The disputes-only law firm has opened its inaugural office in Asia after securing regulatory approval. Co-founder Simon Bushell tells CDR about the firm’s Singapore plans as it anticipates swift ...

A construction disputes lawyer has returned to his starter firm after a 12-year absence. Eversheds Sutherland has added returning lawyer James Holden as a partner in its London construction team. The ...

The week has seen the launch of a new arbitration boutique in Miami, a former judge returning to private practice in New Jersey and the reelection of a Magic Circle firm’s first female senior partner ...

This week’s summary of the latest developments also takes in an ex-judge’s move to Arbitration Chambers in Singapore, Eversheds Sutherland’s merger with a Czech firm and the return of a federal ...

Illustrious KC trio Toby Landau, Matthew Gearing and Jern-Fei Ng to lead the establishment of Duxton Hill Chambers’ London outpost. Duxton Hill Chambers is to open in London, the first time a ...

The firm’s 12th partner hire of the year arrives hot on the heels of a former Southern California US attorney. Perkins Coie has added former California deputy solicitor general Josh Patashnik to its ...

The country’s leading arbitral institution has launched a new council comprising 15 top lawyers to drive forward its standing as an attractive seat for international dispute resolution. The Stockholm ...

The beleaguered Eastern European nation is facing an ICSID claim, following the government’s suspension of a UK-headquartered hydrocarbon company’s licences on sanctions grounds. AIM-listed oil and ...

A seasoned competition lawyer has departed Baker Botts after 12 years in favour of Gibson Dunn’s Belgium outfit. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has added Adam Dawson as a partner in its Brussels antitrust ...

The firm has nabbed a five-strong team from Pinsent Masons to build a new tax disputes and investigations practice amid the UK’s tax authority ‘adopting a more assertive enforcement stance’. Addleshaw ...

The DC Circuit court has told a lower court it must look at the Yukos case again and independently decide whether an arbitration agreement existed between Russia and the investors – with the ‘novel’ ...

The Singaporean arbitral institution has introduced a restructuring and insolvency arbitration protocol, and a new ethics institute. The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has today (26 ...