Ashurst’s commonwealth government-focused office will become part of Australian firm Thomson Geer in July, in a week where a German white-collar boutique has opened a Cologne office and an ...

The US Department of Justice has issued long-awaited guidance on white-collar enforcement, aligning with the Trump administration’s “America First” agenda. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has ...

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.

Norway’s highest court has declined to quash an arbitral award on the grounds of arbitrator impartiality – with the appellant and court clashing on key points. In its first ever judgment on the issue ...

Continued low levels of ethnic diversity negatively impact arbitration’s perceived legitimacy, but a survey suggests it still receives considerably less attention than efforts to address gender ...

The firm has hired a litigator with over 20 years of experience for its Florida offering. Squire Patton Boggs has secured Dorian Daggs as a partner in its global litigation practice. The firm ...

A 2017 law change set out to make South Africa a presence in international arbitration. More than seven years on, there is an impressive infrastructure but significant obstacles to real traction in ...

The firm has nabbed a leading digital and data disputes lawyer with over two decades of litigation experience for its Leeds office. Tech disputes big hitter James Hyde has left an extensive 23-year ...

To fight financial crime in the real estate sector, Kenya’s lawyers have had to change their own ways of working. Kenya has been facing a reckoning over financial crime since the state was greylisted ...

A litigation and arbitration practitioner with eight years’ Magic Circle firm experience has moved to CMS to head its Slovakia disputes practice. CMS has hired Peter Plachy as counsel and head of its ...

It is still early days for an all-encompassing critique of the West African country’s 2023 arbitration law in practice, with national courts yet to hand down a significant judgment under its ...

The latest annual courts report by Portland Communications has revealed an expanding international appeal and a spike in Russian parties. London commercial courts have attracted a record-breaking ...