International Legal News

Herbert Smith Freehills celebrates as UK Supreme Court backs businesses in Covid-19 insurance ruling

FCA wins fast-tracked appeal unlocking payments to 1,000s of businesses

Norton Rose Fulbright axes 132 jobs including 19 lawyers in efficiency drive

London accounts for bulk of losses as EMEA arm completes restructuring of business services operations

Clyde & Co hires three-partner team from Norton Rose Fulbright to open in Munich

Eight fee earners move across to top international insurance firm to set up its third German base

Shearman & Sterling reopens in Munich with double partner hire from Linklaters

New York firm starts rebuilding in Germany where it once boasted a top tier M&A practice

Allen & Overy's co-head of arbitration leaves for the Bar in London and Hong Kong.

Matthew Gearing amongst 'leading arbitration advocates of his generation', according to fellow partner

ICC celebrates record year for arbitration and mediation caseloads

Records fall as Paris body hails 9% increase in arbitration cases while its ADR centre registers its 400th case

Hogan Lovells raids Baker McKenzie for seven-strong Paris private equity team

Hires of partners Matthieu Grollemund and Hélène Parent follows recent PE appointments in London, Shanghai and Frankfurt

TLT signs up Belgium's GSJ as second member of international alliance

Antwerp practice joins Dutch firm Holla in network with ambitions to cover the US, Europe and India

Law firm directory submissions are a crucial weapon in the drive to improve diversity

It is critical the profession's leaders ensure D&I ambitions underpin their firms' approach to the directories, argues Clare Murray

BonelliErede hires former president of Milan's appeals court

Veteran lawyer Marina Tavassi, who left her role at the Court of Appeal last year, will be based in Milan