Weil Gotshal & Manges has hired a three-partner IP team in the US from Latham & Watkins, in a move that sees two of the new recruits return to their former firm.

There is a radical reconfiguration taking place in the world of BigLaw that may make terms like magic circle or white shoe ...

On 1 September 2025, a new law will come into effect under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCT). Large organisations may be held criminally liable where fraud is committed by ...

Simon Moran, the first guest on the PayLaw podcast, shares his background and journey into the payments industry, starting from his time at American Express and Visa, to his roles at PayPal, Yoyo… ...

The co-chair of Paul Hastings’s London office has returned to Linklaters, joining its corporate and structured lending practice. Mei Lian is joining Linklaters as a partner… ...

Carbon offsetting and nature restoration projects have long been the legal sector’s go-to climate fix – convenient, but often distant and opaque. But three UK firms are showing it can be done with… ...

One overlooked policy. One untrained employee. One phishing email. That’s all it takes. Are you prepared? In today’s ...

Filed eight years ago and with 10 silks on call, the long-running Privatbank case has finally reached judgment over 20 months after the trial ended. Privatbank has emerged victorious in its long… ...

Scottish firm Burness Paull has posted what is almost certain to be one of the largest rises in firmwide revenue for 2024/25, with turnover jumping by 56 per cent from £60.1m to £93.5m.

Private equity has invested £1.2bn into UK legal over the past five years, with half of that coming in 2024. That’s still quite a small amount given the size of the market, but that hasn’t stopped… ...

The new corporate offence of failure to prevent fraud is coming into force on 1 September, under the Economic Crime and ...