ARBITRATION
ICC celebrates record year for arbitration and mediation caseloads
Records fall as Paris body hails 9% increase in arbitration cases while its ADR centre registers its 400th case
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TEAM HIRE
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Hogan Lovells raids Baker McKenzie for seven-strong Paris private equity team
Hires of partners Matthieu Grollemund and Hélène Parent follows recent PE appointments in London, Shanghai and Frankfurt
ALLIANCE
TLT signs up Belgium's GSJ as second member of international alliance
Antwerp practice joins Dutch firm Holla in network with ambitions to cover the US, Europe and India
JUDICIARY
BonelliErede hires former president of Milan's appeals court
Veteran lawyer Marina Tavassi, who left her role at the Court of Appeal last year, will be based in Milan
TEAM HIRE
Taylor Wessing hires 11-strong London private client team from BCLP
Departures latest of series to impact Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner's London private wealth law capability
BOUTIQUE LAUNCH
Ex-Linklaters arbitration co-head launches Paris boutique
Pierre Duprey sets up ADF Avocats becoming latest senior arbitrator to go it alone
DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
Squire Patton Boggs names first African-American woman to global board
Washington DC-based partner Alethia Nancoo is one of two new board appointments
LATERAL HIRES
Orrick boosts corporate team with partner-level hires in San Francisco, New York and London
West Coast giant hails recruitment of 'rising star' talent as it seeks to grow its tech transactions practice
ARBITRATION
Van Bael & Bellis hires London partner to tap post-Brexit rise in arbitration
Top Belgian firm bolsters recently launched London arm with Skadden hire