• PE-Backed Orwins Expands With Clarkslegal Investment

  By Ashish Sareen

  Aliter Capital has continued its foray into the legal services market by making "a significant investment" in Clarkslegal LLP, a legal business based in Reading, south-east England.

• MoFo M&A Partners Rejoin Latham In London

  By Jamie Lennox

  Latham & Watkins LLP said Thursday that it has hired three partners from Morrison Foerster LLP into its London mergers and acquisitions team, with two of the lawyers rejoining the firm they left 10 years ago.

• Freeths Elevates 8 To Partner In 2026 Promotion Round

  By Ashish Sareen

  Freeths LLP has revealed that eight lawyers at the firm have made the grade to become partners in 2026, part of a record-breaking group of 97 people across the business who have progressed to new roles.

• Barrister To Sue Jolyon Maugham For Libel Over Trans Posts

  By Jamie Lennox

  Gender-critical barrister Sarah Phillimore confirmed on Thursday that she is suing Good Law Project founder Jolyon Maugham KC for libel after he accused her of harassing a trans woman.

• KC Accused Of Dodging £2M Tax Bill Believed Plan Was Legal

  By Ronan Barnard

  A senior tax barrister accused of cheating HM Revenue and Customs out of nearly £2 million ($2.7 million) genuinely believed he was using a legal tax strategy, his defense counsel told jurors at his criminal trial in London on Thursday.