Gowling WLG helps Equiom secure debt financing
Gowling WLG’s corporate and banking and finance teams combined to assist longstanding client Equiom on securing an increase in its debt financing package to substantially expand its organic growth....
View ArticleGowling WLG secures $1m judgment for American Express
In 2015, Gowling WLG advised American Express on a complex piece of litigation where a customer of American Express alleged that purchases of jewellery totalling nearly $700,000 had been made by...
View ArticleKaranović: Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia are backbone of NPLs in the region
Darko Jovanović and Marko Ketler, partners at Karanović Nikolić, recently commented on the state of the regional non-performing loans (NPL) market, and earmarked Croatia, Serbia, and Slovenia to be the...
View ArticleMid-market firms: Merge, diversify or fail
Middle market firms must merge with accountants or financial practitioners to survive the magic circle encroaching on their work, a report has warned. The report, released by stockbroker Arden...
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Mishcon boss Gold: How to grow a firm without losing culture
Mishcon de Reya managing partner Kevin Gold explains how his firm managed to increase turnover by 170 per cent in eight years without losing its core culture ahead of speaking at The Lawyer’s Business...
View ArticleMasterCard drafts in Freshfields on £14bn interchange fee class action
MasterCard has instructed Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to defend a £14bn claim brought by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan over unlawful interchange fees. The payment processing giant put its...
View ArticleFlexible working: who’s doing what?
A growing cohort of law firms have introduced formal agile working policies in the last 12 months. Here’s a run-down of the firms that are have flexible working schemes in place or are thinking about...
View ArticleAre law firms selecting the right personality traits in their leaders?
Lawyers are less well-suited to handling difficult situations and coping with uncertainty than other professionals, new research has found. The study, by Leeds psychology postgraduate and former law...
View ArticleFreshfields and Linklaters cash in on mega-brewer’s $260m legal bill
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are to pick up the bulk of the $260m (£197m) in legal fees incurred by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) and SAB Miller on their £71bn deal. The fees are...
View ArticleFive Gowling WLG professionals recognised as future leaders
Five of Gowling WLG’s rising stars feature on Citywealth’s 2016 Future Leaders 100 list. This is an annual feature showcasing emerging talent within the global private wealth industry. Listed...
View ArticleNo5 commercial and chancery present autumn seminar series
No5 Chambers is presenting a series of seminars taking place in its Birmingham office. Each seminar carries 1 CPD hour and is free of charge. Places are allocated on a first come first serve basis. The...
View ArticleNo5 personal injury and clinical negligence announce seminar series
No5 Chambers is presenting a series of seminars taking place in its Bristol office. Each seminar carries 1 CPD hour and is free of charge. Places are allocated on a first come first serve basis. Venue:...
View ArticleKhaitan advises port on $400m borrowing
Khaitan & Co advised Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) in relation to an external commercial borrowing of $400m from State Bank of India, Hong Kong and DBS Bank Limited, Singapore for a road...
View ArticleEvent: copyright protection and gene sequences
13 September 2016, London Post-Brexit and with escalating costs of patents and no Unified Patents Court, we ask might copyright protection offer a more cost-effective protection to recombinant derived...
View ArticleSlater & Gordon blames UK business for poor performance
Australian-listed firm Slater & Gordon has revealed a loss of A$1.02bn for the 2015/16 financial year and blamed the results on a “poorer than expected UK performance”. The firm also saw revenue...
View ArticleConyers advises on proposed privatisation of Sky-mobi
Conyers Dill & Pearman is providing Cayman Islands legal advice to the Special Committee in connection with Sky-mobi Ltd’s proposed merger with Amber Shining Investment Ltd by way of a ‘going...
View ArticleCarey Olsen advises on Providence applications
Carey Olsen’s Dispute Resolution Group has successfully secured orders on two separate applications under Guernsey’s Protection of Investors and Company Law legislation to place two regulated entities...
View ArticleDentons PE partners exit for Akin Gump and Proskauer
Dentons private equity partners Igor Krivoshekov and Eleanor Shanks are set to join Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Proskauer Rose as both firms work to boost their corporate capability in...
View ArticleAndrews Kurth boosts US IP capability with 55-lawyer Kenyon team
Texas firm Andrews Kurth has hired 55 lawyers from US IP boutique Kenyon & Kenyon, with the smaller firm now set to be wound down. Kenyon, which has offices in New York, Washington and Palo Alto,...
View ArticleLaw firms’ advice to MPs questioned in lobbying register row
Around 15 law firms that advise the UK Government will continue to do so under the radar following a decision by officials to keep them off the lobbying register. The controversial decision by...
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