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Young and restless - John Young reflects on a 33-year legal career
At the end of last month John Young bowed out of Hogan Lovells by somewhat unusually zipwiring across Old Billingsgate market in front of more than 900 lawyers and staff at a summer party (brought forward to coincide with his retirement) dressed as Br...
18 May 2012 | 00:00 | 
Bullish on the bear - moves to boost investment in Russia
Hogan Lovells’ Richard Cowie assesses moves by Russia to encourage funds to invest in the national economy
18 May 2012 | 00:00 |
Lawyers without borders - global litigation and in-house counsel
"Globalisation and the economic downturn have presented greater challenges for litigators in recent years, which include the management of international disputes in challenging jurisdictions and greater regulatory and compliance concerns..."
20 Apr 2012 | 00:00 |
The Quinn effect continues as restless litigators quit big law for boutiques
If further proof were needed of the growing trend for leading litigators to spin off from large firms to form their own boutiques, Hogan Lovells duo Graham Huntley and Helen Brannigan provided it last month with news of the launch of Signature Litigat...
05 Apr 2012 | 00:00 |
Different routes – the non-magic circle way to fly American
The magic circle may have yet to find their dream partners in New York, but the more flexible model used by some London rivals - notably Hogan Lovells and DLA Piper - has allowed them to make considerable progress in the US...
02 Mar 2012 | 10:43 |
After the fall - the challenges of rebuilding Libya's post-Gaddafi legal framework
Since the overthrow of Gaddafi last spring, Libya has been in a transition period. Hogan Lovells’ Chris Cross and Tarek Eltumi describe the political and economic factors that go into rebuilding a legal framework
02 Mar 2012 | 00:00 |
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Courts in a clash - an in-depth look at the closely watched Supreme Court ruling on arbitrators
“Is my arbitration clause valid?” Following a surprise decision by the Court of Appeal in June 2010, this was the troubling question facing users of international arbitration clauses containing restrictions as to the nationality of arbitrators. ...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
A stark choice - Government planning reform comes in for criticism
The Government’s planning reform has come in for criticism as it attempts to strike a balance between economic growth and localism. Will the new National Planning Policy Framework do the job? Hogan Lovells’ Michael Gallimore and Harry Spurr report
04 Aug 2011 | 00:00 |
2010-11 case studies: Hogan Lovells
Hogan Lovells got off to a strong start in 2010 following the transatlantic merger between legacy Lovells and Hogan & Hartson that went live in May last year. Turnover at the combined firm – which maintains two separate profit pools – stood at £...
21 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
Partnership culture leaves firms vulnerable to a few bad apples
If proof was needed that old-fashioned partnership culture is alive and well in the City despite waves of partner culls and de-equitisations, then look no further than the case of Hogan Lovells’ litigator Christopher Grierson and his alleged £1m ex...
02 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
Asset finance - increasingly not for every banking team
Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments ...
14 Apr 2011 | 06:41 |
Not your typical vacation - City law firms on how to get a vac scheme placement
With training contracts in scarce supply, the vacation scheme is gaining increasing importance. Friederike Heine talks to City law firms about how to get one - and make the most of it
08 Sep 2010 | 09:44 |
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Commentary: Hogan Lovells - no longer a deal team in need of modesty?
Given the timing and structure of the merger, it was inevitable that the creation of Hogan Lovells would lead to jokey comparisons to the UK's new coalition government. But perhaps a political allusion that better illustrates the challenge this tie-up...
26 May 2010 | 09:54 |
Loss of national courts' clout fuels rise in arbitration
The interim awards in the multibillion-dollar arbitrations brought by Yukos shareholders against the Russian Federation have sparked a debate in some sectors about whether international arbitration can survive what one commentator has described as "a ...
22 Apr 2010 | 00:01 |
Now for the hard work - the challenges ahead for Hogan Lovells
If the outlook of any major strategic move can be gauged from the general reaction of rivals, the prospects for the impending union between Lovells and Hogan & Hartson could not look brighter. For while the cynical City legal community typically po...
21 Jan 2010 | 09:31 |
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