Shoosmiths helps with sale of Batman’s police HQ
A London building made famous by appearing as Gotham City Police Station in Christopher Nolan’s recent Batman trilogy has been sold in a major office redevelopment deal. Shoosmiths provided real...
View ArticleOuter Temple’s Rhodes named arbitration barrister of the year
Robert Rhodes QC has been given the 2016 Corporate International Magazine Global Award of UK-China Arbitration Barrister of the Year in England. Robert is on the panel of arbitrators and mediators of...
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Darjeeling Express at The Sun and Thirteen Cantons, W1
It’s not often that I meet someone who can out-talk me but Asma Khan is that woman. Out for dinner with a former litigator now baker extraordinaire, our destination was the gloriously-named Soho pub...
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Deferred Prosecution Agreements: who really wants one?
In November, Sir Brian Leveson approved the deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) between the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) and ICBC Standard Bank. While some believe this will be the first of many, the...
View ArticleFreshfields censure: Why law firms can’t take the Takeover Panel lightly
The Takeover Panel has never before censured a law firm over M&A advice, but last year it took the rare decision to publicly-criticise both Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Holman Fenwick Willan...
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Stonewall top 100: Clifford Chance debuts as Pinsents holds first place
A total of 12 firms, including new entrants Clifford Chance, Dentons, DWF and Reed Smith, feature in equality charity Stonewall’s annual top 100 gay-friendly employers’ list. Clifford Chance is the...
View ArticleBusiness Development for lawyers: How do you build a productive personal...
Although much is being made of the increasing commercialisation of the legal profession, however commoditised or productised people think it can become, the truth is that however the modern legal...
View ArticleShell slashes litigation spend by 20% in costs drive
Energy giant Shell has decreased its global spend on litigation by 20 per cent in one year while reducing the number of cases it handles by almost a third since 2012, The Lawyer has learned. Shell’s...
View ArticleNo5’s Butterfield prosecutes Handsworth murder case
Two teenagers have been jailed for life in prison for the murder of a Polish man who was stabbed to death in which John Butterfield QC prosecutes in. Lukasz Furmanek, 24, was killed by Abdullah...
View ArticleJonas Hankin of No5 prosecutes baby murder trial
Birmingham Crown Court heard that a father shook his five-month-old premature baby daughter too death because she wouldn’t stop crying. Baby Deimante Driukite died from a brain injury and also...
View ArticleOgier advises Zedra on Barclays offshore acquisition
Ogier has advised an independent investor group led by the Sarikhani and Nielsen families on their acquisition of Barclays Bank’s offshore trust and fiduciary businesses in Jersey, Guernsey, Isle of...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises China National Chemical Corporation on acquisition
The China National Chemical Corporation, one of China’s largest chemical companies, has signed an agreement to purchase the KraussMaffei Group, a German manufacturer of machines for plastic part...
View ArticleSerjeants Inn secures victory for Met in shooting case
John Beggs QC and Aaron Rathmell appeared for the Metropolitan Police Service in the case arising from the Davis shooting. Mr Justice Nichol dismissed the claim, concluding: “The claim in battery...
View ArticleQuinn Emanuel associates get salary boosts
Quinn Emanuel has boosted its associate salaries at all levels. The US litigation specialist does not take on trainees but newly qualified solicitors joining from other firms will now receive a salary...
View ArticleJones Day construction head Lal leaves for Akin Gump
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has hired construction head and arbitration specialist Hamish Lal from fellow US firm Jones Day. Lal joined Jones Day as its construction practice leader in 2009...
View ArticleRadcliffe holds Junior Practitioners seminars
Radcliffe Chambers is delivering a range of training workshops across its areas of practice and organising social events so that junior lawyers can get to know its barristers and fellow solicitors and...
View ArticleExclusive: KWM COO joins managing partner in walkout
King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) chief operating officer (COO) for Europe and Middle East, Rachel Reid, has exited the firm to join Taylor Wessing. The news comes just days after the shock resignation...
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Fried Frank launches restructuring group with hire of Mayer Brown’s Katz
Mayer Brown’s joint head of restructuring Ashley Katz is preparing to move to Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson to launch a restructuring practice in the City. Katz joined Mayer Brown in 2008...
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Bracewell name partner Giuliani exits for Greenberg Traurig
Rudolph GiulianiBracewell & Giuliani name partner Rudolph Giuliani has exited the firm as of today (19 January) to join Greenberg Traurig as global chair of its cybersecurity and crisis management...
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