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Formidable British QC Agrees To Prosecute Hong Kong Protesters

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David Perry QC is regarded as one of Britain’s most formidable Queens’ Counsel, handling a diverse range of clients, who now include the China-focused Hong Kong government intent on enforcing their controversial ‘security laws’ against pro-democracy protesters.Perry has been appointed by a Hong Kong court to represent them in the trial of well known publisher […]

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Bracewell Adds Renewable Energy Trio in London

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LONDON, Jan. 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Bracewell (UK) LLP announced today that Tom Jamieson, Jo En Low and Gordon Stewart have joined the London office as partners in the firm’s global energy practice. The trio joins Bracewell from Clifford Chance LLP, where they spent the last decade working together as an established cross-practice team advising clients on renewable energy and power transactions across Africa, the Middle East and Europe.“I’m excited

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The Lasting Litigation Legacy Left By A Leading QC – For Litigators Everywhere

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The death on Christmas eve of one of Britain’s leading barristers, Edmund King QC, was an untimely passing, but his recently written witty and wise article on civil litigation – ‘How to Lose a Case’ – has perhaps become something of required reading for lawyers of all persuasions and jurisdictions.The article published by Essex Court

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Latham & Watkins Strengthens Private Equity Practice With New Hire

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Latham & Watkins has strengthened its London private equity practice with the hire of Travers Smith’s co-head of corporate, Paul Dolman.The move once again underlines the buying power of top US firms targeting talent in the City of London, Latham having already hired up-and-coming M&A partner Sam Newhouse from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer this year and

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Slaughter & May Signs Deal To Remain at One Bunhill Row

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Slaughter and May announces today that it has signed heads of terms to renew the lease at its current London headquarters, One Bunhill Row, following the expiry of its current lease in 2026. The firm has occupied the premises since 2002. Slaughter and May’s Executive Partner, Paul Stacey, said, “We completed an extensive search of potential

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“Upskirting” UK Barrister First To Fall Foul of Voyeurism Law

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Not many barristers would deal with the UK Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019, but one has fallen foul of its provisions for an ‘upskirting’ offence that has seen him suspended from practice for six months and ordered to pay £1,200 to the Bar Standards Board.Daren Timson-Hunt, 55, had earlier admitted using his mobile phone to secretly

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Slaughter & May Hire Disputes Partner in Copenhagen For Growing Disputes & Investigations Group

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Slaughter and May today announces a new partner appointment in London. Gayathri Kamalanathan, currently Head of Group Litigation and Enforcement at Danske Bank in Copenhagen, has been elected as a partner in the firm’s rapidly growing Disputes and Investigations Group. It is expected that she will join in April 2021. In her role at Danske

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Slaughter and May Partner Leaves Following Internal Investigation

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Slaughter and May financing partner Oliver Storey has left the firm following an investigation and advice from the firm’s London office to the Solicitors Regulation Authority about the matter.Senior partner Steve Cooke made the announcement about the departure adding:“We expect the highest standards of behaviour from all our partners and staff. If these standards are

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‘Steel Magnolia’ Litigator Tells of Sexism and Anti-Semitism at The Royals’ Firm

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A royal row over anti-Semitism and sexism has developed between one of the UK’s most prestigious law firms and one of its top women litigagors, one of LawFuel’s ’13 Most Feared Women Litigators,‘ the so-called ‘Steel Magnolia’, Baroness Fiona Shackleton.Lady Shackleton has accused the Queen’s law firm, Farrer & Co of being a hotbed of

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