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Results (57)
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Prateek Swaika authored an article for The Times exploring how current U.K. defamation law can potentially be used to bring claims against AI deepfakes, while also acknowledging that the law may not be...
OCTOBER 22, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner’s London office was ranked by Legal 500 UK for International Arbitration and recognized as one of the Firms to Watch for Commercial Litigation: Premium.
The international arbitration group is praised for being “a first-rate...
JUNE 21, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office has joined the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme.
Stonewall is the leading LGBTQ+ rights charity in Europe, whose work includes policy development, cultural and attitudinal change, lobbying for legal...
MAY 23, 2024
Publications
Partner Prateek Swaika and associate Sam Heitlinger published a piece in FT Adviser exploring the recent appointment of Nick Ephgrave to Director of the Serious Fraud Office in the U.K. and how his plans could improve the organization.
FT ADVISER:...
MARCH 21, 2024
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was recently included in the Global Arbitration Review’s GAR 100 as well as was shortlisted for the “International Arbitration Practice That Impressed” award.
Attorneys Tim Foden, David Hunt, Ben Love, Andrei Yakovlev, Kristen...
DECEMBER 4, 2023
In the News
Three Boies Schiller Flexner partners were named in Who’s Who Legal’s guide to International Arbitration for 2024. Timothy Foden and Ben Love were named in the WWL International Arbitration 2024 report, and David Hunt was ranked as an...
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Hunt participated in a panel discussion on award enforcement and asset tracing at Dubai Arbitration Week.
The panel discussed how to achieve effective outcomes in international arbitration and focused on key...
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Hunt was quoted in a number of publications this week reporting on the recent King’s Speech, which included an announcement that the government will be introducing new arbitration legislation.
David noted it...
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Michael Jacobs held a fireside chat with Algbra General Counsel Omar Salem as part of the Legal Business Financial Regulatory and Disputes Summit.
Their discussion focused on transforming culture in financial services...
OCTOBER 17, 2023
Publications
Attorneys David Hunt, Ben Love, Gina Rossman, and Sagar Gupta published an article in Global Arbitration Review called "Is the People’s Good the Highest Law? The Concept of Necessity in Investor-State Protections."
Examining the rising trend of...
OCTOBER 16, 2023
In the News
BSF secured a $30 million settlement for Canadian mining company Winshear Gold in relation to its dispute with the United Republic of Tanzania. Winshear confirmed it has received the total amount of funds from Tanzania and has agreed to terminate the...
OCTOBER 11, 2023
In the News
In Mining Weekly, Boies Schiller Flexner partner Tim Foden discusses the new Mali Mining Code as a cause of concern among investors. The new Mining Code allows the government to take a 10% stake in new mining projects, while also giving the state the...
OCTOBER 10, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner Tim Foden argues in a Sustainable Growth Voice article that the EU’s recent exit and subsequent dissolution of the Energy Charter Treaty will have a serious impact on the green energy transition, taking away a key...
AUGUST 22, 2023
Publications
BSF partner Michael Jacobs wrote an article in The Banker discussing how the recent rise in interest rates can increase the risk of litigation. Michael notes that economic pressures can prompt additional scrutiny of financing documents and trigger...
July 17, 2023
Publications
In a much-awaited ruling, the U.K. Supreme Court held that the so-called Quincecare duty does not extend to banks in authorized push payment fraud situations. BSF attorneys David Hunt, Michael Jacobs, and Sagar Gupta consider the...
May 24, 2023
Publications
BSF attorneys Prateek Swaika and Sagar Gupta published an article in Corporate Compliance Insights that discusses developments within the regulatory framework of the U.K.’s anti-money laundering regime since the U.K. imposed sanctions targeting...
May 18, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner attorneys from London and Milan hosted a panel discussion and spoke at other events as part of London International Disputes Week.
BSF co-hosted a breakfast event with barrister chambers 3VB titled, "Dispelling Enforcement...
May 17, 2023
Publications
BSF partner Michael Jacobs was featured as a contributor to the Financial Times' “Your Questions” column. Michael responded to a reader’s question about pursuing legal action if retirement investments within the U.K. and U.S....
May 16, 2023
Announcements
New Hire Strengthens International Offering
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Almat Madaliyev has joined the firm as a partner focused on cross-border disputes, working from the London and New York offices. Almat served in various...
