The ICC’s PAW conference saw industry players tackle a host of hot topics including how emerging technologies are reshaping international arbitration, the rise of ‘emissions trading’ disputes and what ...

A Swiss law firm is representing a UAE company in an ICSID arbitration against the African island nation, alleging expropriation of investments and unfair treatment. A UAE-based construction company ...

The firm is opening its latest office with a four-partner team from Stubbs Alderton & Markiles. Brown Rudnick is set to launch a new Los Angeles office with a four-partner team from Stubbs Alderton & ...

The firm has snapped up a competition and anti-bribery specialist from the Direct Line Group to augment its regulatory offering. HFW has hired legal director Emma Thomas for its regulatory practice in ...

Lawyers at the International Bar Association Arbitration Day were positive about the support they get from judges, especially in the UK and Singapore, but worried that time and cost concerns were ...

The ninth Paris Arbitration Week opened with a call from Cairo firm Zulficar & Partners founding partner Mohamed Abdel Wahab for more action on diversity, which has benefits beyond the pure statistics ...

The Israeli firm’s newest partner is an experienced construction and insurance arbitration practitioner, while Luther in Hamburg has tempted back a former Clyde & Co Germany arbitration practice head, ...

Leading securities trade body SIFMA has filed an amicus curiae brief warning that federal courts should have jurisdiction over Securities Act claims related to a pending bankruptcy. A US securities ...

The firm has poached a disputes lawyer with over 30 years of experience from Cooley. Baker McKenzie has added trial lawyer Christa Anderson as a partner in its global dispute resolution practice. The ...

An arbitration and litigation practitioner with two decades’ experience has jumped ship to King & Spalding in the UK capital. Jonathan Swil, who formerly led the London litigation practice at Shearman ...

Following last year’s announcement that Kramer Levin is to merge with Herbert Smith Freehills, the New York-headquartered firm has lost four litigators to Hogan Lovells in the US capital. Hogan ...

A former federal prosecutor with expertise in large-scale heath care fraud investigations has joined the firm’s Chicago practice. BakerHostetler has further bolstered its white-collar, investigations ...