Morgan Lewis London head Sharp steps down after six years
Morgan Lewis London managing partner Peter Sharp has stepped down after six years in the role, handing over the reins to competition partner and UK group head Frances Murphy, The Lawyer can reveal....
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How Brexit is impacting the UK’s clean energy market
The UK’s clean energy sector has been rife with uncertainty as a result of wide-ranging subsidy cuts that came into effect earlier this year, and a shift in the political dynamic with Europe after...
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Swiss law trumps all: Why arbitration still gravitates towards the European hub
Q: Why would a client choose to conduct arbitration in Switzerland? What are the benefits? Daniel Eisele, partner, Niederer Kraft & Frey: In international contracts, even non-Swiss parties very...
View ArticleThree top tips for young lawyers from Withers managing partner Margaret...
Withers managing partner Margaret Robertson shares her advice for young lawyers hoping to manage a law firm one day. The post Three top tips for young lawyers from Withers managing partner Margaret...
View ArticleAntitrust litigation guide
Gowling WLG has edited, and contributed to, the Private Antitrust Litigation Global Guide, published by Thomson Reuters, and now available on Practical Law. The Private Antitrust Litigation Global...
View ArticleConyers advises Bank of NT Butterfield on $287.5m IPO
Conyers Dill & Pearman acted as special Bermuda counsel to The Bank of N.T Butterfield & Son Limited in connection with its $287.5m initial public offering of 12,234,042 voting ordinary shares...
View ArticleConyers advises Jacobson Pharma on HK IPO
Conyers Dill & Pearman provided Cayman Islands and BVI legal advice to Jacobson Pharma Corporation Limited in connection with its HKD$752.5m IPO on the Main Board of The Hong Kong Stock Exchange....
View ArticleKinstellar advises CIG Pannonia Life on MKB purchase
Kinstellar’s Budapest office has advised CIG Pannonia Life Insurance on the purchase of local peers MKB General Insurance and MKB Life Insurance from Versicherungskammer Bayern. The Kinstellar team was...
View ArticleArcadia Energy v Attock Oil
Mr Justice Phillips, sitting in the Queens Bench Division, declined to grant the claimants’ application to compel the first and second defendants to file and serve their defence prior to the...
View ArticleJames Healy-Pratt appointed HM Assistant Coroner for East Sussex
James Healy-Pratt, Partner and Head of the Aviation and Travel department at Stewarts Law, has been appointed as HM Assistant Coroner for East Sussex. James’s role as assistant coroner is an...
View ArticlePositive IoD Guernsey convention sharpened focus on future prosperity
A welcome shift towards positivity marked the Guernsey branch of the Institute of Directors 25th annual convention, which took place last Thursday (6 October, 2016). We were proud once again to be the...
View ArticleConyers advises Fantasia on senior notes issue
Conyers Dill & Pearman acted as special legal counsel in the Cayman Islands to Fantasia Holdings Group Co Limited and to its British Virgin Islands subsidiary guarantors, Fantastic Victory, Wisdom...
View ArticleConyers advises NWD Finance (BVI) on Senior Perpetual Capital Securities
Conyers Dill & Pearman provided BVI legal advice to NWD Finance (BVI) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of New World Development Company Limited, in connection with its $1.2bn 5.75% guaranteed...
View ArticleBarford Neighbourhood Plan examined
A Neighbour Development Plan that No5’s Tim Jones examined, the Barford Neighbourhood Plan, has been approved by a referendum. 485 (45.2%) of the voters of the parish cast their votes in the...
View ArticleHogan Lovells agrees formal association with 170-lawyer Shanghai firm
Hogan Lovells has entered into a formal association with 170-lawyer Fujian Fidelity in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. It follows a similar move by Baker & McKenzie and FenXun Partners last year,...
View ArticleHogan Lovells opts for radical new workspace in Washington DC
Hogan Lovells is overhauling its Washington DC office space in a bid to encourage collaborative working in a renovation project set to take two years. The 15-year lease on the former Hogan &...
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Exclusive: Clifford Chance corporate star Sarch to exit for White & Case
Clifford Chance corporate star and banking co-head Patrick Sarch is set to leave the magic circle firm for White & Case, The Lawyer can reveal. He is expected to join White & Case as one of its...
View ArticleWhite & Case promotes eight in London and ups global round to 40
White & Case has made up eight London partners in a larger than usual promotions round of 40. The US firm also promoted eight lawyers in the City last year, but the number of promotions around the...
View Article2016 New York State Bar Association meeting in Paris
Michael Bowes QC is to co-chair an international Panel on Anti-Corruption on 21st October. He will be speaking on “The use of DPAs and what effect they have on the double jeopardy/ne bis in idem...
View ArticleBrexit and Employment law
Paul Livingston and Emily Gordon Walker recently gave a talk to several solicitors’ firms on what Brexit might mean for employment lawyers. Their informative talk provoked discussions on a number of...
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