Freshfields has hired energy and infrastructure partners Jessamy Gallagher and Stuart Rowson from Paul Hastings in London, with Gallagher joining as global co-head of energy and real assets.

The Competition Appeals Tribunal (CAT) has approved a settlement of £200m in the long-running Merricks v Mastercard dispute.

But for many younger lawyers – particularly the digital natives of Gen Z – the sound of a ringtone heralding an unscheduled call can feel intrusive, a disruption in a work environment increasingly ...

Memery Crystal’s parent company RBG Holdings is set to proceed with an ‘orderly winding down’, it announced today (17 February), after failing to appoint administrators within ten days of filing ...

Pick something you love doing and do it only for as long as you love it’ Harry Vercoe. Kirkland & Ellis’ Sara Pickersgill on sw ...

Following a year of high interest rates, geopolitical uncertainty and inflation, the real estate sector would be forgiven for feeling… Changes could mean a one-third increase for City offices With ...

New research drawing on the views of almost 80,000 law firm clients has revealed the LB100 firms that are most highly recommended by those using them, with Travers Smith, Lewis Silkin and Sacker & ...

While other flashier US firms might attract more headlines for their London growth strategies, Covington & Burling has for some time been building up a sizeable presence in the capital. Over the last ...

Slaughter and May has elected M&A partner David Johnson as its second-ever managing partner effective from 1 August. He will succeed current managing partner Deborah Finkler who is due to retire from ...

Hamid Yunis, who stepped down as McDermott London managing partner last June, is set to move to Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, according to sources familiar with the situation. Yunis, who was ...

Lee Ranson is set to take up a new role in Dubai when he steps down as chief executive of Eversheds Sutherland International in April after two terms. Ranson (pictured) will remain with the firm as a ...