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Outgoing DLA partner faces dispute with firm over terms of exit

DLA Piper's former global co-head of litigation Neil Gerrard has become embroiled in a dispute with his former firm over the terms of his departure to Dechert, it has emerged. Gerrard, who handed in his notice in late March, has been served notice of arbitration by DLA over the dispute, which centres on his departure date and whether he should have had to serve a period of gardening leave.
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International Edition

Herbert Smith Paris litigation head to take on new cross-Continental role

Herbert Smith has appointed Paris litigation head Denis Chemla to the new role of disputes chief for Continental Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Chemla took up the role on 1 May this year after the firm's litigation conference in Paris at the end of last month. There is no fixed term for the position. The appointment has been made in light of a wider strategy for the firm's disputes practice that will see individual offices work more closely together to share clients around the world.
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International Edition

Eversheds ramps up Middle East presence with merger deal

Eversheds has merged with Middle Eastern law consortium KSLG, handing the firm new bases in Iraq, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Dubai. The consortium, which comprises Dhabaan & Partners, Khasawneh & Associates and Sanad Law Group, has offices in Amman, Baghdad, Riyadh and Dubai. The merger, which went live today (25 May), follows a six-year working relationship between Eversheds and KSLG.
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International Edition

Dealmaker: Simon Davis

Clifford Chance head of commercial litigation Simon Davis on padlock combinations and dark museums
4 minute read

International Edition

King & Spalding enters City disputes market with Steptoe UK partner hire

King & Spalding is set to launch a dispute resolution practice in its London office with the hire of litigation partner Tom Sprange from the City base of US firm Steptoe & Johnson. Sprange, who joined the firm this week (16 May), focuses on multijurisdictional disputes and has advised on arbitration proceedings in centres including the International Court of Arbitration and the American Arbitration Association.
2 minute read

International Edition

Raft of firms and chambers advise as Sienna Miller wins £100k 'Hackgate' damages

Matrix and Doughty Street Chambers are among a raft of law firms and barristers' sets to have acted on the high-profile phone-hacking dispute between Sienna Miller and the News of the World (NoW). Matrix Chambers' Hugh Tomlinson QC, David Sherborne of 5RB and media partner Mark Thomson from Atkins Thomson have advised Miller on her case, with the latest development in the 'Hackgate' saga seeing the actress last week (13 May) awarded £100,000 in damages.
3 minute read

Legal Week

Hogan Lovells fires litigation partner for £1m false expenses claims

Hogan Lovells litigation partner Christopher Grierson has been dismissed from the firm after wrongly claiming more than £1m in expenses. Grierson, who is best known for working on the high-profile BCCI litigation battle with the Bank of England, was dismissed last Wednesday (11 May) following an internal investigation led by the transatlantic firm's finance team.
12 minute read

International Edition

Hogan Lovells fires litigation partner for £1m false expenses claims

Hogan Lovells litigation partner Christopher Grierson has been dismissed from the firm after wrongly claiming more than £1m in expenses. Grierson, who is best known for working on the high-profile BCCI litigation battle with the Bank of England, was dismissed last Wednesday (11 May) following an internal investigation led by the transatlantic firm's finance team.
2 minute read

International Edition

MoJ to ramp up promotion of UK legal services to overseas business

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has unveiled plans to promote the UK's courts and legal services to overseas companies. An Action Plan published today (16 May) by the MoJ and UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) outlines plans to promote the UK's commercial arbitration, mediation and court services globally.
3 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields recruits litigation partner for fast-growing US practice

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has added another partner to its fast-growing US litigation practice with a lateral hire from Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel, reports The Am Law Daily. Timothy Harkness, who joined Freshfields' 90-lawyer New York office today (17 May), is the firm's eighth US litigation partner hire in the past two years.
2 minute read

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