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Dispute Resolution
Stories and digests covering a variety of angles to ADR, whether on key issues of law or notable parties
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New SJB group targets private equity disputes
By Legal Week | August 4, 2009
SJ Berwin has pulled together lawyers from its litigation and corporate practices to create a new private equity and partnership dispute resolution practice. The new group - formed last month (15 July) - is headed by litigation partner Hilton Mervis and corporate partner Michael Halford.
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Mayer Brown partner seconded to Merrill Lynch
By Legal Week | August 4, 2009
Mayer Brown London finance litigation partner Ed Sautter has gone on secondment to longstanding client Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Sautter, who sits within Mayer Brown's City financial institutions group, is currently the only Mayer Brown partner on secondment to a bank and will remain with the client for almost five months until November 2009.
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BLP makes high-profile litigation hires from Teacher Stern
By Legal Week | August 4, 2009
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has made its second round of London litigation hires in just over a month with the appointment of a heavyweight partner duo from Teacher Stern. The top 20 firm is set to bring in high-profile disputes partner Graham Shear and partner Joby Davies from Teacher Stern in mid-September.
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Barlows takes lead as Moore Stephens escapes negligence claim
By Legal Week | July 31, 2009
The $173.6m (£89m) negligence claim brought by the creditors of failed UK company Stone & Rolls against accountancy firm Moore Stephens was struck out by the House of Lords yesterday (30 July). The failure of the case - one of the largest and most high-profile claims funded by a third party in the UK - will be seen as a blow for backers IM Litigation Funding.
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Northern Rock shareholders fail in bid to secure improved compensation
By Legal Week | July 29, 2009
The Northern Rock shareholders have lost their appeal to secure improved compensation following the nationalisation of the lender, with the claimants now prepared to take their case all the way to Europe. A judgment handed down yesterday (28 July) in the Court of Appeal supported a February decision, which scuppered the attempts of more than 150,000 private shareholders to increase their compensation level. The judgment followed a three-day hearing in June before the Master of the Rolls Sir Anthony Clarke, Lord Justice Laws and Lord Justice Waller.
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Clydes boosts disputes practice with Halliwells partner hire
By Legal Week | July 28, 2009
Clyde & Co has continued its hiring spree with the addition of commercial disputes partner Marko Kraljevic. Kraljevic joins the insurance specialist from Halliwells, where he was a partner in the firm's London office. His practice focuses on international arbitration in international trade, shipping, trade contract disputes and international investment within the shipping, petroleum and coal industries.
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Career Clinic: Would a career break at 1PQE be a mistake?
By Legal Week | July 27, 2009
"I lost my job as a junior finance litigator a few months ago. Since then I have been looking for work, but I have still not been able to find a new role. "I am now thinking about taking a year out to do either a Masters or voluntary work overseas. However, as I only have one year's PQE, part of me thinks that I should continue looking for work and gain more experience in commercial law before taking a 'career break'.
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PwC bulks up legal arm with trio of private practice hires
By Legal Week | July 23, 2009
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is bulking up its UK legal arm with a triple partner hire, with professional services rival Deloitte also extending its legal capacity. PwC Legal has hired Beachcroft partner Stephen Gummer to head its employment team as well as hiring McDermott Will & Emery employment partner Vanessa Morgan. Both have resigned from their current firms and will join PwC Legal later this year. The hires will take the employment group to five partners, including Ed Stacey, who is joining from PwC's in-house legal team.
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Twelve firms sign up for College of Law disputes training
By Legal Week | July 17, 2009
Twelve City law firms have signed up to the College of Law's dispute resolution training consortium. The programme of twelve courses concentrates on the basics of litigation and alternative dispute resolution, and will be taught to lawyers from zero to three years' post qualification experience. It follows similar pooled training programmes that have been introduced during recent years in the areas of corporate, property and banking.
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Field Fisher hires Halliwells partner in litigation boost
By Legal Week | July 16, 2009
Field Fisher Waterhouse has made its eighth lateral partner hire so far this year, with the City law firm set to boost its disputes practice. Commercial litigation partner Michael Mulligan will join the dispute resolution practice on 1 September from Halliwells, bringing with him a practice focused on contentious insolvency, asset recovery and fraud work.
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