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Wiggin partner Caroline Kean has called the current defamation claims against several media outlets brought by the Nazarbayev Fund and Jusan Technologies as showing all the classic hallmarks of a SLAPP (strategic litigation against public participation). The Lawyer first reported the dispute on 8 September, which involves two claims brought by the two companies, represented by […]
A former ex-partner of KPMG Singapore has hit back at Herbert Smith Freehills’ defence in a £22m professional negligence claim he has brought against the firm for alleged breach of confidence. In the latest update in the dispute brought by Graham Martin, HSF, represented by Clyde & Co, has been accused of overreliance upon a […]
Kirkland & Ellis is representing several hedge funds as they look to join the dispute against London Metal Exchange (LME) over cancelled nickel trades. The US firm and its litigation partners Richard Boynton and Stuart Doxford are representing several hedge funds and traders, while Hogan Lovells public law partner Charles Brasted is representing the LME. […]
The director of the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) was quizzed by legal professionals for an hour straight in a live webinar last week, with questions regarding the backlog of legal expense licences top of the agenda. Firms cannot act for, and be paid by, sanctioned individuals without first applying to OFSI for a […]
Boies Schiller Flexner has re-entered the UK disputes scene with two substantial defamation claims on behalf of the Nazarbayev Fund and Jusan Technologies: one against The Bureau of Investigative Journalism and The Telegraph, and the other against openDemocracy. The dispute involves two investigative articles written earlier this year that alleged that Kazakhstan’s former leader Nursultan […]
Sustained growth for Express Solicitors means it is a market leader on PEP
From digital asset specialists to experienced family barristers, August has seen multiple moves across the Bar despite the holiday season. Here are The Lawyer’s top picks. Sarah Grimmer (Call: 1998) Twenty Essex Arbitrator Sarah Grimmer, who joined the Singapore office of Twenty Essex, is kicking off August’s moves. Over the past 20 years, Grimmer has worked […]
Hogan Lovells is to defend private credit asset management company Kimura CTF as it challenges a claim that it allegedly failed to repay $5m to Yieldpoint, another asset management firm. Brick Court’s Fionn Pilbrow QC is to fight to reclaim the $5m for Yieldpoint, represented by Katten Muchin Rosenman partner Jo Payne. Although headquartered in […]
Kuit Steinart Levy has called upon Clyde & Co to defend it against a £150m professional negligence claim brought by a former client.
CMS’s UK average profit per equity partner (PEP) has broken through the £1m barrier, having fallen shy of the mark the year before, The Lawyer can reveal. The result shows a 14 per cent increase, from £912,000 to £1.04m. This growth is double that of the previous year, which saw UK PEP rise 7 per cent, from […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has denied any wrongdoing in a £22m negligence claim brought by a former client and ex-KPMG Singapore partner who attempted suicide after his workplace found out about his debts. Claimant Graham Martin, represented by DWF, had approached HSF partner John Corrie for advice in 2017 after a worldwide freezing order was placed […]
Some of the biggest moves across the Bar this month include Hailsham Chambers gaining a silk who has been practising law for nearly 50 years, and Enterprise Chambers snapping up four new barristers from 1 Chancery Lane. Nicholas Davidson QC (Call: 1974) Hailsham Chambers Hailsham gained commercial litigator Nicholas Davidson QC from 4 New Square, […]