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Stephenson Harwood has recruited a contentious insolvency partner from Wedlake Bell, who tells GRR she is already seeing an increase in fraud investigations in relation to the UK government’s coronavirus support measures.

09 November 2021

Former English Court of Appeal judge Sir David Richards has joined One Essex Court in London with plans to take appointments as an arbitrator, as he says the growth in cross-border cases has led experts to see arbitration as a sensible way of resolving disputes in restructurings.

08 November 2021

Brazil's BMA - Barbosa, Müssnich, Aragão has bolstered its restructuring and insolvency group with a partner from Mayer Brown’s associated firm Tauil & Chequer Advogados.

04 November 2021

The leader of Eversheds Sutherland’s restructuring and insolvency practice in Asia has joined CMS in Hong Kong to help it build a local restructuring offering of its own.

02 November 2021

A former EY and BDO partner has joined Alvarez & Marsal to lead its special situations M&A team within the firm’s restructuring practice in London.

01 November 2021

UAE law firm Global Advocacy and Legal Counsel has promoted NMC Healthcare counsel Murad Abida to regional co-managing partner in Dubai.

01 November 2021

Australian accountant Simon Cathro, who spent over 15 years at Big Four firms EY, Deloitte and PwC, has set up a new restructuring and insolvency boutique in Sydney.

28 October 2021

New York-headquartered Teneo, which acquired Deloitte’s UK restructuring arm in May, is launching an Asia-Pacific restructuring business with the appointments of partners from EY and White & Case.

18 October 2021

A week after losing partners in Hong Kong and the US, Kirkland & Ellis has bolstered its New York special situations group with the hire of a long-time in-house lawyer from investment firm King Street Capital Management.

13 October 2021

Baker McKenzie has hired the former head of DA Lawyers’ restructuring practice to lead its own insolvency offering in Madrid.

13 October 2021