Region: United Kingdom
Mute Off co-founder leaves BCLP for Ontier
Claire Morel de Westgaver, who co-founded virtual platform Mute Off Thursdays for women in arbitration, has left Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner to join the partnership at Ontier in London.
07 February 2025
Candey targets Asia Pacific work with two hires
Former King & Spalding lawyers Chris Bailey and Oliver McEntee have joined London disputes boutique Candey, where they will help to expand the firm’s work in the Asia-Pacific region.
29 January 2025
Russian lawyer leaves Jones Day for Gherson
Anatoly Matveev, a Russian national who advises on disputes involving CIS states, has left Jones Day to join Gherson Solicitors as of counsel.
28 January 2025
UK court dismisses bankruptcy proceedings over Saudi prince’s award debt
A London court has refused to issue a bankruptcy order against a Saudi prince over more than £700 million in debt he owes under LCIA awards won by a Kuwaiti mobile operator – finding there was “insufficient evidence” he resides in England.
27 January 2025
Miner finds funding for claim against Morocco
A London-listed mining company has obtained third-party funding for an ICSID claim against Morocco over the state’s refusal to grant environmental approval for a billion-dollar potash project.
23 January 2025
Gearing joins Duxton Hill Chambers
Asia-related disputes specialist Matthew Gearing KC has left Fountain Court Chambers to practise as a sole practitioner in London and at Duxton Hill Chambers in Singapore, accepting appointments as both counsel and arbitrator.
21 January 2025
UK court rejects jailed oligarch’s conspiracy mega-claim
The Commercial Court in London has thrown out a US$13.8 billion lawsuit brought by a jailed Russian oligarch over an alleged conspiracy to seize his assets – a dispute that has also been the subject of several arbitrations.
17 January 2025
AIG gets disclosure in combat earplugs dispute with 3M
A Florida court has ruled that data relating to 3M’s US$6 billion settlement of litigation over faulty combat earplugs can be shared in a London arbitration between the US multinational and its insurer AIG.
16 January 2025
Akin hires new practice head
Mark Clarke, the former head of commercial disputes and co-head of the global energy practice at White & Case, has joined Akin as its new head of international arbitration.
13 January 2025
CIArb seeks new leader
Catherine Dixon is leaving her role as chief executive officer of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
09 January 2025