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• Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg hires two top lawyers from Hunton & Williams

  Apr 18 2012 Miami firm Bilzin Sumberg has hired leading litigation lawyers Marty Steinberg and Jeffrey Gutchess of Hunton & Williams along with a number of associates.   “We are... more

• Canadian law firm Lenczner Slaght hires former Supreme Court Justice

  Apr 15 2012 Leading Canadian litigation firm Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin has made a high profile hire with the recruitment of former Supreme Court of Canada Justice Ian... more

• King & Spalding hires two litigation partners from Bird & Bird in London

  Mar 14 2012 King & Spalding has boosted its London disputes practice with the hire of two litigation partners from Bird & Bird. Jane Player leaves a role as the joint head of... more

• Russian oligarchs head to London

  Feb 27 2012 Here is an interesting article about the increasing presence of Russian oligarchs in London Courts. According to the article, London has become the preferred... more

• Court finds that foreign lawyers may fly-in and fly-out of India to give advice

  Feb 23 2012 The Madras high court has resolved the issue of whether foreign lawyers may fly into India temporarily to advise on international law. In a significant move, the Court... more

• Freshfields plans to relaunch in Singapore after five years' absence

  Feb 15 2012 Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to relaunch its Singapore office, nearly five years after shutting down its former office in the region.... more

• FoxMandal and Little & Co Make De-merger Settlement

  Feb 14 2012 Indian firms FoxMandal and Little have ended their five-year old alliance, de-merging with a settlement agreement after internal conflicts between the partners led to... more

• Merger of Indian law firms ends up in court

  Dec 18 2011 Merger negotiations between two of India’s oldest law firms, FoxMandal and Co and Little & Co, have fallen in a heap after four years, precipitating a legal battle in... more

• Mumbai-based firm Wadia Ghandi secures practice licenses for Singapore base

  Dec 09 2011 Mumbai-based law firm Wadia Ghandy & Co is set to launch a fully operational base in Singapore, after partners Ankit Majmudar and Shabnum Kajiji secured their licences... more

• Veteran arbitrator leaves Norton Rose, citing post-merger conflicts of interest

  Nov 08 2011 The chairman emeritus at Norton Rose is leaving the firm, citing conflicts of interest. Chairman emeritus L. Yves Fortier joined the firm know as Ogilvy Renault 50... more

• Will British legal education be left behind?

  Oct 21 2011 Here is an interesting article about the relative strength in the market for British legal education. The article points out that London the world's top... more

• Indian firm J. Sagar Associates hires Herbert Smith attorney

  Oct 10 2011 Indian firm J. Sagar Associates has hired Promod Nair as a Partner in the Bangalore office. Nair previously working as a Senior Associate with Herbert Smith’s... more

• Baker & McKenzie boosts Singapore disputes practice with Ang & Partners hire

  Oct 06 2011 Baker & McKenzie’s Singapore member firm Baker & McKenzie Wong & Leow has hired senior counsel Chan Leng Sun from Singapore firm Ang & Partners, and appointed him as... more

• Pan-Baltic firm Lawin hires 10-strong team from VARUL

  May 06 2011 Pan-Baltic firm Lawin has bolstered its litigation practice with the hire of ten-strong team from VARUL, led by partner Andrias Smaliukas. Lawin chairman and... more

• Arbitration in Brazil: Law, Economics & Politics

  Feb 21 2011 Dear Connections, It´s avaiable in our website (http://www.decontilaw.com) the article "Arbitration in Brazil: Law, Economics & Politics", which is about an... more

• These days, arbitration doesn't seem so 'final'

  Feb 16 2011 The advantage of choosing to arbitrate rather than litigate are that former option is cheaper, faster, private and final. But how final is a decision made by an... more

• New president for The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

  Jan 28 2011 Doug Jones AM, partner at Australian firm Clayton Utz, has been elected as the president of The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. The Institute is a global... more

• Arbitrator finds Goodwin Proctor overcharged by $540,000

  Dec 14 2010 Law firms typically try to handle billing disputes in private, avoiding the bad press that inevitably comes with them but, in a rare public display of disaffection, an... more

• Clyde & Co hires Singapore based disputes lawyer from Rajah & Tann

  Dec 06 2010 Ganesh Chandru has left top Singapore firm Rajah & Tann to join the arbitration team at Clyde & Co. Chandru is admitted to practice in England, Singapore and India,... more

