DWF’s latest accounts show the firm to be sitting on a mountain of debt so huge it would make most law firm leaders’ hair stand on end. That is understandable. Most large UK law firms operate as LLPs… ...

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 ...

Mayer Brown has hired six partners from McGuireWoods, including former Houston managing partner Yasser Madriz, as it looks to bolster its energy offering in Texas. Madriz joins Mayer ...

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 ...

American pattern currently playing out in Paris. At various points over the past century, from the Suez Crisis to Bretton Woods (the 1944 conference that led to the IMF ...

Legaltech Avvoka has raised £14m as part of a funding round led by British billionaire and Preqin founder Mark O’Hare. Avvoka, which was founded in 2016, uses AI to help draft legal ...

A litigation partner has left Cravath, Swaine & Moore to launch a litigation boutique in New York. Benjamin Gruenstein departs after 14 years in the partnership at the Wall Street firm.

Stewarts roped in on latest securities group action against BAT Litigation boutique Stewarts has filed a part 7 claim, citing importance for financial markets and ...

RPC is set to move into a new office in the City next year, The Lawyer has learned, leaving its Tower Bridge home after 20 years. RPC is currently under offer for all five floors of 10 ...

This year’s International Women’s Day theme, Giving to Gain, offers a powerful lens for examining the family justice system’s engagement with Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG).

Travers Smith’s head of competition Stephen Whitfield has joined Taylor Wessing’s antitrust team, marking the firm’s second ...