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This year’s biggest stories: Heroes, villains and a lot of money
There’s two more weeks of 2016 and, if the rest of this year is anything to go by, anything could happen. Who, for example, could have predicted Olswang and Nabarro would merge with CMS Cameron...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Temasek on SBI acquisition
Khaitan & Co advised Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited on acquiring a 1.95% stake in SBI Life Insurance Company Limited for INR 897 crores (approx $133m). Incorporated in 1974, Temasek is an...
View ArticleAnthony Haycroft defends dentist in fitness to practise case
Anthony Haycroft represented a General Dental Practitioner in a two week Professional Conduct Committee hearing concerning events in 2012 and 2013. The charges covered a wide range of fundamental...
View ArticleCarey Olsen makes senior hire
Carey Olsen’s Guernsey office has appointed James Cooke as a senior associate in the firm’s expanding corporate and finance team. Mr Cooke joins Carey Olsen from another leading offshore law firm,...
View ArticleKinstellar at Deals and Dealmakers summit in Bulgaria
Kinstellar is pleased to have served as a General Partner of the 11th Annual Investment Summit: Deals and Dealmakers conference that took place in Sofia 29 November. This year’s edition focused on the...
View ArticleOgier cross-jurisdictional teams advise on fruit giant takeover bid
Ogier has advised Sumitomo Corp on the BVI and Cayman law aspects of its recommended offer for Fyffes. The offer values Fyffes at €751m. The takeover offer is still subject to approval by Fyffes...
View ArticleA&O and Freshfields lead on AB InBev disposal to Asahi
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is continuing to pick up the lion’s share of the work on Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (AB InBev) mega-merger, with the brewer also turning to longstanding SABMiller adviser...
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Quinn Emanuel hires Soames from Shearman in Brussels
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has boosted its Brussels practice by recruiting competition partner Trevor Soames from Shearman & Sterling. Soames will be the firm’s first full-time partner...
View ArticleDAC Beachcroft tops debt levels with £21.689m
DAC Beachcroft has the highest level of year-end borrowings among those that provided data in this year’s UK 200: Financial Management report, which was published yesterday. The firm had total...
View ArticleFirms move to rescue trainees as KWM teeters on the brink
The future of trainees at King & Wood Mallesons is uncertain today as the firm has failed to find a rescue deal. The firm is now expecting to be dismantled with groups of lawyers heading to...
View ArticleNabarro and Olswang lose out as CMS announces management structure
Just one Olswang partner will lead a UK practice area single-handedly when the CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang merger goes live. Iain Stainsfield is the only Olswang partner that will lead a...
View ArticleGowling WLG to test tech ability of lawyers and staff
Gowling WLG is set to start testing the tech and digital ability of its lawyers and staff with a new assessment programme, The Lawyer has learned. The firm has launched the technology assessment...
View ArticleHigh market demand gives KWM support staff hope
As news comes out of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) that the firm cannot guarantee to pay salaries beyond January and the business will now not be sold as one entity, many lawyers and support staff...
View ArticleChinese companies in Kazakhstan – a seminar
Unicase law firm is pleased to invite you to the seminar organised for Chinese companies on legal peculiarities of doing business in Kazakhstan, which will be held on December 21, 2016 in Almaty. The...
View ArticleAcquisition of Celtic Linen by Causeway Capital
We acted for Causeway Capital Partners, in the acquisition of Celtic Linen Limited (in Examinership). Celtic Linen Limited is a supplier of linen to hotels, hospitals and the HSE in operation since...
View ArticleNo5 barristers appear in Coventry murder trial
The trial of two men accused of murder continues at Birmingham Crown Court this week, with No5 Chambers barrister John Butterfield QC leading the case for the prosecution, assisted by Miss Elizabeth...
View ArticleSlaughters to bring in associate sabbaticals after year-long employee review
Slaughter and May has introduced sabbaticals and flexible working options for its associates as part of a major review of the firm’s employee benefits. The changes mean associates will be able to take...
View ArticleThe FCA’s attempts to change banking culture have failed. So what happens next?
This article was contributed by 3 Hare Court Chambers barrister Richard Samuel If I were a bank that had been happily mis-selling swaps, then, when I sensed that the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)...
View ArticleLitigation tracker: Dentons, Squires and Reed Smith most active in court
Dentons was the most active international firm in English courts between 2015 and the first three quarters of 2016, according to data compiled by The Lawyer. The firm spent 77 hearing days across...
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Cripps boss on keeping lawyers “lean, mean and hungry”
Cripps may be at the top of the change in total borrowings table in this year’s UK 200: Financial Management report, with an apparently weighty 517 per cent increase, but in absolute terms this is only...
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