Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) London-based India litigation head Nick Peacock, who had been with the firm for more than 20 years, has joined Bird & Bird and will head up its international arbitration team from London.

NEW DELHI : Digital technology firm Tata Communications … said it has acquired 58.1% stake in France-based eSIM company Oasis Smart SIM Europe SAS (Oasis). — Mint Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) advised Tata Communications led by a team of partner Mark Robinson , Singapore, managing partner Frederic B...

In my view a global dispute involves various parties, from a number of different countries, litigating or arbitrating issues that frequently span multiple jurisdictions. This could range from parallel proceedings going on in different jurisdictions or substantive proceedings in one jurisdiction with interim relief applications in other jurisdictions or, as is common in international arbitration, where the parties are from different jurisdictions and have chosen a neutral seat and neutral governing law.

The dispute resolution landscape in the UK is in the midst of significant change. Many consider the reforms to be the most far-reaching civil justice transformations since the 1870’s1 and this is not even taking into account what may happen with Brexit (which we will discuss below).

In March this year, the UK government served formal notice under Article 50 of The Treaty on European Union (‘EU’) to terminate the UK’s membership of the EU. This starts a two year notice period, which means the UK’s exit (or ‘Brexit’) will most take effect in March 2019. In the meantime, the UK will seek to negotiate the terms of exit and future trading relationships.

J Sagar Associates (JSA) and Bird & Bird have advised on the $1m joint venture to bring European online food ordering website Just-Eat with Bangalore-based online food delivery platform Achindra Online Marketing. The Bird & Bird team was led by partner Chris Barrett and assisted by associa...