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Lo♥︎ing Legal Life: why it’s important to challenge your beliefs
Systemic coach Zita Tulyahikayo and barrister James Pereira QC consider how successful change requires us to challenge our beliefs and build on the future rather than the past. This week we are going...
View ArticleAllen & Overy raids Simmons again to boost IP expansion
Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired a third and fourth partner from Simmons & Simmons as part of its strategy to boost its international IP practice. Simmons’ partners Mark Heaney and David Stone...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises AFG Arbonia-Forster-Holding on shares placement
AFG Arbonia-Forster Holding AG successfully completed a private placement of 2,640,000 new shares via an accelerated book build process and raised gross proceeds of CHF37.8m. The new shares have been...
View ArticleScottish Enterprise ploughs £1.8m into Encompass
The injection into the business, which established its head office in Glasgow last year, has been matched by a £1.8m co-investment from Australian private equity firm Adcock. Encompass specialises in...
View ArticleTeam shares infrastructure expertise
Colibri Kazakhstan team continues sharing its expertise in the area of PPP and Infrastructure, participating in various sector specific events. Nursalim Suleimenov, Associate, has recently participated...
View ArticleCzech company acquires Podravka’s Studenac shares
Podravka food company has sold its Studenac mineral water bottling facilities to the Slovenian Radenska company, which is in turn owned by the Czech company Kofola – one of the European leaders in the...
View ArticleRoyal London Asset Management appoints litigation adviser
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) has introduced its first litigation lot to its existing legal panel. Wedlake Bell has emerged as the investment management company’s litigator of choice and will...
View ArticleAllen & Overy outlines plans for major US IP push
Allen & Overy (A&O) is searching for US IP litigation capability amid a worldwide strategy revamp, with expansion plans already taking place in London and Germany, The Lawyer can reveal. The...
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Chinese national firms need to learn a lesson in collaboration
Time to take the kid gloves off. A pecking order is emerging in China, but you can already see mistakes being made by some of the biggest firms there. Those dubbed the Red Circle – Fangda, Haiwen,...
View ArticleHSF biggest winner as FTSE 100 set aside £31bn for litigation bills
The FTSE 100 set aside £31.3bn in the last 12 months to pay litigation legal bills, compensation and regulatory fines, new research by Thomson Reuters has found. Banks paid out the most, accounting for...
View ArticleChina Elite: Top 30 Chinese firms’ financial results revealed
The highest-grossing law firms in China produce some of the lowest revenues per lawyer in the country, exclusive research by The Lawyer has found. Dentons, King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Zhong...
View ArticleThree top tips: How to win a place on a legal panel
Centre Parcs general counsel Raj Singh-Dehal shares his advice for winning a place on a legal panel. Previously… Vodafone GC Rosemary Martin: How private practice lawyers can keep their in-house...
View ArticleGowling WLG advises on Telereal £120m acquisition
In September 2015 Gowling WLG’s real estate partner, Ed Colreavy, led a team of specialists in advising client Telereal Trillium on its acquisition of Lands Improvement Group (LIG) from BlackRock...
View ArticleGowling WLG advises Amey on agreement with council
In July 2015 Gowling WLG advised client Amey on a 23-year, £235 million partnership with Trafford Council for the provision of services including street cleaning, waste collection, highways maintenance...
View ArticleGowling WLG advises Crown Estate on Leicester site purchase
In December 2015 Gowling WLG completed the transaction that saw client The Crown Estate and its partner Gingko Tree Investment Limited – together Fosse Park West LLP – acquire the 12.5 acre Castles...
View ArticleGRATA senior partner speaks at K16
On 21 September 2016 the 6th Annual Forum – K16 was held in Almaty (Kazakhstan); the main topic of the event is ‘Kazakhstani Management Model’. The Forum also covered the issues such as: –...
View ArticleNageena Khalique QC on Today programme
Nageena Khalique QC was interviewed on BBC Radio 4 Today’s programme by John Humphries in the debate with Professor Wade, Consultant Neurologist, about the role of the Court of Protection in cases...
View ArticleWalker Morris advises on greenfield development
Planning specialists at Walker Morris have acted for Redrow Homes and Bellway Homes on a successful planning appeal for a large-scale residential development with associated infrastructure works on a...
View ArticleHFW hires Clifford Chance South East Asia manager as COO
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has appointed Justin Young as its new chief operating officer. Young joins from Clifford Chance where he was regional general manager for South East Asia for the last six...
View ArticleQuinn Emanuel hires Macfarlanes financial services head
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has hired Macfarlanes head of financial services David Berman. Berman joins Quinn Emanuel’s London office as a partner to bolster its regulatory and white-collar...
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