HFW has joined the likes of Osborne Clarke, Fieldfisher, Kennedys and Stephenson Harwood in posting double-digit revenue growth for the 2023/24 financial year. The firm’s revenue grew by 11% to hit £251 million for the year to March 31—up from £225.3 million the year previous. 

Blake Cassels & Graydon and McCarthy Tétrault are acting as lead advisers in Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System’s (OMERS’) sale of LifeLabs Medical Laboratory Services to U.S.-based Quest Diagnostics Inc. for CA$1.35 billion (US$985 million), including debt. OMERS, the pension fund manager for public-service employees and retirees…

Eversheds Sutherland is considering shutting its Beijing office in a move that would make it one of the largest U.K.-based operations to scale back in China amid a recent exodus. The transatlantic firm has placed the office under review, it said in a statement, a decision partly due to the…

Esports company Skillz Platform has filed a lawsuit against mobile gaming company Voodoo SAS, which operates the “Blitz Win Cash” app, for allegedly fixing games and defrauding players with bots. The complaint, filed Monday by King & Spalding in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleges…

The U.K. Supreme Court ruling in a high-profile case against United Utilities Water Ltd opens to door to a barrage of new claims against companies who dump untreated sewage into waterways. In a landmark decision for environmentalists, the court unanimously allowed an appeal in the long-running case of Manchester Ship…

Dentons has been awarded the ‘menopause friendly accreditation’ across its offices in the U.K., Ireland and Middle East. The credential is established by a U.K.-based independent employer community, Henpicked, and is the only menopause accreditation that sets “clear standards which employers must meet”, the firm shared in a statement.