Women in law: What makes a great lawyer?
For any lawyer aspiring to make partner the ability to win new business has always been critical. In today’s fiercely competitive environment most firms expect associates to demonstrate the potential...
View ArticleUK 200: Brexit is the biggest risk to our future
An overwhelming majority of UK firms believe the trading conditions throughout the 2016/17 financial year will be tougher than last year’s, this year’s UK 200 report has revealed. This report,...
View ArticleSiemens UK legal boss joins mental health charity
Siemens’ top lawyer in the UK Claire Carless has joined mental health charity St Andrew’s Healthcare. Carless will become St Andrews’ general counsel and company secretary, as the charity looks to...
View ArticleCollas Crill in Singapore moves to new premises
This follows the recent appointment of Stephen Adams, a senior BVI corporate lawyers in Asia, as well as senior associate Kathryn Smith, who joined the firm earlier this year. From 31 October the...
View ArticleYorkshire FDs honoured at awards
Walker Morris co-sponsors FD Awards 2016 Over 160 business leaders gathered to celebrate the talent of the region’s top Finance Directors at the 2016 FD Awards on Thursday 20 October. The awards,...
View ArticleSkarbek Associates: The biggest challenge in strategy implementation
Skarbek Associates executive consultant Sylvie Watts talks to The Lawyer at the recent Business Leadership Summit about the challenges that firms face when trying to engage partners and fee-earners in...
View ArticleUpdate from Asia
By Kerrie Le Tissier After spending this week in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur with partners Sean Cheong and Leon Santos, meeting with a number of trustees, lawyers and private banks, I will be in Hong...
View ArticleOsborne Clarke releases first LLP accounts as highest-paid partner receives...
Osborne Clarke’s highest-paid partner received £913,000 in 2015/16, according to the firm’s first LLP accounts. The firm announced plans to convert into a limited liability partnership in September...
View ArticleTaylor Wessing promotes London duo in 15-strong promotions round
Taylor Wessing has made up two lawyers in the City out of a total of 15 worldwide. Corporate lawyer Josef Fuss has been promoted within London, as well as finance senior associate Gareth Lawson. Lawson...
View ArticleNYSBA Paris Autumn Seminar
Michael Bowes QC, David Russell QC, Teresa Rosen Peacocke andChristophe Jolk participated in the New York State Bar Association’s Season Meeting in Paris last week (October 19-21). Chambers has a close...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Recruit on Mystifly investment
Khaitan & Co advised Recruit Holdings Co. Limited, Japan in relation to its investment in Mystifly Group. Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd. was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It is...
View ArticleKhaitab advises Ubiquity on Infini purchase
Khaitan & Co advised Ubiquity in relation to proposed 100% acquisition of Solutions Infini Technologies (India) Private Limited, subject to regulatory approvals. Ubiquity has been providing...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Ujjivan on debentures issue
Khaitan & Co advised Ujjivan Financial Services Limited on the issue of rated, listed, unsecured, redeemable, taxable, non-convertible debentures aggregating to INR 175 crores ($26.1m...
View ArticleKWM partner Girardet leaves for Willkie Farr
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) competition specialist Philipp Girardet has become the latest partner to leave the firm after exiting to join Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s London office. Girardet was...
View ArticleBär & Karrer advises Heptagon on sale to ams AG
The worldwide leading manufacturer of high performance sensor and analog solutions ams AG agreed to acquire 100% of the shares in Heptagon Advanced Micro-Optics Pte. The transaction combines an upfront...
View ArticleCENTIL promotes Dinara Jarmukhanova
Centil Law Firm is pleased to announce the promotion of Dinara Jarmukhanova to equity partner within the firm. Dinara joined Centil at the start of 2016 from a major international law firm as a partner...
View ArticleSkarbek Associates: Why law firm strategies fail (and how to avoid it)
Skarbek Associates CEO Paul Heugh talks to The Lawyer at the recent Business Leadership Summit about the major issues in strategy, what key elements can make a law firm strategy fail, and how to...
View ArticleLord Clement-Jones steps down as DLA London head
Liberal Democrat peer Tim Clement-Jones has announced he will step down from his role as DLA Piper’s London managing partner in January. Clement-Jones has led DLA’s London office for the last six years...
View ArticleMishcon MP elections under way as Gold stands again
Mishcon de Reya managing partner Kevin Gold is standing again for the top job, as the firm’s election process gets into full swing. Gold, who has held the role since 1997, is currently standing...
View ArticleFreshfields New York partner leaves for Kirkland
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer New York partner Doug Bacon has joined Kirkland & Ellis in Houston. Bacon joins Kirkland as a corporate partner and has previously advised many of the US firm’s chief...
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