Six judges have also been appointed to the England and Wales Court of Appeal.

This week’s news digest also includes two Paris firms’ strategic partnership, and a disputes boutique’s new Australian office in Perth.

The European boutique has hired Charlotte Duly, bolstering its soft-IP capabilities.

A Hong Kong-based forensic accountant with broad China experience has joined Alvarez & Marsal while Mathys & Squire has made a prominent hire in the UK city of Cambridge, as the week’s disputes-moves summary takes in London and several US cities.

Morgan Lewis and Holland & Knight have both recruited litigators based in the Pacific Northwest.

The firm has snapped up a UK lawyer with over 20 years of experience to meet rising demand from international clients with cross-border exposure.

The firm has significantly expanded its intellectual property offering with three partners and a legal director, including Deloitte Legal’s global IP and technology head.

The firm has snapped up a restructuring and insolvency lawyer with litigation expertise for its Canadian offering.

A recently retired ex-Freshfields Cologne office managing partner has set up his own practice, while Kirkland & Ellis in the US has poached 13-litigator team from King & Spalding.

The firm has been vindicated in its legal battle against the Trump administration’s rampant crackdown on Big Law.

The firm has added a five-partner team to its California client offering.

A trial lawyer with extensive energy-sector and arbitration experience is the latest partner to arrive at the Los Angeles-headquartered firm.

Karen Dunn has left along with three other DC-based and disputes-focused colleagues, in the wake of President Trump’s continuing executive orders against high-end law firms for “harmful activity”.

The former head honcho of US law enforcement has returned to Arnold & Porter in Washington, DC.