Disputes Yearbook 2016

Legal Business

Hong Kong remains Asia’s disputes capital but Singapore continues to close the gap with sustained investment attracting more litigation and…

Legal Business

As Legal Business publishes its third annual Disputes Yearbook, and the second annual survey sponsored by Cornerstone Research, we scope…

Sarah Downey

Funding cuts are putting the judiciary’s status as a world leader under pressure. Canvassing the profession, we find deep concern…

Legal Business

The good, the bad and the ugly – we asked litigators to identify the judges that – for better or…

Alex Novarese

Assessing the legal market for our third annual Disputes Yearbook there are many reasons for litigators to be bullish… and…

Sarah Downey

I always wanted to be a criminal barrister. I grew up watching Rumpole. At university I read classics, did the…

Legal Business

My parents were professional ballroom dancers. My father managed the Arthur Murray studios on 5th Avenue. They met in the…

Legal Business

I have been incredibly fortunate in my career. I feel that very strongly. I come from a long line of…

Tom Moore

There is a price war raging in the London arbitration market that has led law firm leaders to question their…

Legal Business

Alan Watts Partner, Herbert Smith Freehills [email protected] Well, we are where we are. ‘Brexit means Brexit’. The legal profession, in…

Legal Business

In an unusual session, Legal Business united top M&A lawyers and litigators to forecast the next wave of disputes to…

Legal Business

In a centrepiece debate, a group of heavyweight disputes veterans came together to discuss London’s much-lauded new finance court. Can…

Legal Business

Daniel Eisele Partner, Niederer Kraft & Frey [email protected] Tamir Livschitz Partner, Niederer Kraft & Frey [email protected] In recent times, a…

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Nigel Jones QC Hardwicke [email protected] Frederico Singarajah Hardwicke [email protected] ‘As arbitration clauses are widespread in some sectors of economic activity,…

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Abdulali Jiwaji Partner, Signature Litigation [email protected] Sarah Kelly Associate, Signature Litigation [email protected] Disputes over contractual interpretation find their way to…

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Clive Zietman Head of commercial litigation, Stewarts Law [email protected] Unbeknown to many English lawyers there is an area of the…

Legal Business

Caroline Edwards Partner, Travers Smith [email protected] The reputation of London as a jurisdiction of choice for private competition damages claims…