Legora has acquired start-up Walter AI, marking its first acquisition since being founded in 2023. Walter AI, described as an “agent-native legal AI company”, is used by several Canadian law ...

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has increased its newly-qualified solicitor (NQ) salary from £170,000 to £180,000, The Lawyer has learned. The firm’s significant £10,000 boost places it in direct competition ...

Epic Games has settled its long-running dispute with Google over allegations of anti-competitive practices regarding its UK Google Play Store. The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) published a ...

On 20 January 2026, the UK Government published its White Paper, “A New Vision for Water”, setting out a comprehensive package to transform the water sector in England. The White Paper is in response ...

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s failure to file an appeal on time against a Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) decision resulted in its client’s proposed merger being blocked, it has emerged.

Paul Hastings has hired a partner from King & Spalding in an effort to strengthen the firm’s Brussels office. Salomé Cisnal de Ugarte joins the firm’s antitrust team from King & ...

Paul Hastings has recruited A&O Shearman partner Brad Weyland in London, bolstering its high-yield and leveraged finance capabilities in the City. Departing after nearly five years at the Magic ...

Welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your cheat sheet to the litigation market, bringing you the week’s top litigation stories and analysis. Here is what litigators are talking about this… ...

Still on its senior-level London hiring spree, Sidley Austin welcomed real estate partner Jeremy Trinder this month and is awaiting the start date of capital markets partner James Inness.

Legora has raised an extra $550m at a $5.55bn valuation to help fuel its growth ambitions in the US. The Series D funding round was led by Accel, with participation from existing investors ...

Welcome to our latest annual International Arbitration Review, covering a selection of noteworthy arbitration decisions which played out in national courts over the last year. Gowling WLG’s team ...

More than 8,000 families have contributed evidence to a major national inquiry into maternity services in England. Their experiences reveal a deeply concerning picture: while some families ...