Litigation support – The right-hand men (and women) Dominic Carman As the forum of choice for international litigants, London continues to enjoy an unparalleled reputation for high-value dispute resolution. The…
A golden decade closes but the 2020s promise more Alex Novarese As our 2020 Disputes Yearbook hits desks, it is an appropriate moment to reflect on how litigation and arbitration evolved…
Disputes perspectives: Constantine Partasides QC Muna Abdi Modern history was my undergrad. History has always been my passion. I had a sense I’d be a lawyer, but…
Disputes perspectives: Paula Hodges QC Thomas Alan Becoming a lawyer was suggested to me by other people. I was about 15, and doing a lot of debating…
Disputes perspectives: Geraldine Elliott Anna Cole-Bailey I wanted a professional career. My father was a doctor but very keen I didn’t do medicine. I had a…
Disputes perspectives: Craig Pollack Anna Cole-Bailey I was supposed to study economics and realised I was not a very good economist. Then I went to study…
Guest comment: HSF disputes chief assesses the City litigation market’s Covid-19 response Guest Blog In light of the human impact of Covid-19, the immediate concern for businesses is the health and safety of their…
New players and funding prompt evolution of disputes but City leaders adapt well Georgina Stanley ‘We’ve disrupted the market – everybody knows about us now,’ says Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan London co-managing partner Ted…
Sponsored briefing: Excessive litigation – how can it be discouraged and stopped? Guest Blog Huw Jenkin assesses the options for curbing excessive or aggressive litigation In the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA)’s November 2018 report…
Sponsored firm profile: Sidley Austin Guest Blog Sidley Austin’s place in the top ten global law firms is well established. Integral to this is a standout international…
Sponsored foreword: Period of upheaval set to continue Guest Blog It is fair to say that the volume and nature of commercial disputes generally reflect shifts in the prevailing winds…
Lucrative, dependable business-as-usual Alex Novarese The fourth, and largest, Disputes Yearbook returns to find the contentious legal scene much as we left it in 2018.…
European Court of Justice makes landmark Brexit ruling as Fieldfisher prevails in $1.9bn Ukrainian banking dispute Tom Baker As a crunch parliamentary vote on Theresa May’s Brexit deal looks to be postponed, the European Court of Justice (ECJ)…
Disputes round-up: Simmons wins Petrofac mandate as White & Case makes key regulatory hire Tom Baker Simmons & Simmons has landed a major Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation mandate at the expense of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Simmons’…
Disputes round-up: Supreme Court loss for Pfizer as Mishcon’s Levitt QC returns to the Bar Tom Baker Allen & Overy (A&O) client Pfizer has lost a landmark Supreme Court battle against a host of manufacturers, leaving it vulnerable…
Offshore disputes: Big fish, small pond Dominic Carman Carlyle, Tchenguiz and Crociani are cases repeatedly cited by the leading players in Jersey and Guernsey as shorthand for big…
Disputes tech: A rich market for e-discovery but predictive tools face data hurdle Tom Baker It is hard to overstate the rise in disputes-focused technology in recent years – a trend underwritten by the…
Offshore disputes: Centre of the cyclone Dominic Carman The inferno of disputes arising from the financial crisis is finally being reduced to embers. Although this may have caused…
‘Don’t start a war you can’t win’: High Court throws out SRA’s Leigh Day misconduct appeal Tom Baker The High Court has dismissed an appeal by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) which challenged the decision to exonerate Leigh…
Rosenblatt battles Brexit uncertainty in post-IPO financials as it launches litigation funder Tom Baker In its first financial results since the £43m IPO in May, Rosenblatt has recorded a slight uptick in revenue and…
