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BT and Burford deal: The £150m profit write-down ‘elephant in the room’
A number of law firms are circling potential claims brewing over slow broadband speeds that could affect millions of UK consumers. It was reported last year that around 10 million households were...
View ArticleCMS becomes first international firm to open in Iran
CMS has become the first international firm to open an office in Iran, two weeks after sanctions against the country were lifted by the US. Partners from the firm’s German arm, CMS Hasche Sigle, will...
View ArticleCollas Crill makes new hire to fiduciary group
Kerrie Le Tissier has been appointed as a senior associate in Collas Crill’s award-winning Fiduciary practice group. Kerrie joins the firm from Bedell in Guernsey. She has considerable offshore...
View ArticleCollas Crill advises daVictus on London Stock Exchange
Collas Crill has advised daVictus plc, a Jersey company, on the admission of its shares to trading on the London Stock Exchange’s main market. DaVictus plc is a special purpose acquisition company...
View ArticleFormer Competition and Consumer Protection official Pawel Kulak joins Schoenherr
Pawel Kulak has joined the Warsaw office of Schoenherr. Kulak, who has spent the better part of two decades in senior roles at Poland’s Office for Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), will...
View ArticleGRATA Azerbaijan at AmCham V Annual Tax Conference
On the 18 of January 2016 AmCham Azerbaijan together with the Ministry of Taxes organised the V Annual Tax Conference on the topic “Transparency and Compliance in the Tax System”. According to agenda...
View ArticleLoyens & Loeff makes deals at Hong Kong office
Recent transactions in which advisers based at Loyens & Loeff’s Hong Kong office have been involved include: Baring Private Equity Asia, on the acquisitions of Vistra Group and Orangefield...
View ArticleMcDermott names new London head as Nineham retires
McDermott Will & Emery London head Hugh Nineham will retire at the end of March, making way for newly-appointed Andrew Vergunst. Vergunst will take over from Nineham at the start of April, with...
View ArticleStephenson Harwood takes seven-lawyer Eversheds team in Hong Kong
Stephenson Harwood has hired a seven-lawyer trade finance team from Eversheds in Hong Kong, led by partners King Tak Fung and Ivan Ng. Banking partner Fung and litigation partner Ng first joined...
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Thomas Cook promotes from within as GC Stoehr packs bags
Craig StoehrThomas Cook’s general counsel and chief corporate officer Craig Stoehr has quit the company, with UK and Ireland legal head Alice Marsden named as his successor. Stoehr joined the travel...
View ArticleOrrick unveils 15-strong Houston launch team
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has announced the hire of 13 partners and two senior lawyers from firms including DLA Piper and McDermott Will & Emery, to kickstart its new Houston operation....
View ArticleDLA Piper overhauls remuneration structure in profit drive
DLA Piper has radically changed its partner remuneration structure, introducing a points system based on performance in an attempt to drive profitability. Under the new structure partners will move...
View ArticleMcCann FitzGerald joins Irish rivals with New York base
McCann FitzGerald has become the latest Irish firm to set up a representative office in the US, establishing a base in New York led by corporate partner Gary McSharry. McSharry joined the firm in June...
View ArticleLatham joins Swiss duo in Kuoni’s £1bn sale to EQT
Bär & Karrer, Homburger and Latham & Watkins have all won roles on private equity house EQT’s acquisition of Swiss-listed Kuoni Travel Holdings. Tourism company Kuoni turned to Swiss firm...
View ArticleWhite & Case in limbo in Saudi Arabia
White & Case has ended its Saudi Arabian association with Waleed Al-Nuwaiser, which was a precursor to the firm being able to practise law in the kingdom. The firm’s association with Al-Nuwaiser...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises EQT on offer for shares in Kuoni Travel Holding
Today, EQT VII, a fund of the private equity group EQT, acting through Kiwi Holding IV, announced an all-cash public tender offer for all listed shares in Kuoni Travel Holding Ltd, a leading service...
View ArticleAnnual DPS User Group Meeting
The IBM Centre, 14 April, 10am The event will include a Cyber security element as we are keen to demonstrate our hosted clients that, as part of dpscloud, we keep their data safe online.
View ArticleSeminars and Events
Seminars and Events Serjeants’ Inn Chambers offers a rolling programme of seminars. The most recent topics our barristers have delivered are listed below. Please let us know if we can assist you with...
View ArticleAigul Turetayeva is new Director of Law Firms Department
From the 1 February Aigul Turetayeva has started her work at GRATA International as the new Director of Law Firms department, responsible for cooperation and communications with other law firms....
View ArticleKhaitan advises Kotak Mahindra Prime on JSW financing
Khaitan & Co advised Kotak Mahindra Prime in relation to a share-backed rupee financing extended to JSW Techno Projects Management Limited (the “Borrower”) for the purposes of refinancing,...
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