Karen Dunn has left along with three other DC-based and disputes-focused colleagues, in the wake of President Trump’s continuing executive orders against high-end law firms for “harmful activity”. A ...

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 ...

The rundown of people moves includes former public prosecutors taking up positions in Singapore, Madrid, DC and Dallas. The disputes developments digest commences in Singapore, where boutique firm ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

GSK Stockmann’s Manuel Fernandez and Louis-Guillaume Roldan examine how Luxembourg’s particular characteristics might give rise to increased contention. In any investment transaction or holding ...

The US Corporate Transparency Act has been defanged, but the backlash threatens to cause a significant headache for companies operating in the country. The heavily embattled Corporate Transparency Act ...

Ukrainian firm Arzinger has announced its first new managing partner in 23 years, while the departure of US public service lawyers continues unabated in this week’s review of disputes practitioner ...

With a new name, new image and renewed focus on practical career advice, the former London Common Law & Commercial Bar Association aims for fresh relevance. The London Common Law & Commercial Bar ...

From CDR’s Tech Issue: Lauded for their efficiency, transparency and rapidity, smart contracts are fast becoming a popular commercial option. But there is a not-so-clever side to these cyber pacts.

The London Court of Appeal has ruled that litigation funders can be paid their fee before class action members get their cut of the damages. Industry players have lauded a pivotal judgment made last ...