James Booth

September 25, 2017 | Law.com

Linklaters has hired Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partner Vladimir Melnikov in Moscow as part of its global disputes expansion drive.Melnikov…

By James Booth

2 minute read

September 25, 2017 | International Edition

Firm recruits new Moscow dispute resolution head

By James Booth

2 minute read

September 22, 2017 | International Edition

Blackstone QC also instructed as Uber prepares to challenge TfL's decision to block its licence in the capital

By Joseph Evans

3 minute read

September 22, 2017 | International Edition

CC is taking the lead on the French investigation into the aviation giant

By James Booth

2 minute read

September 15, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The Washington, D.C.-based Am Law 100 firm has become the second major law firm from the U.S. to open an office in Ireland after last year's so-called Brexit vote in the U.K.

By James Booth

3 minute read

September 06, 2017 |

Eversheds Sutherland is opening three new offices in Russia and Luxembourg, with a series of team hires from Simmons & Simmons and Nordic firm Hannes Snellman.

By James Booth

17 minute read

September 05, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Traci Ribeiro, who settled a gender bias case against Sedgwick earlier this year, has found a new home. Meanwhile, other lawyers have left the firm in New York and Florida.

By Roy Strom and James Booth

14 minute read

September 05, 2017 |

Slater and Gordon moved more than 40 of its U.K. partners out of its partnership before agreeing on a recapitalization package with Anchorage Capital that will give lenders ultimate control of the U.K. business.

By James Booth and Joseph Evans

4 minute read

September 01, 2017 | The American Lawyer

The troubled U.K. business of Australia-based Slater & Gordon, which became the world's first publicly traded law firm a decade ago, will be divided from its parent into a holding company owned by the indebted firm's senior lenders.

By James Booth

3 minute read

August 30, 2017 | The American Lawyer

Gowling WLG, a roughly 1,400-lawyer firm formed last year following a cross-border combination between British firm Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co and Canadian firm Gowling Lafleur Henderson, earned enough during fiscal 2016-17 to make The Am Law 100 list if it was eligible. The firm does not have an office in the U.S.

By James Booth

5 minute read