Disputes Yearbook 2018

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Gilbert + Tobin is the firm of choice when the stakes are high. The disputes and investigations team at Gilbert…

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Herbert Smith Freehills reports on evidence that technology and collaboration should drive a new approach to dispute resolution Herbert Smith…

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KNOETZL is a leading Austrian law firm of effective, experienced and perceptive legal minds, providing the highest quality of advocacy…

Mark McAteer

Craig Arnott, Burford Capital: Litigation finance used to be perceived as a last-ditch resort for impecunious clients. That has transformed,…

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Established in 2013, Hui Zhong Law Firm was one of the first law firms in China to specialise in dispute…

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A decade ago RPC hardly featured on the radar of hard-hitting City litigation firms. It is now one of the…

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Shalakany Law Office is one of the oldest and largest law firms in Egypt. Established in 1912 when Egypt was…

Tom Baker

With the disputes market evolving and clients becoming more discerning, it has been a phenomenal ten years for boutique law…

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Mihaj, Ilić & Milanović (MIM Law) is a relatively new player in the Serbian market but is already ranked by…

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Disputes specialist Joseph Hage Aaronson has achieved extraordinary results in a market packed with high achievers. Here’s everything you need…

James Wood

‘Arbitration has gone from being the exotic bird of dispute resolution to become almost the norm,’ argues Constantine Partasides of…

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As cyber crime continues to hit the headlines English courts are starting to adapt the traditional remedies used to tackle…

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Brown Rudnick’s Jane Colston considers asset tracing and enforcement across the blockchain As comedian John Oliver recently said: ‘Cryptocurrencies and…

Dominic Carman

Despite Brexit, costs pressures and the loss of financial crisis work, reports of the commercial Bar’s decline are overblown. We…

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Eversheds Sutherland assesses the key issues of using third-party funding in international arbitration The use of third-party funding (TPF) has…

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Q&A with Nicholas Luckman, practice director of Wilberforce Chambers 1. The Bar and chambers themselves have evolved significantly over the…

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The courts are introducing innovative methods of dispute resolution to meet the growing demand from clients The civil courts in…

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Hardwicke’s David Lewis and Emma Hynes assess the duty of good faith in a classic relational contract following the recent…

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Cleary Gottlieb’s Francesco De Biasi, Andrea Mantovani and Alessandra Anselmi examine the challenges facing companies Internal investigations and public enforcement…

Tom Baker

I didn’t intend to become a lawyer. I’m the first of my family; we’ve been teachers and priests. My brother…