Western Europe

New hires were made across the PE, banking, M&A, structured finance and funds practices in New York, London and Hong Kong

Ropes & Gray’s London managing partner discusses the etiquette of queueing and who he’d like to represent him in court

Lawyers at BCLP and Macfarlanes say that alternative lenders are looking to shake up the lending market when UK implementation of Basel 3.1 rules on regulatory capital for banks begins in 2026

The London-based lawyer delves into the importance of grit, shutting everything else out and the ability to read a room

Draft rules aimed at making UK public markets more attractive for issuers raise the threshold before they have to produce a prospectus

The legal recognition of digital assets as being capable of attracting property rights will afford investors a number of legal protections in cases of disputes

The UK is going back in time by adding bundling to the options for how firms pay for investment research and execution services but regulatory lawyers are unsure about demand for the measure

Trailblazers of justice were honoured at Legal Benchmarking Group Social Impact EMEA Awards gala in London