UK national law firm Foot Anstey has reported double-digit growth and bolstered its cross-jurisdictional capabilities one year after its strategic tie-up with 138-year-old Northern Irish heritage firm McKees. Buoyed by three new partner appointments and a surge in corporate, real estate, and banking transactions, the Belfast office will officially transition to the Foot Anstey name
A&O Shearman is sharpening its ambitions in Australia, signalling a more aggressive push against the country’s heavyweight independent firms with the appointment of veteran partner Peter McDonald as local co-managing partner. The Australian Financial Review indicated in a report that McDonald makes little attempt to disguise the firm’s intentions. Arguing that A&O Shearman’s global reach
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The US Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Trump v. Slaughter has triggered renewed scrutiny of the legal foundations underpinning EU–US data transfers, with potential long-term consequences for law firms, multinational clients, and legal tech providers relying on cross-border data flows. At the centre of the issue is the status of the US Federal Trade Commission
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New Zealand family lawyers are starting to treat third-party funding less as a last resort and more as a core business tool, particularly as fee recovery pressures continue to bite. JustFund, the Australian-based family law funder and the country’s only dedicated family law finance provider, which launched from in New Zealand last year, has approved
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LONDON, June 26, 2026: International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that Fiona Cumming will join the Firm as a partner in its Finance practice. She will arrive from A&O Shearman where she is private capital sector co-lead and co-head of its global fund finance practice. Fiona primarily advises financial institutions and
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On June 22, Skadden secured two Supreme Court victories for pro bono clients. In United States v. Carter, No. 25-885, the Court denied the government’s certiorari petition in a case involving the role of race in a Fourth Amendment seizure analysis, preserving a ruling by the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. The decision is particularly significant as
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Despite ongoing headwinds, global dealmakers are gearing up for a massive rebound in transaction activity, according to Norton Rose’s latest Global M&A Trends report. According to the report, market sentiment has shifted dramatically upward, with over half of corporate and legal insiders forecasting a sharp uptick in deal volume. Driven by a mountain of private
The AFR’s mid-year Law Partnership Survey shows the top end monetising every crisis going — litigation, regulation and the AI panic — while quietly thinning the graduate ranks. According to the Australian Financial Review‘s first-half 2026 Law Partnership Survey, the country’s firms added their biggest cohort of new partners since at least 2020 in the
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Shoosmiths has launched “Project Apollo”, a proprietary generative AI contract review platform developed with Microsoft and deployed on Azure, designed to speed contract review while embedding the firm’s own deal record and know‑how into every matter. The tool is positioned as both a productivity engine and a training accelerator for junior lawyers, with senior lawyers
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Article source: Credit Ninja Consumer charge disputes can happen when a transaction does not go as expected. A customer may notice an unfamiliar charge, receive the wrong item, or encounter a billing issue that requires review. In these situations, the dispute process provides consumers with a formal way to raise a concern with their card
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