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Silks appointments 2017: new stars at the bar
The bar has had a changeable few years. More barristers are switching chambers than ever, some are capitalising on new Bar Standard Board-regulated entities to set up companies and sometimes even law...
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Israel: does the US visa boom herald new opportunities for law firms?
The introduction of E-2 treaty investor visas is expected to make it easier for Israelis to travel to the US, and provide foreign national and corporate entities with a pathway to investment in the US...
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The Disruptive GCs: Passion Capital’s Jamie Whitcroft
Despite being a small venture capital company Passion Capital has given itself a mammoth task – it is aiming to find the next Facebook or Google. To do this the company invests heavily in start-up...
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Royal Mail launches dawn raid app in compliance and tech push
Royal Mail has launched a ‘Crisis Response App’ developed by its in-house team to help the business react more effectively to a dawn raid or investigation by regulators. The in-house team at Royal...
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Freshfields, Pinsents, HSF triumph in The Lawyer Court Rankings 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has emerged as the most active law firm in the English courts in 2016, recording 173 days in court representing clients in 26 cases according to The Lawyer Court Rankings...
View ArticleLinklaters and Paul Weiss lead as Kraft Heinz withdraws bid for Unilever
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has taken the lead role acting for Kraft Heinz on its now-withdrawn bid for Unilever, with Linklaters lining up on the opposite side. News broke on Friday (17...
View ArticleOrrick hires Clifford Chance antitrust head in Paris
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe has hired Clifford Chance Paris antitrust head Patrick Hubert, the latest senior addition to its growing French base. Hubert joins Orrick’s French arm Orrick Rambaud...
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RBS, Equion Energia and Amey most active companies in UK courts
Equion Energia, Amey and RBS were among the most active companies in the English Courts in 2016, according to The Lawyer Court Rankings 2016. Colombian oil and gas company, Equion Energia tops the...
View ArticleWebinar: What is RegTech?
With an increase in regulatory compliance, innovation in technology has become increasingly prevalent throughout the professional and financial services. With the birth of RegTech, we ask, what is it,...
View ArticleGoodman Derrick joint head of employment to chair Law Society HR event
Alison Downie, partner and joint head of employment at Goodman Derrick, is to chair and speak at The Law Society flagship annual employment/HR event for law firms: People in Practice on 2nd March 2017....
View ArticleInstitutional investors: the investment in Italy’s economy
Gianni Origoni Grippo Cappelli & Partners are holding the event, Institutional investors: the investment in the national economy, on March 1 2017. It will take place at 10.30-12pm Click to register...
View ArticleNo5’s Philip Dayle acts in ‘Trojan Horse’ teacher misconduct hearing
Philip Dayle is acting for four members of the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) seeking to prevent disclosure of the transcript of interviews given in the Peter Clarke ‘Trojan Horse’...
View ArticleStewarts Law happy to employ ‘Happiest Person in Legal’
Douglas Scott, a specialist legal recruitment firm, has announced that Zara Okereafor, a senior paralegal working in Stewart Law’s commercial litigation department, is the ‘Happiest Person in Legal’...
View ArticleWalder Wyss advises Auris Medical on Nasdaq IPO
Auris Medical Holding AG issued and priced its public offering of 10,000,000 common shares and 10,000,000 warrants, each warrant entitling its holder to purchase 0.70 of a common share. The common...
View ArticleBLP retains 55 per cent of spring qualifiers
Berwin Leighton Paisner is to keep on 55 per cent of its trainees in newly qualified (NQ) positions. Read more… The post BLP retains 55 per cent of spring qualifiers appeared first on The Lawyer |...
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New silks 2017: Jason Sugarman, 9-12 Bell Yard
9-12 Bell Yard Jason Sugarman is one of seven new star silks interviewed by The Lawyer this year. Since being called to the bar in 1995 Jason Sugarman has built a strong record in serious criminal...
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New silks 2017: Brian St Louis, 15 New Bridge Street
15 New Bridge Street’s Brian St Louis is one of seven new star silks interviewed by The Lawyer this year. For the past dozen years since being called to the Bar in 1994, Brian St Louis has been in...
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New silks 2017: Alison Macdonald, Matrix Chambers
Matrix Chambers’ Alison Macdonald is one of seven new star silks interviewed by The Lawyer this year. When The Lawyer interviewed Alison Macdonald on her ascent to silk she was in the midst of a...
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Burges Salmon names new senior partner after uncontested election
Burges Salmon has appointed employment partner Chris Seaton as its new senior partner, taking over from Alan Barr who will step down after six years in the role. Chris SeatonBarr, who was named senior...
View ArticleFieldfisher expands in Europe with Amsterdam launch
Fieldfisher has opened its fifth office in seven months, growing its European footprint to Amsterdam. The Amsterdam office will operate from May and follows the hire of Kennedy Van der Laan partner...
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