The Court of Appeal has rejected class representative Justin Le Patourel’s appeal for his £1.3bn case against BT. The firm first launched the class action in January 2021 with Le Patourel ...

Ampa Group’s revenue rose by 10 per cent in 2024/25 from £119.2m to £130.4m in what the firm’s leaders called a year of strategic investments and consolidation. A recent series of financial ...

Lewis Silkin has established a presence in Scotland for the first time with the launch of an office in Glasgow, The Lawyer can reveal. The firm has hired a three-strong employment team to lead ...

Six firms have scored top marks on a range of growth-related metrics that form the basis of a new analysis of the transatlantic private capital-led deals market – The Lawyer’s first-ever Global ...

Crypto trading business Zodia Markets has closed its $18.25m Series A fundraise, led by Pharsalus Capital, with Eversheds on call for the deal. Zodia Markets launched back in 2021 as a ...

Specialist group action firm Pogust Goodhead has called upon Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in a new £1.3bn claim against BHP, Vale and Samarco, alleging conspiracy by unlawful means.

There is a radical reconfiguration taking place in the world of BigLaw that may make terms like magic circle or white shoe ...

The Barrister Group (TBG) is offering free public access training to barristers affected by the recent cyber attack on the Legal Aid Agency (LAA). The move follows TBG’s accreditation approval ...

Scottish firm Burness Paull has posted what is almost certain to be one of the largest rises in firmwide revenue for 2024/25, with turnover jumping by 56 per cent from £60.1m to £93.5m.

Shoosmiths is the latest firm to roll out a pay increase for its newly qualified (NQ) solicitors across the UK, which is due to take effect from November 2025. City salaries have crossed the ...

Deutsche Bank has hired Freshfields partner Simone Kämpfer as its new general counsel. Düsseldorf-based Kämpfer joined Freshfields in 2018. Prior to that she was a criminal defence lawyer at ...

On 1 September 2025, a new law will come into effect under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act (ECCT). Large organisations may be held criminally liable where fraud is committed by ...