The Lawyer’s Hot 100: The most interesting thing about managing a law firm
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Project finance: it’s not all doom and gloom
The fall in commodity prices made 2015 another challenging year for financing projects but despite the much-publicised negative outlook, deals are still being brought to market, with both greenfield...
View ArticleIndependent trio act on $1.2bn Chinese bid for Opera Software
Chinese firm Fangda Partners is working alongside Norway’s Thommessen on Qihoo 360’s $1.2bn acquisition of Norwegian software company Opera. The offer has been made by a consortium of Chinese companies...
View ArticleEY builds tech practice with Wragges partner hire
EY has boosted its tech and fintech practice after hiring Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co co-chair of technology Richard Goold as a partner within its legal services business. Goold has worked in tech...
View ArticleBates Wells and Bevan Brittan win first advisory roles for SSRO
Bates Wells Braithwaite (BWB) and Bevan Brittan have been appointed as the lead firms for the Single Source Regulations Office (SSRO) after a three-month tender process. The firms will advise the SSRO...
View ArticleFried Frank targets new City office to house doubling in lawyer numbers
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson is planning to move from its current London office near Old St to a site adjacent to the Bank of England as its expansion drive in the UK continues. The move...
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Clifford Chance’s Layton: Europe is our top priority
Clifford Chance partners were not voting for the status quo when they elected Matthew Layton. In fact his election to the top job demonstrated an appetite for a shakeup of the old ways rarely seen...
View ArticleHalf of all North West trainees paid less than recommended Law Soc minimum...
Half of all trainees in the North West are paid below the Law Society’s recommended minimum salary, new research by the recruitment agency Douglas Scott claims. The SRA previously set a minimum salary...
View ArticleNCTM helps Energetic Motor Company to AIM listing
NCTM Studio Legale with a team led by partner Lukas Plattner and supported by associated Iovieno Andrea and Federica Ciabattini, attended Energetic Motor Company SpA, a company active in the...
View ArticleGRATA International in Ukraine
We are happy to announce the next important step in the firm’s development – opening a new associated office of GRATA International in Ukraine by entering into cooperation with Volkov & Partners, a...
View ArticleBWB advises Diabetes UK on new London lease
Bates Wells Braithwaite has advised Diabetes UK, the leading UK diabetes charity, on the taking of a lease of a new 25,000sq ft office building located at 126 Back Church Lane, Aldgate East, London....
View ArticleConyers advises eLong on merger with China E-dragon Holdings
Conyers Dill & Pearman provided Cayman Islands law advice to eLong, Inc. on its merger with China E-dragon Holdings Limited, by way of a “going private” transaction which is expected to close in Q2...
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Colibri Law Firm named in Chambers and Partner’s Asia Pacific edition
Colibri Law Firm has been recognised once again by Chambers and Partners in their 2016 Asia Pacific edition. Overall, Colibri Law Firm has been ranked as Band 1 in Uzbekistan, Band 4 in Kazakhstan,...
View ArticleWalder Wyss helps Oriflame with cross-border transfer
In a cross-border transfer Oriflame Cosmetics Global S.A., Luxembourg has transferred certain assets to Oriflame Cosmetics AG. In the framework of a group-wide reorganization...
View ArticleBlank Rome benefits as Dickstein Shapiro shuts up shop after 65 years
Dickstein Shapiro has closed in Washington DC and New York with almost all of its 100-plus lawyers moving to Blank Rome. Blank Rome will now have more than 620 lawyers spread across the US, with the...
View ArticleAshurst and MacRoberts lead on i newspaper sale
Ashurst and MacRoberts have won lead roles on the sale of certain assets of the i newspaper to Johnston Press for £24m. Partner Karen Davies is leading the Ashurst team for buyer Johnston Press and she...
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The price is right: how UK firms can steal a march on the Americans
The Centre for Policy Studies’ ‘The Price of Law’ report caused a minor flurry a few days ago, identifying magic circle partner rates at £775 to £850 per hour, rising to over £1,000 in some...
View ArticleNabarro leads on GSK £37m CMA fine over anti-competitive deals
Nabarro has advised GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) on a £37m fine imposed by the competition regulator over allegations it illegally stifled the launch of a cheap rival drug. The fine is the largest penalty...
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GC2B: Do you need to be a great lawyer to be a successful GC?
The participants: Lisa Mayhew, managing partner, Berwin Leighton Paisner and chair of the roundtable Tinu Adeshile, head of legal, Landmark Information Group Rolf Althen, group general counsel, Acteon...
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What do you want from me?
Andy Wansell, chief operating officer, Boodle HatfieldThe number of partners being asked to leave their firms has increased significantly since the financial crash. Many of those partners leave angry,...
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