The law firm is closing its Shanghai office due to “shifting market dynamics”.

The law firm has poached a seasoned disputes practitioner to lead its international litigation and arbitration group in Asia.

The investment platform provider has fought off a US class action alleging it had been illegally operating in China and misled investors that its operations complied with Chinese securities laws.

A leading lawyer specialising in class actions defence and international arbitration has joined Skadden to bolster its California litigation practice.

Three energy companies took a step closer to enforcing their respective Energy Charter Treaty-related arbitral awards in a US appellate court, but the saga is far from over. A US appellate court has held that it does have jurisdiction to hear enforcement proceedings for arbitral awards against sovereign states. The judgment in Nextera Energy v […]

An ex-assistant US attorney with civil, criminal and in-house technology company experience has returned to private practice, bolstering Boies Schiller Flexner’s California capabilities. Boies Schiller Flexner (BSF) has hired Nili Moghaddam as a partner, effective Monday (1 April), where she will divide her practice between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Bringing expertise across civil and […]

A former associate who left for a six-year public service career at a high-profile regulator has returned to Skadden as a partner and head of energy regulatory in DC. James Danly has rejoined Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom as a partner and chair of its Washington, DC-based energy regulatory practice, the firm announced on […]

An ICSID committee has found that a panel of eminent international arbitrators erred in rejecting a USD 652 million claim over the expropriation of an Iraqi telecoms company. A Kuwait-headquartered logistics company succeeded last Thursday (8 February) in annulling an arbitral award won by the state of Iraq, after a committee agreed that the original […]

A Wilson Sonsini associate has brought her commercial and technology disputes, and appellate and class action experience to Mayer Brown on the US West Coast, stepping up to partner in the process. Mayer Brown has recruited Sophia ‘Sophie’ Mancall-Bitel as a partner in its Los Angeles litigation and dispute resolution practice. She has joined from […]

Practitioners with public service, government regulatory and e-discovery experience feature in this week’s collection of high-level lawyer moves.

The UK’s highest court has held certain third-party funding agreements in their current form to be unenforceable.

A former assistant US attorney has left Covington & Burling for Ropes & Gray, adding nearly two decades’ litigation and white-collar experience.