The Central American nation has prevailed on enforcement of a USD 1.5 million costs award, which arose from a hotly contested oil industry investment dispute.

A California IP litigator has left Covington & Burling for WilmerHale in San Francisco, in a week which has seen practitioner gains by Musa Dudhia & Co in Zambia, amid a raft of DC and London moves.

This week’s summary of the latest developments also takes in an ex-judge’s move to Arbitration Chambers in Singapore, Eversheds Sutherland’s merger with a Czech firm and the return of federal and state government lawyers to private practice on the US East and West Coasts.

This week’s rundown of developments also takes in a Hong Kong Police veteran’s new solo disputes support venture in London, and white-collar crime practitioner moves in Johannesburg and New York.

The weekly summary of disputes moves features the departure of a Freshfields practice head to an in-house role in Frankfurt, while US offices make multiple hires on the East and West Coasts and in Texas.

The week has seen the launch of a new arbitration boutique in Miami, a former judge returning to private practice in New Jersey and the reelection of a Magic Circle firm’s first female senior partner in London.

Simmons & Simmons is launching an ADGM office and Debevoise & Plimpton has hired an ex-federal prosecutor in San Francisco, while a Venezuelan-qualified lawyer is the ICDR’s latest ADR head for Latin America.

A technology litigator widely recognised for his internet disputes and IP work has joined King & Spalding in California.

Developments include a new tax litigation head for CMS in Madrid, a mass torts duo arriving at Jenner & Block in Chicago, and an ex-Pinheiro Neto litigation head’s new in-house position in São Paulo.

This week’s news digest also includes two Paris firms’ strategic partnership, and a disputes boutique’s new Australian office in Perth.

The weekly summary of disputes moves takes in the UK cities of Bristol and London, while US developments are focused on the East and West Coasts and the Mid West.

A Hong Kong-based forensic accountant with broad China experience has joined Alvarez & Marsal while Mathys & Squire has made a prominent hire in the UK city of Cambridge, as the week’s disputes-moves summary takes in London and several US cities.