Jenny Hardy in Power Part-Time Top 50
Jenny Hardy, Gowling WLG’s Strategic Development director, has been listed on Timewise’s Power Part-Time List. Jenny is now the fourth woman at Gowling WLG to have been named, following partners Sue...
View ArticleClaire van Overdijk joins STEP steering committee
Claire van Overdijk has been appointed to the committee of a professional association which helps families plan for their future. Claire van Overdijk, of No5, is one of four new members to sit on the...
View ArticleShoosmiths advises on £16m investment in hair salon chain
Shoosmiths has advised Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) on its £16m investment into national hair salon Rush. Fast becoming the leading hair and beauty brand in the UK, Rush has 85 salons across the...
View ArticleLoan Market Association inaugural seminar in Zurich
The Loan Market Association (LMA) will be holding its inaugural seminar in Zurich on 7 February 2017. This one day event will cover: The LMA investment grade facility agreement: introduction and...
View ArticleStewarts Law to appeal “surprising”£450m MasterCard judgment
Stewarts Law has vowed to appeal a landmark judgment in the MasterCard interchange fees litigation. Mr Justice Popplewell threw out its £450m claim on behalf of 10 major UK retailers including ASDA,...
View ArticleEricsson and Vodafone lawyers shortlisted for Global In-house Lawyer of the Year
Ericsson senior vice president and chief legal officer Nina Macpherson and Vodafone Group legal director Kerry Phillip are in a shortlist of eight in-house lawyers for the accolade of Global In-house...
View ArticleRPC loses real estate disputes head to Winckworth Sherwood
Winckworth Sherwood has hired RPC real estate disputes head Tim Fogarty in London. Fogarty joins Winckworth after eight years at RPC. He joined in 2008 from Bevan Brittan. Prior to that he was an...
View ArticleBarclays hires global head of financial crime from Bank of America
Barclays has appointed a new global head of financial crime, hiring Bank of America (BoA) managing director Frederick Reynolds in New York. Reynolds will report into Barclays group centre legal general...
View ArticleEversheds wins SFO litigation contract
Eversheds has been awarded the mandate of litigation adviser to the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in a contract that will last around six months. The contract is worth around £64,000 to the firm and was...
View ArticleCEE promotions at Schoenherr
Schoenherr has strengthened its capabilities in the CEE region promoting three of its legal experts, Bratislava-based local partner Soňa Hekelová to managing partner of the Bratislava office, banking...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Zuari on joint venture
Khaitan & Co advised Zuari Global Limited which, through its subsidiary Indian Furniture Products Limited, has entered into a 50:50 joint venture with Fabryki Mebli “Forte” to form a joint venture...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Tech-Pro on stake sale to Artech
Khaitan & Co advised Tech-Pro, Inc and its Indian subsidiary, Tech-Pro Staffing Private Limited on 100% stake sale of Tech-Pro Inc to Artech Information Systems LLC, specifically transfer of...
View ArticleAsia IP push gathers momentum as Bird & Bird hires Creative Technology GC
Bird & Bird has hired Creative Technology’s former global head of legal Anan Sivananthan as an IP partner in Singapore. Sivananthan worked at Creative Technology, a Singapore-based consumer...
View ArticlePwC loses six lawyers to Bird & Bird and DWF
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) has lost a five-strong disputes team to Bird & Bird, in the same week its legal arm, PwC Legal, has lost a corporate partner to DWF. Bird & Bird has launched an...
View ArticleBP launches UK panel review under watch of new GC
BP has kicked off a review of its UK panel, inviting firms including Simmons & Simmons and Ashurst to tender for spots on the roster. Other firms expected to pitch include Addleshaw Goddard,...
View ArticleClifford Chance and Devonshires advise on £500m L&Q bid
Clifford Chance and Devonshires Solicitors have advised London housing association L&Q on its landmark £500m bid for private land business Gallagher Estates. L&Q, which runs a portfolio of...
View ArticleForeign born lawyer in London? We want your views
Are you a foreign-born lawyer who’s come to the UK to work? Whether you’re an Aussie, a Kiwi, Irish, American or from somewhere else entirely, we’d like to hear your thoughts on how you feel in the...
View ArticleLatest Jackson proposals could ‘stifle access to justice’
This article was written by Debenhams Ottaway partner and Commercial Litigation Association interim vice chair, Luke Harrison It has been a chilly start to the year for litigators. I am not talking...
View ArticleLawyers from Trump’s firm join fight against ‘Muslim ban’
US President Donald Trump’s personal law firm Morgan Lewis & Bockius has joined the ranks of law firms providing support to those affected by his executive immigration order last Friday (27...
View ArticleCooley and Goodwin win top roles as Snapchat files $3bn IPO
Cooley has won the top mandate for messaging app company Snap as it nears a listing on the US stock market. The firm’s co-head of capital markets David Peinsipp is acting for the company from San...
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