• Legal business booming in Indonesia, India and Vietnam

  Nov 29 2010 Foreign and domestic law firms in Singapore have reported a boom in capital markets, M&A, energy, infrastructure and arbitration work from Indonesia, India, Vietnam... more

• Herbert Smith to open Belfast base to handle disputes documents

  Nov 24 2010 Herbert Smith is set to launch a new office in Belfast to handle large volumes of documents from major litigations, arbitrations and regulatory investigations. The... more

• Milbank boosts London litigation practice with DLA Piper hire

  Oct 07 2010 Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has bolstered its London litigation team with the hire of DLA Piper partner Tom Canning. Canning is a litigation specialist, with a... more

• Skadden relocates lawyers to boost Hong Kong litigation and arbitration practice

  Oct 06 2010 US firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is boosting its Hong Kong litigation and arbitration practice, relocating two lawyers to deal with an increase in... more

• Arbitration processes don't live up to promise

  Sep 03 2010 The promise held out by the arbitration industry is that it will be quicker, cheaper, and more private than litigation. Many litigators, however, have found that the... more

• Reupped: Opposition to Judges Retirement Bill, Drug makers drag PMO into dispute over IPR changes and Sebi’s move to hike arbitration fees

  Aug 26 2010 Opposition hiccup for judges’ retirement bill The Hindustan Times has reported on how Opposition parties on Wednesday appeared reluctant to provide... more

• Kishanganga Dispute: India and Pakistan appoint arbitrators

  Jun 21 2010 India, has finally appointed Peter Tomka, Vice President and Sitting Judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Lucius Caflisch, a Swiss international law... more

• Kishanganga project: Pakistan to approach ICA against India; Hires legal expert

  May 07 2010 The Government of Pakistan has been reported to be contemplating approaching the International Court of Arbitration (ICA) regarding the Kishanganga hydro-power project... more

• King & Spalding wins $350m award in Mexican case

  Jan 15 2010 Atlanta-based law firm King & Spalding LLP has secured a $350 million arbitration award against Mexico’s national oil company. King & Spalding partners Robert... more

• Mayer Brown merges with Paris boutique Ayela Semerdjian

  Nov 25 2009 US firm Mayer Brown has successfully completed a tie-up with litigation boutique Ayela Semerdjian & Associes. Ayela Semerdjian is headed by partners Christophe... more

• Lanier Law Firm expands to Europe

  Oct 13 2009 The Lanier Law Firm has created an international practice and will open an office in London in the first quarter of 2010 to expand the new practice. The firm already... more

• Herbert Smith expands China arbitration practice

  Sep 09 2009 Herbert Smith partner Justin D'Agostino will relocate from London to Hong Kong where he will work with the disputes teams in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Beijing and with... more

• K&L Gates launches Singapore arbitration practice

  Aug 18 2009 K&L Gates has appointed Raja Bose to head its international arbitration practice in Asia. Bose joins from Watson Farley & Williams’ Singapore office where he spent a... more

• Skadden launches arbitration practice in Hong Kong

  May 07 2009 Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is launching an international arbitration and litigation practice in Asia. Several lawyers will relocate from London to Hong... more

• Dewey & LeBoeuf's Eric Schwartz to join King & Spalding

  Apr 27 2009 Eric Schwartz, most recently head of Dewey & LeBoeuf's arbitration practice, has joined US-based King & Spalding. Schwartz will assist in launching King & Spalding's... more

• Herbert Smith successful in Rusal arbitration proceedings

  Jan 15 2009 Herbert Smith has successfully defended itself against arbitration proceedings brought against the firm by Russian aluminium giant Rusal. more

• Roschier raids Mannheimer Swartling for arbitration partner

  Apr 16 2008 Finnish leader Roschier has hired senior Mannheimer Swartling arbitration partner Claes Lundblad as the head of its dispute resolution practice in Stockholm.... more

• Salans launches London arbitration practice

  Jan 16 2008 Salans is set to launch an arbitration practice in London on Thursday (17 January). The new department will be headed up by counsel George Burn, who joined the US firm... more

• Lovells Hires Derains & Associés' Arbitration Partner Jean-Georges Betto

  Jan 04 2008 Lovells has hired arbitration partner Jean-Georges Betto as a partner in its French practice. Betto moves to the UK firm from Paris arbitration boutique Derains &... more

• Latest Lovells hire adds to Paris arbitration

  Jan 03 2008 Lovells has boosted its Paris office after completing the hire of partner Jean-Georges Betto from local boutique Derains & Associes. Betto, who started at the City... more