May 16, 2023
Publications
It is commonplace for complex commercial agreements to have a multitiered (or escalation) dispute resolution clause providing for tiered dispute resolution mechanisms. These mechanisms may include negotiation, mediation, conciliation, and...
APRIL 3, 2023
Event
Boies Schiller Flexner hosted two events as part of Paris Arbitraiton Week.
Sunk Costs as a Remedy in International Arbitration: Sunken Treasure or Sunken Hopes?
The first event took place at the offices of FTI Consulting in Paris. BSF arbitration...
March 29, 2023
Publications
BSF attorneys Prateek Swaika and Sagar Gupta published an article in Wealth Briefing, which explored challenges and opportunities within digital asset tracing and enforcement. In the article, the authors consider what tools the English courts...
March 28, 2023
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Andrei Yakovlev has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the international arbitration group.
Andrei brings almost 30 years of experience resolving complex, high-value disputes arising...
March 8, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Hunt published an article in The World Financial Review.
In the article, BSF arbitration partner David Hunt lays out some of the key challenges arbitration lawyers will face in 2023. Given the current geopolitical...
MARCH 8, 2023
Publications
Boies Schiller Flexner partner David Hunt published a piece in The World Financial Review laying out some challenges arbitration lawyers will face in 2023. Given the current geopolitical landscape, David notes that challenges may manifest...
FEBRUARY 7, 2023
Publications
On February 7, 2023, Boies Schiller Flexner’s London office hosted a round table event. BSF attorneys David Hunt and Sagar Gupta, alongside A&O counsel Naomi Briercliffe and Farrer & Co partner Hendrik Puschmann, discussed important...
JANUARY 4, 2023
Publications
In a recent pro-arbitration ruling in Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited v Shell Western Supply & Trading Limited, the English Commercial Court (the ‘Court’) affirmed the validity of unilateral option clauses in English-seated...
DECEMBER 7, 2022
Announcements
Continued Growth in London Targets In-Demand Restructuring Financial Services Work
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP today announced that Michael Jacobs has joined the firm’s London office as a partner in the litigation group. With deep experience in...
NOVEMBER 7, 2022
Publications
In the recent decision of EGF v HVF & Ors [2022] EWHC 2470 (Comm), the English Commercial Court (the ‘Court’) dismissed the claimant’s procedural challenges under sections 24, 67 and 68 of the Arbitration Act 1996 (the...
OCTOBER 22, 2021
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office rose to Band 3 in the competitive Banking Litigation category and to Band 5 in Litigation in the latest edition of the Chambers UK rankings. The firm also maintained its Band 5 ranking in International...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
In the News
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office was recognized by Legal 500 UK for Commercial Litigation: Premium, Banking Litigation: Investment & Retail, International Arbitration, and Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime.
In Commercial...
JULY 2, 2021
Publications
The U.K.'s data protection regulator — the Information Commissioner's Office — fined American Express Services Europe Ltd. £90,000 ($124,300) in May for sending more than 4 million unsolicited direct marketing emails to customers...
JANUARY 29, 2021
Publications
Whilst few could have foreseen the global turmoil that 2020 brought, it is clear that in 2021 the fallout from the pandemic and facing the reality of a post-Brexit landscape will continue to be front and center for financial services firms and the...
OCTOBER 26, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office has risen to Band 4 in the Banking Litigation category, and to Band 5 in the International Arbitration: Commercial Arbitration category, in the recently published Chambers UK guide. The firm was also ranked in...
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office rose to Tier 4 in the competitive Commercial Litigation: Premium category in Legal 500 UK, a rise in ranking for the third year in a row. The firm also maintained its Tier 2 ranking in Banking Litigation:...
OCTOBER 6, 2020
Publications
So your corporate has done the crime (or not). It has decided to do the time (or not). But what does “time” entail for a corporate facing a criminal conviction? Where does the liability start and where does it finish? Can it simply pay its way out?...
SEPTEMBER 28, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office was shortlisted for Litigation and Dispute Resolution Team of the Year and International Arbitration Team of the Year in Legal Week's British Legal Awards. Partner Will Hooker was shortlisted as a...
SEPTEMBER 3, 2020
Announcements
Legal Business has shortlisted the London office of Boies Schiller Flexner for Commercial Litigation Team of the Year 2020. The award category identifies an impressive result in commercial litigation by the winning team.
Boies Schiller was nominated...
AUGUST 31, 2020
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has named Max Pritt and Sean Rodriguez as Administrative Partners for its San Francisco office.
