February has got off to a flying start, as this week’s summary of law firm developments takes in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia, as well as Europe and the US. This week’s round-up starts in Ukraine ...

The firm has snapped up a formidable agency lawyer for its New York office. Weil, Gotshal & Manges has hired former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement division acting director Sanjay ...

Practitioners talk to CDR about the Qatari arbitral institution’s first new rules in 13 years, and the broadly welcome changes that position it closer to the expectations of international parties. New ...

As it has grown into a multi-billion-dollar business in the US, calls for the regulation of third-party funding have grown louder. But funders insist their progress cannot be stopped. Third-party ...

The firm has expanded its white-collar team with a prolific former federal prosecutor. Latham & Watkins has hired former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) veteran Marc Berger as global co-chair ...

An insolvency litigator who has practised in the UK, Channel Islands and the Caribbean has joined the firm’s Edinburgh arm. London-headquartered Addleshaw Goddard has appointed Sophia Harrison as a ...

A ‘commercial relationship’ get-out clause contained in the New York Convention has freed India from making good on a looming arbitral award. Arbitration practitioners tell CDR why the judgment is so ...

The weekly summary of people and firms news includes shareholder, financial services and real estate litigators, European firm mergers and a new office in the US. The round-up kicks off in the English ...

The firm has boosted its white-collar capabilities with the hire of a litigator with extensive public service, private practice and trial experience. Debevoise & Plimpton has hired Daniel Gitner in ...

The US firm has hired a public prosecutor who was instrumental in shaping the Department of Justice approach to corporate enforcement. White & Case has snapped up former Department of Justice (DoJ) ...

Veteran trial lawyer Michael Attanasio has departed his role as Cooley’s chair of global litigation after over a decade in the senior position. Cooley’s New York practice head Ian Shapiro has replaced ...

A former federal prosecutor has ended near a two-decade in-house tenure to return to private practice, joining the international firm’s New York office as a special counsel. O’Melveny & Myers ...