Arbitration can ease trade during times of geopolitical instability, according to lawyers and business representatives at a conference in Kenya, as the ICC Court announces plans for an African office.

By luring a litigator to the UK from Quinn Emanuel’s Brussels office, Milberg London plans to enhance its competition credentials and expand into arbitration. Milberg London has today (15 May) hired ...

The firm has added a tech litigator and former Baker McKenzie government enforcement and defence investigations head. Withersworldwide has hired tech litigator Jessica Nall as head of its new ...

The partner who launched Taylor Wessing’s UK product liability practice has taken the top disputes and investigations role, leading a 45-strong team across key regions. Seasoned Taylor Wessing ...

Covid-19 prompted a leap forward in the automation of trial technology, but the real challenge is the search for innovation. When it comes to technological progress, justice tends to be less about ...

The Australian firm has hired an Australian Securities and Investments Commission lawyer with over 15 years of experience. MinterEllison has hired dispute resolution partner Michael Hershan to its ...

London-based lawyer Matt Green has embraced the weird and wild world of crypto-assets: “It takes you to all sorts of grizzly places.” “I was enormously opportunistic, and I just rode with it,” says ...

A former Kennedys insurance litigator with over a decade’s London experience has moved her practice to Clyde & Co’s Brisbane office. Clyde & Co has recruited Janine Clark as a partner in its Brisbane, ...

A White & Case lifer who specialises in international arbitration and energy disputes has exited the firm to join Akin in the UK capital. Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has added White & Case disputes ...

The London-headquartered firm has added a team of lawyers including Pinsent Masons’ former IP lead to its French IP offering. Taylor Wessing has snapped up a patent law team from Pinsent Masons for ...

Conyers Singapore’s Anna Lin and Adly Rizal discuss the approach of Singapore courts to insolvency matters, and how their approach may persuade the judiciary in other common law jurisdictions. The ...

The organisers of a new week-long arbitration event for London hope it will become the city’s second major conference, alongside June’s London International Disputes Week. A committee of arbitrators ...