Max Pritt tries high-stakes cases for plaintiffs and defendants in courtrooms across the country. Max has secured significant...
SEPTEMBER 30, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office leapt two tiers in Banking Litigation, rose in a further two categories, and debuted in Regulatory Investigations and Corporate Crime in Legal 500 UK's 2020 rankings, earning across-the-board mentions for the...
AUGUST 2, 2019
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner’s London office secured an important victory for its pro bono client, ClientEarth, an environmental law charity, in litigation before the Polish Courts. ClientEarth successfully challenged a board resolution in connection...
NOVEMBER 5, 2018
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner's London office won higher rankings in the latest editions of both Chambers UK and Legal 500 UK, in recognition of its status as a growing force in London.
In Banking Litigation, Chambers reports Boies Schiller Flexner has a...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2018
Publications
In a major recalibration of England’s laws regarding litigation privilege, England’s Court of Appeal has recently ruled in The Director of the Serious Fraud Office v. Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited (2018) EWCA Civ 2006,...
AUGUST 15, 2018
Publications
Golden Belt 1 Sukuk Co BSC(c) v. BNP Paribas: A Golden Opportunity for Secondary Purchasers of Debt?
In Golden Belt 1 Sukuk Co BSC(c) v. BNP Paribas, the English High Court, for the first time, imposed a duty of care from a bank that acted as an arranger to a publicly listed capital market issue to secondary purchasers of debt. This legal analysis...
AUGUST 6, 2018
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner has successfully obtained an order from the English High Court in favor of the representatives and relatives of victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks providing for dispensation of service against the Republic of Iran and other...
JANUARY 2, 2018
Announcements
International litigation firm Boies Schiller Flexner has elected six new partners in the firm’s New York City, Washington D.C., London, and Oakland offices, effective January 1, 2018.
NEW YORK CITY
Leigh Nathanson has developed a broad practice...
JANUARY 1, 2018
Publications
Ad hoc committees can allow creditors to effectively maximise leverage and pressure against a debtor company to obtain the best outcome for them both individually and as a group. However, it is critical that the structure, decision-making, governance...
OCTOBER 10, 2017
Announcements
Boies Schiller Flexner was shortlisted for London Office of the Year by the UK's Legal Week. The winner, to be selected by an independent panel of senior business lawyers, will be announced at the 2017 British Legal Awards on November 30,...
JUNE 21, 2017
In the News
One of the most significant mandates awarded to Boies Schiller Flexner since opening in London has resulted in a successful outcome for the firm and its clients, The Lawyer reported, after the firm secured a settlement in a dispute over early...
AUGUST 4, 2016
Publications
Over the past few years, there has been a quiet revolution in the state of corporate criminal law in the United Kingdom, as the country approaches ever closer to the American model of large settlements and huge fines. In 2011, the UK Bribery Act came...
April 1, 2016
Announcements
British publication Legal Business has shortlisted the London office of Boies, Schiller & Flexner for its U.S. Law Firm of the Year award for 2016. The award “highlights the U.S. firm that has made the greatest progress over the past year in...
March 7, 2016
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner’s London office was shortlisted for Financial Litigation Team and Partner of The Year awards by Financial News. Each year the publication presents its Excellence in Legal Services Awards, Europe, to celebrate the...
January 4, 2016
Announcements
Global litigation law firm Boies, Schiller & Flexner has elected eight counsel and associates to its partnership, effective January 1, 2016, at its offices in New York, Washington, Armonk, Miami, and Palo Alto.
“We congratulate these accomplished...
November 3, 2015
Announcements
Boies, Schiller & Flexner celebrated 15 years in South Florida at an event in Miami on November 3. The firm established its presence in South Florida in April 2000, with a single partner, Caryl Boies, based in an office in Hollywood. Today, it...
OCTOBER 30, 2015
Announcements
Three Boies, Schiller & Flexner partners were recognized in the global “Who’s Who Legal: Litigation 2015,” a listing of the 740 top litigators in the world. Chairman David Boies is considered by many as “one of...
September 22, 2015
Announcements
London, September 22, 2015 – Less than 18 months after opening its doors for business, Boies, Schiller & Flexner’s London office has earned rankings from Legal 500 for banking litigation, commercial litigation, and international arbitration.
In...
DECEMBER 31, 2014
Announcements
Name
Years Selected
Harrison, Natasha
2013 - 2014
Miles, Wendy J.
2013 - 2014