TfL to sue MasterCard over interchange fees as £14bn claim kicks off
Transport for London (TfL) has joined the growing number of companies suing MasterCard over claims it charged retailers anti-competitive credit card fees. The transport body has instructed Eversheds...
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European moves: International firms’ power play
International firms including Dentons, Dechert, Bird & Bird and K&L Gates have been making strategic additions in Europe throughout Q3 2016, expanding in key locations. But the majority of the...
View ArticleSlovakia: Schoenherr advises IMMOFINANZ on acquisition of retail parks
Schoenherr has advised IMMOFINANZ AG on the expansion of its STOP SHOP retail park portfolio in Slovakia through the acquisition of six shopping centres from the Austrian WM Group. The financial terms...
View ArticlePinsents and Skadden win top roles on £1.4bn Skyscanner sale
Pinsent Masons and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have won lead roles on the £1.4bn sale of Skyscanner. The travel search website has been bought by the Chinese travel service Ctrip, continuing...
View Article2017 bursary and training schemes now open
Ogier is inviting applications for its 2017/18 Bursary intake and the England & Wales Trainee Solicitor programme. The bursary scheme supports prospective lawyers through their academic studies and...
View ArticleInvestment funds specialist joins Ogier in Guernsey
Craig Cordle, a specialist in investment funds, has joined Ogier as a Group Partner based in the Guernsey investment funds team. Craig, who comes to Ogier from a major international London firm, is the...
View ArticleCollas Crill head named among ‘most influential’
Collas Crill’s Group Managing Partner, Jason Romer, has been recognised by eprivateclient as one of their 50 Most Influential 2017. A partner since 2007, and Group Managing Partner since the formation...
View ArticleMichael Duck QC prosecutes Sandwell murder case
A man from the West Midlands has been jailed for life after being found guilty of the murder of his friend in a case in which No5 Criminal Law Silk, Michael Duck QC prosecutes. It was heard that Darren...
View ArticleICC Bar Association: the new voice for the legal profession
No5 Criminal Law Barrister, Michael Duck QC, will be attending the ICCBA’s first ‘side event’ at the coming Assembly of the Association of State Parties taking place today at The World Forum Convention...
View ArticleUnicase advises EPC on restructure
Unicase has advised EPC, a company developing and maintaining apple orchards, on consolidation of local households into one organisational structure for better management and financing involving local...
View ArticleUnicase helps German medical company on liquidation of Kazakhstan office
Unicase provided full support during the liquidation of the representative office of a German company in Kazakhstan, the world’s leading provider of products and services for dialysis treatment....
View ArticleNorton Rose Fulbright opens in Papua New Guinea
Norton Rose Fulbright has opened an office in Papua New Guinea as part of a bid to grow its Asia Pacific network. The office, which will be run by new local principal Karo Lelai, will work alongside...
View ArticleThe Lawyer launches groundbreaking court rankings
Firms and chambers will be able to chart their competitors’ court appearances for the first time with the launch of The Lawyer Litigation Tracker early next year. Drawing on data from all judgments in...
View ArticleAshurst hires new CFO from UKTV
Ashurst has recruited UKTV’s Jan Gooze-Zijl as its new chief financial and operations officer. Gooze-Zijl will join the firm next February following the departure of former CFO Brian Dunlop last...
View ArticleAllen & Overy “changes market perception” with tech budget rise
Allen & Overy (A&O) has increased its spending on technology by 5 per cent during the 2016/17 financial year as part of a bid to boost flexible working and stay at the forefront of legal market...
View ArticleBusiness breakfast on ‘Regulation of digital VAT invoices’
On November 23 Unicase law firm hosted a business breakfast devoted to the issue of “Regulation of the digital VAT invoices” held by Aidar Massatbayev, counsel on tax and customs matters. The audience...
View ArticleRoyal Mail launches junior lawyer recruitment drive to keep more work in-house
Royal Mail general counsel Maaike de Bie is leading a recruitment drive to attract more junior lawyers to handle its business-as-usual work, The Lawyer‘s FTSE 100 report has revealed. This drive aims...
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BLM appoints new managing partner
Insurance specialist BLM has appointed Gary Allison as its new managing partner. His term will begin on 1 December and run for three years. He replaces Andrew Relton whose term as managing partner...
View ArticleKWM funds quartet set to join Halford at Goodwin Procter
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) funds head Michael Halford is set to take four partners from his team to Goodwin Procter, it has emerged. Halford’s departure was confirmed earlier this week, with...
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UK 200 Business Services 2016: Key findings
This is the second edition of The Lawyer UK 200: Business Services report and, like last year, it takes as its starting point an apparently simple equation: what is the optimum number of business...
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