Collas Crill completes on Proaulx premature baby foundation property purchas
Collas Crill’s UK Real Estate Team has completed on the Priaulx Premature Baby Foundation’s purchase of The Burrow; a property near Southampton General Hospital. While the Foundation currently leases a...
View ArticleConyers Dill & Pearman takes double honours at CISHRP Gala
The Cayman Islands Society of Human Resources Professionals (CISHRP) held its 7th Annual Top Employer Gala on 1 December at the Marriott Beach Resort drawing HR teams from 20 companies across the...
View ArticleKinstellar hosts Big Data in Practice seminar in Budapest
Kinstellar’s Budapest office hosted a breakfast seminar on 7 December for senior business, legal and technology professionals to discuss the various opportunities and benefits of using Big Data....
View ArticleSupreme Court Brexit hearing gets record 300,000 viewers
A record number of viewers watched coverage of the Supreme Court hearing on whether the government has the power to trigger Article 50 and begin the process of the UK leaving the European Union. On...
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UK firms’ financial hygiene failure costing a “treasure trove of cash”
UK law firms are “sitting on a treasure trove of cash” that they are not accessing because of failures in basic financial management. This is one of the key findings of the UK200: Financial Management...
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Top 10 stories: 5-9 December
The latest twist in the bizarre tale of a north London lime tree and its next door neighbour, Steptoe & Johnson’s London boss, was our most-read story this week. Grainger was ordered to pay...
View ArticleBär & Karrer named Switzerland M&A Legal Adviser of the Year again
For the third time running Bär & Karrer was awarded “Switzerland M&A Legal Adviser of the Year” at the annual Mergermarket European M&A Awards in London. The M&A professionals on the...
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Mishcon boss Gold reappointed to lead firm as he celebrates 20th year in charge
Mishcon de Reya managing partner Kevin Gold will remain in his role for another three years after running uncontested in the firm’s latest leadership elections. His next term starts in April 2017....
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How to improve your financial management
Effective financial management is typically all about constant focus and incremental change. Throughout this year’s The Lawyer UK 200: Financial Management report you will find numerous examples of...
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You think law firms will escape the populists? Think again
“People in this country,” pronounced Michael Gove this year, “have had enough of experts.” And therein lay the leitmotif of 2016, a year in which we learned to embrace the unexpected and the...
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GC2B: Infrastructure – jam today, risk tomorrow?
The UK’s population is expected to grow by almost 10 million in the next 25 years putting considerable strain on energy, transport systems, water and social infrastructure. With this in mind, there...
View ArticleWalker Morris advises Carabao on EFL Cup sponsorship
A team of specialist sports lawyers at Walker Morris have advised the energy drinks company, Carabao Venture (Holdings) Luxembourg, the European subsidiary of Carabao Group PLC from Thailand, on its...
View ArticleCollas Crill senior partner addresses IoM audience
Collas Crill senior partner and head of the firm’s dispute resolution practice, Nuno Santos-Costa, was invited to discuss one of his landmark cases at a MLRO masterclass in the Isle of Man. Nuno was...
View ArticleConyers advises Iluka Resources on £215m takeover of Sierra Rutile
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Iluka Resources on the completion of its takeover of Sierra Rutile, an AIM-listed BVI company with mineral sands mining operations in Sierra Leone. The...
View ArticleKaranović & Nikolić advises Affidea in opening Serbia’s first foreign hospital
Karanović & Nikolić provided complete legal support to Affidea, a largest European medical service provider with respect to opening the first foreign hospital located in Belgrade. Our services...
View ArticleNo5 barristers appear in Susan Whiting death case
One of the killers in the Susan Whiting death case has been handed a combined sentence of seven years and three months for manslaughter and the playing part in the rape of her friend. Julie Beards, of...
View ArticleRPC hunts for new managing partner as Watmough retires
RPC managing partner Jonathan Watmough is retiring from the firm, prompting a search for his successor. Watmough has been at RPC since 1991, having joined as a trainee. He was made up to partner in...
View ArticleA&O and HSF advise as 21st Century Fox makes bid for Sky takeover
Allen & Overy (A&O), Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have won lead mandates on the proposed acquisition of Sky by 21st Century Fox. The international...
View ArticleAsia moves: Allen & Overy, Clyde & Co and K&L Gates expand in China
A raft of international firms have focused their recent recruitment efforts on building up corporate offerings in China, but Linklaters has lost another China corporate partner to its US rival in...
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In-house interview review of the year – agents of change
What hasn’t happened in the in-house world this year? Shrinking panels, turmoil (see Lloyds or Barclays for prime examples of this) and the implementation of new technology were the biggest trends in...
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