Quinn Emanuel opens office in Saudi Arabia in bid to capitalise on Vision 2030 January 27, 2022 Los Angeles headquartered law firm Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has struck a deal with Saudi Arabian law firm Alrubayyi & Attorneys to open an office in Saudi Arabia’s capital Riyadh. The deal will see prominent Saudi litigator, Nasser Alrubayyi, join Quinn Emanuel as a partner. The partnership comes as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia [...]
‘A false veneer to a broken system’: British judges resign from Hong Kong’s highest court March 30, 2022 British judges have resigned from Hong Kong’s highest court, in a move which has been welcomed by the foreign secretary and UK-based advocacy group Stand With Hong Kong (SWHK). Two senior judges, Robert Reed and Patrick Hodge, submitted their resignation to the city’s Court of Final Appeal (HKCFA), saying their role was “no longer tenable” because of [...]
Raab’s plans for a Bill of Rights will turn the British courts into a political storm June 28, 2022 IN 2019, the Conservative Party’s manifesto promised reform to the Human Rights Act (HRA), and last Wednesday we finally saw it: the new Bill of Rights. Rather than “enhancing human rights protection” as Dominic Raab has described, it represents a considerable lessening of our liberties in the UK. It shows a government scrambling to find [...]
Nicola Sturgeon can huff and puff but she won’t get a new independence referendum December 2, 2021 Scottish independence is not even in the top half-dozen priorities for voters in Scotland, yet once again Nicola Sturgeon used her speech to the SNP conference this week to bang the drum for another push for independence. She is obsessed. Fixing the economy post-Covid? The mounting crises in the Scottish NHS? The appalling decline in [...]
Politics in 2023: A look back at the highlights – and low points – of the year December 28, 2023 As Rishi Sunak runs out the clock towards polling day, we take you back through the political highlights - and low points - of 2023.
Meet Liz Truss top team: Who is the UK’s new Home Secretary, Brexit barrister Suella Braverman? September 7, 2022 Following yesterday’s Cabinet reshuffle, City A.M. introduces you to some of Liz Truss’s key government ministers. Who are they? What has their journey been so far? Also check out the new Chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng and and the UK’s new Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly as well as the new Business Secretary, Jacob Rees-Mogg. A barrister who [...]
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab to intervene in case over £1.4bn of gold deposited in the Bank of England June 1, 2021 In a case that is set to determine the fate of almost £1.4bn of Venezuelan gold deposited in the Bank of England, UK’s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab has been granted permission to intervene at the Supreme Court during a hearing scheduled for next month. The case at the highest court in the land is between the [...]
City Moves: Who’s switching jobs in the Square Mile? April 19, 2022 City A.M.’s Millie Turner provides a roundup of the most important hires and job moves across the City, every morning. Email citymoves@cityam.com to be featured. Bovill Financial regulation consultancy Bovill has hired a new partner – an ex-UBS money laundering expert who returns after a three-year hiatus. Mark Spiers, who brings more than 20 years’ experience in the industry, was previously part [...]
How airdrops and NFTs are revolutionising the hunt for crypto fraudsters July 22, 2022 Keith Oliver and Amalia Neenan of Peters & Peters issue a musical warning to all the crypto fraudsters out there - it's all over now.
Is Elon Musk a free speech champion or a bombastic fool? Perhaps, he’s both October 31, 2022 Finally, it has happened. In a story with more drama and grandstanding than Wagner’s Ring Cycle, Elon Musk has bought Twitter for $44bn. The man himself announced the success of his deal in a tweet – of course. He has also dubbed himself “Chief Twit”, with which some may agree for the wrong reasons. There [...]