Freshfields promotes in three cities
Freshfields has promoted Rohit Bhat in Singapore, Joshua Kelly in London and Katharina Shingler in Frankfurt to the partnership.
People, firms and organisations
Ex-Arnold & Porter partner launches advocacy resource
US academic and ex-Arnold & Porter partner Mallory Silberman has set up a new freelance consultancy for practitioners – offering mocks and moots, advocacy practice and other forms of practical guidance.
Ciarb issues guidelines on AI
The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, or Ciarb, has published guidelines on the use of artificial intelligence in arbitration – the latest effort to provide practical guidance on ethical use of the technology.
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Working group releases cybersecurity protocol
A working group made up of representatives of ICCA, the International Institute for Conflict Prevention and Resolution Institute and the New York City Bar Association has released a cybersecurity protocol for international arbitration.
22 November 2019
Cheng's CIArb speech derailed by protests in London
Hong Kong’s secretary for justice Teresa Cheng SC says she suffered “serious bodily harm” after falling amid a crowd of pro-democracy protesters outside the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators building in London, where she had been due to deliver a keynote speech.
15 November 2019
Jones joins Singapore’s commercial court
Australian arbitrator Douglas Jones AO has been appointed as a judge at the Singapore International Commercial Court.
10 October 2019
Ex-White & Case lawyer opens London boutique
Tomas Vail, a former White & Case lawyer who has worked on several CIS-related arbitrations including defending Russia against a US$12 billion investment treaty claim, has opened a boutique in London.
08 October 2019
Boutique departures continue as Seraglini joins Freshfields
Christophe Seraglini is leaving Betto Seraglini, the Parisian disputes boutique he co-founded seven years ago, to join the partnership at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris.
18 September 2019
Duo launch Geneva boutique
Two former Derains & Gharavi lawyers have reunited to launch a Geneva-based arbitration boutique with a special focus on economic sanctions.
11 September 2019
Eversheds Sutherland hires duo from Paris boutique
Eversheds Sutherland has hired Julien Fouret and Gaëlle Le Quillec from Parisian boutique Betto Seraglini to join the partnership in its Paris office.
10 September 2019
Dentons wins seizure of client’s Congo award
A Delaware court has allowed Dentons to have a former client's US$250 million ICC award against the Democratic Republic of the Congo seized to recover unpaid legal fees.
30 August 2019
Canadian government hires from funder
Alexandra Dosman has left her position at third-party funder Vannin Capital to join Canada’s Trade Law Bureau as counsel in Ottawa.
15 August 2019
Cadwalader hires from funder in London
Former Skadden lawyer Simon Walsh has joined the London office of US firm Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft after working for more than a year as a senior investment officer at a third-party funder.
25 July 2019
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