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London – May 28, 2025: Crowell & Moring is moving its London office to newly renovated space at 199 Bishopsgate. The firm will occupy over 14,000 square feet in the building – more than doubling its previous space in Tower 42. The move comes as a result of the significant growth of Crowell's London team, which has quadrupled in size to over 60 lawyers and professional staff since the start of 2019, with further growth anticipated in the short term.

London – October 4, 2023: Crowell & Moring U.K. LLP has been recommended in four practice areas in the Legal 500 United Kingdom 2024. In addition, partner Andrew Knight has been named as a leading individual for asset based lending. The firm’s full rankings can be viewed here.

London - May 23, 2022: Caroline Stevens, senior talent and business operations director in Crowell & Moring’s London office, was shortlisted as a finalist for Crisis Management by the Women, Influence & Power in Law UK Awards 2022 These awards honor top female lawyers and leaders who have made a real difference in the legal profession this past year - whether in shaping the law, achieving outstanding results for their clients and teams, being an outstanding jurist, or assisting those in need of legal services. The award ceremony took place on May 18 at the Hilton Bankside in London.

The English Court of Appeal has recently handed down a helpful judgment, clarifying the test for breach of duty in cases of alleged negligence by valuers. In short: (i) the valuation must fall outside a reasonable margin of error of the ‘correct’ valuation; and (ii) the valuer must have carried out the valuation in a way that no reasonably competent valuer could have done (the Bolam test).

In a business environment characterised by tremendous change and impact as a result of the new Trump Administration and the 119th Congress, it is crucial for U.K. businesses to stay informed about developments in the U.S. Crowell is focused on providing clients with timely and actionable insights that can help to inform forward-looking business priorities and strategies.

Compensation claims for data breaches have become increasingly common in the UK in recent years. However, 2021 may come to be seen as a turning of the tide, as the English Courts made a number of decisions that will substantially reduce the scope of such claims and/or make them less attractive to funders. This alert looks at a few such decisions and their potential consequences.

In the UK, regulatory scrutiny of data breaches has resulted in significant fines. But the repercussions of those actions are highlighting broader changes in the nature of collective actions that are starting to take root in the country.