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3 Aug 2023

Rebuilding Ukraine: investor protection amid legal challenges and corruption

Varun Zaiwalla & Zuhair Farouki shed light on legal hurdles and corruption risks that may arise in Ukraine's post-war reconstruction

2 Aug 2023

Travers Smith bolsters Asset Management offering with strategic Funds partner hire

Travers Smith LLP has bolstered its Asset Management client offering with the hire of Tosin Adeyeri as a partner in the Funds group, further strengthening its expertise in private funds formation and secondaries work.

1 Aug 2023

UK sanctions six Russians over trial of dual British national

The sanctions target judges and prosecutors responsible for the trial of Vladimir Kara-Murza, who faces 25 years in a penal colony after an appeal was rejected.

28 Jul 2023

Lords committee: UK-EU security cooperation 'sub-optimal'

In a letter to the home secretary, the Justice and Home Affairs Committee said that cooperation on law enforcement and criminal justice between the UK and the European Union has been "set back in certain respects".

25 Jul 2023

Navigating India’s investment landscape

While India offers many attractive investment opportunities, there are various regulatory factors to be aware of

20 Jul 2023

Ten years of legal freelancing – are we still ‘new’ law?

Matthew Kay and Geraldine Kelm look at the growth of legal freelancing over the past decade.

20 Jul 2023

Kingsley Napley and Jenner & Block help resettle former female Afghan judge

Working in a pro bono partnership, the firms aided their shared clients, an Afghan female judge (Y) and her adult son, in obtaining permission to enter the UK. 

13 Jul 2023

Human rights advocates condemn UK's Illegal Migration Bill

The bill will effectively extinguish the right to seek asylum in the UK, say lawyers who have examined the proposed legislation on behalf of human rights charity, Freedom from Torture.