Matthew Knowles joins Stewarts Law
Matthew Knowles has joined Stewarts Law as a partner within international arbitration. He will also fulfil a risk and business development role across the commercial disputes group. Matthew has...
View ArticleEversheds, Linklaters and Stephenson Harwood advise on BHS pensions settlement
Eversheds, Linklaters and Stephenson Harwood have won the lead mandates advising on a £363m settlement by Philip Green into BHS pension schemes. Linklaters has long advised Sir Philip Green’s business...
View ArticleBLP, HSF and Mayer Brown scoop lead roles on £1.15bn Cheesegrater sale
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Mayer Brown have advised on the sale of the Leadenhall building with Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) taking the lead role for Hong Kong buyer CC Land. Mayer Brown real...
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King & Spalding City revenue drops 8 per cent to $43m
King & Spalding’s London revenue has fallen 8 per cent despite a global increase in turnover to $1.1bn. The firm revealed its City operation made $42.6m (£34.5m) over 2016, a drop of 8 per cent...
View ArticleClifford Chance disputes partner joins Dechert
Clifford Chance disputes partner Stephen Surgeoner has joined the London office of Dechert after 26 years at the magic circle firm. Surgeoner practises commercial litigation, mostly advising banks,...
View ArticleMorgan Lewis expands Shanghai office with Simmons employment team
Morgan Lewis has bulked up its Shanghai office with a team of five lawyers from Simmons & Simmons led by employment and investigations partner Lesli Ligorner. Ligorner has worked in China for more...
View ArticleDentons opens in Netherlands with Dutch merger
Dentons has agreed a merger with Dutch firm Boekel, based in Amsterdam. The acquisition gives Dentons its 26th office in Europe and its first base in the Netherlands. It has also opened two offices in...
View ArticleCarey Olsen advises on blockchain technology launch
Carey Olsen has worked with Northern Trust and global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright on the launch of their Blockchain financial technology product in Guernsey. Northern Trust and IBM built a...
View ArticleHardwicke adds to its construction team
Hardwicke’s Construction Team is being joined by Katie Lee (call 2012). Katie undertakes work with a particular emphasis in construction, technology and engineering disputes as well as property damage...
View ArticleRichard Moat advises on child booster seat law
A ban on car booster seats for some children is set to become law this month. Which, says a leading personal injury lawyer, is good news for confused parents who struggle to understand the four...
View ArticleNicholas Strauss lectures on illegality
Nicholas Strauss QC gave a lecture to members of Combar on 21st February on illegality following the decision of the Supreme Court in Patel v. Mirza. His detailed views are set out in articles at 132...
View ArticleReed Smith takes eight-lawyer Paris team from Winston & Strawn
Reed Smith has added an eight-lawyer tax team from Winston & Strawn in Paris. The French capital has seen a number of high-profile team moves in the last few weeks, including a five-partner team...
View ArticleHSF wins legal challenge against partners who defected to White & Case
Herbert Smith Freehills has won a legal challenge against eight of its Australian partners who have defected to White & Case, preventing them from becoming partners of the US firm for six months....
View ArticleFreshfields partner parachuted in as Rio Tinto continues GC search
Rio Tinto has brought in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Philip Richards to lead its legal team on an interim basis as its search for a permanent successor continues. Richards was seconded to...
View ArticleCovington PEP increases 16% as London revenue climbs to $70m
Covington & Burling’s London revenue climbed 9 per cent in 2016 to just short of $70m. The firm’s City turnover climbed from $63.6m to $69.5m after a slight dip in revenue over 2015. The increase...
View ArticleTV documentary to highlight medical blunders
The continuing problem of medical blunders in the NHS across England and Wales is to be highlighted by national current affairs programme ITV Tonight, as figures show completely avoidable errors which...
View ArticleKinstellar helps Rubik on its sale of office building Budapest XI
Kinstellar has assisted Rubik Ventures (Luxembourg) on its sale of the SPV owning the office building at Bocskai street 30, Budapest XI, to Videoton Group. The property is 5,000sq m and is fully leased...
View ArticleOgier advises on deal to buy Cheesegrater
Ogier, alongside Berwin Leighton Paisner as lead counsel, has advised CC Land on its £1.15bn acquisition of London’s iconic Cheesegrater building in what is thought to be the second-largest single...
View ArticleSousse terrorist attacks: ‘unlawful killing’
Claire Watson represented the Met Police in the Tunisian Inquests. The Coroner concluded that all 30 British Nationals were unlawfully killed but would not expand the category of persons in a dependent...
View ArticleSlaughters picks five start-ups to receive £30,000 in free advice
Slaughter and May will offer five start-ups, including WorldRemit and Tide, up to £30,000 in free services under a new fintech scheme. The firm announced last October that it was launching the “Fintech...
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