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International Edition

How Law Firms in Africa are Helping Fight Oppression and Poverty

Through a combination of full service human rights work and pro bono work, lawyers in Africa are playing a role in lifting people out of poverty and oppression.
8 minute read

International Edition

Jones Day Targets Dechert for First 2020 London Partner Hire

The US firm has had several exits from its London base this year, but has not brought in any lateral partners.
2 minute read

International Edition

King & Spalding Adds CMS Disputes Partner Duo in Dubai

The firm is on a global mission to strengthen its construction disputes bench.
2 minute read

International Edition

Morgan Lewis Singapore Partner Suet-Fern Lee Guilty of Professional Misconduct, License Suspended for 15 Months

The city-state's highest disciplinary body for the legal profession found her handling of the late Lee Kuan Yew's last will "unsatisfactory" and lacking professional diligence but spared the prominent lawyer disbarment.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

The Increasing Use of Data Analytics in International Arbitration

Although legal analytics are well established in U.S. litigation, it is a relatively new development in international arbitration but is likely to increase on an exponential basis in years to come.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Advice to Mediation Counsel: Drop the Litigation Rhetoric and Learn To Compromise

While many attorneys have successfully utilized mediation or some sort of ADR program, it stands to reason that many others still have not. This article provides advice to mediation counsel on how to prepare an effective mediation statement, how to adapt their advocacy from litigation mode to mediation/settlement mode, how to use joint sessions to advance settlement objectives, how to work with clients and the mediator in caucus to arrive at creative settlement options and how to prepare an enforceable term sheet at the conclusion of the mediation.
7 minute read

New York Law Journal

Med-Arb: Is It the Wave of the Future?

The pressure on the Alternate Dispute Resolution world to handle a dramatic increase in volume offers the opportunity to consider a third or hybrid process of dispute resolution known as Med-Arb, the melding of the two established conflict resolution processes—mediation and arbitration.
7 minute read

International Edition

The British Legal Awards 2020: Who Won What and Why

Some of this year's winners included AstraZeneca, Slaughter and May, Addleshaw Goddard, Cleary Gottlieb, Freeths and Paul Hastings. But what made them victorious?
17 minute read

New York Law Journal

Establishing Personal Jurisdiction in Enforcing an International Arbitration Award

In their International Litigation column, Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky look at the question of how courts decide the issue of personal jurisdiction in the context of enforcing international arbitration awards.
10 minute read

International Edition

Freshfields to Factor in Racial Diversity When Building Disputes Teams

The disputes practice is also to roll out its gender diversity targets globally, following a successful London run.
2 minute read

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