Regeration for a Coventry icon
Gowling WLG’s retail estate team has advised client Complex Development Projects (CDP) on the purchase of the former Coventry Telegraph headquarters from Trinity Mirror Group. One of the most iconic...
View ArticleTalking about pupillage
Hardwicke’s pupils, Clare Anslow, Simon Kerry & Louis Zvesper, recently took part in Legal Cheek’s open thread conversation with those considering pupillage. Their advice can be found here. The...
View ArticleClifford Chance and Freshfields lead on Tesco £3.7bn merger
Clifford Chance and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won the lead mandates on Tesco’s £3.7bn merger with Booker Group. Tesco sought legal counsel from longstanding adviser Freshfields, with a team...
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Calls to LawCare advice helpline rise by 12%
Calls to the LawCare helpline rose by 12 per cent in 2016. Stress remained the most common reason for calls, with 38 percent lawyers getting in touch for this reason. Depression was the next most...
View ArticleSDT dismisses News of the World spying claims against Farrer reputation head
The Solicitors’ Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) has dismissed claims against Farrer & Co reputation management head Julian Pike, who was accused of telling News International (now News UK) to “put...
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Garrigues re-elects chairman Vives for five-year term
Garrigues partners have re-elected chairman Fernando Vives for a second five-year term leading the Iberian firm. Fernando Vives and Antonio GarriguesVives, who was first appointed as chairman in 2014...
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Report: gender equality at the bar still 50 years away
It will take another 50 years before the number of female QCs matches the number of male QCs, if the current rate of change remains the same, a report by the Bar Standards Board has revealed. The...
View ArticleDAC Beachcroft wins place on Royal London real estate panel
DAC Beachcroft has replaced King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) on the Royal London mutual insurance society panel. This appointment comes as a result of DAC’s recent hire of former counsel at KWM Helen...
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The Hot 100 effect: Linklaters’ surprise leadership contender
Ahead of the publication of the Hot 100 2017 next week, The Lawyer has caught up with four leading lawyers in the Hot 100 2016 to find out how their lives have changed since appearing in the list....
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Hot 100: associates deserve a place in the sun
The ‘Hot 100 effect’ is well-documented. Over the 16 years The Lawyer has been running our star-spotting project we’ve brought the attention of the market to hundreds of superb performers working in...
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Moves: Keystone Law nabs former Dentons Middle East boss
Move of the week Keystone Law has picked up ex-Dentons Middle East head Leigh Hall as a consultant. He joined legacy firm Denton Wilde Sapte from Squire Patton Boggs in 2007 and was named Middle East...
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M&A boom in the CEE: how firms are harnessing the trend
The M&A market in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) ended 2016 with a bang. While the volume of transactions fell to 5,079, according to data from Thomson Reuters, the total value doubled, to $250bn...
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Is Luxembourg’s tax bubble about to burst?
Q: Does Luxembourg deserve its reputation as a tax haven? Francois Brouxel, managing partner, Wildgen: Certainly not. Like many other countries, including most EU member states, Luxembourg seeks to...
View ArticleMolson Coors hunts for UK legal director
Global brewer Molson Coors is searching for a UK and Ireland director of legal and corporate affairs, after promoting current legal chief Anita Adam to director of legal and corporate affairs for...
View ArticleFieldfisher hires Ashurst partner for tech launch
Fieldfisher has launched an alternative legal services platform led by former Ashurst derivatives partner Christopher Georgiou. The platform, called Condor, will initially focus on derivatives and...
View ArticleSchoenherr advises on acquisition of real estate developer BAI Group
Schoenherr has advised a group of investors around Erwin Krause and Franz Kollitsch – counselled by INVESTER, an Austrian property investment manager – on the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with...
View ArticleDon’t take your clients for granted
Are you afraid of commitment? Your clients might think so. As you balance expectations across many cases, your client has only one lawyer on their mind—you. If you don’t live up to their expectations,...
View ArticleIreland’s jobs minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor opens entreprenuers showcase
Over 100 start-up stakeholders were welcomed by Minister for Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor as she opened the DIT / IADT New Frontiers Annual Showcase hosted by William Fry....
View ArticleWalder Wyss advises Migros in majority share buy of Sushi Mania
Bischofszell Nahrungsmittel, part of the Migros Group, has acquired a majority interest in Sushi Mania SA, a company incorporated in the canton of Fribourg. Sushi Mania specialises in Japanese cuisine...
View ArticleWebinar: User-Defined Reporting
User-Defined Reporting: Best Practices to Enhance the Timekeeper Experience and Drive Adoption CompuLaw’s best practices webinars are intended to provide relevant and insightful information about...
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