Walker Morris advises on ambitious renewable energy plant
Lawyers from the Energy Team at Walker Morris have advised Barn Energy on the largest river hydroelectic project in Yorkshire. The ambitious £5.3m Kirkthorpe renewable power scheme on the River Calder,...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Pricol on Altran takeover
Khaitan & Co has advised Pricol Technologies Limited in relation to its 100% acquisition by Altran Technologies India Private Limited. Pricol Technologies is a global engineering provider enabling...
View ArticlePaul Hastings PEP rises to $2.6m as revenue growth slows
Paul Hastings’ average profit per equity partner (PEP) increased by 4 per cent over 2016 to $2.6m. The rise came alongside a slight uplift in turnover of nearly 2 per cent from $1.06bn to $1.07bn. The...
View ArticleBakers “on track” to double headcount in New York by 2020
Baker McKenzie is set to double headcount in New York in the next three years, and plans to expand several practices in London as part of its 2020 strategy, Baker McKenzie global chair Paul Rawlinson...
View ArticleEversheds Sutherland veteran Hughes to leave firm after eight years in charge
Eversheds Sutherland CEO and longstanding partner Bryan Hughes will leave Eversheds Sutherland at the end of this year after leading the firm for eight years. He will vacate the firm in the final...
View ArticleDLA EMEA boss: Berlin and Georgia “weren’t profitable enough” to keep
DLA Piper joint managing director of Europe and the Middle East Olaf Schmidt told The Lawyer that the two recent office closures in Georgia and Berlin were caused by a lack of profitability. This news...
View ArticleMacfarlanes makes up three in 2017 promos round
Macfarlanes has promoted three of its associates to partnership. The three who get the nod as of 1 May are M&A lawyer Richard Burrows, tax associate Jeremy Moncrieff and Sarah Ward of the banking...
View ArticleDechert builds up London finance practice with second Kirkland hire
Dechert has recruited London-based Kirkland & Ellis banking and finance partner Rob Bradshaw, the second hire in six months from the Chicago-based firm. In November 2016, debt finance partner John...
View ArticleTom Courtney wins NUIG Alumni Award
The NUI Galway Alumni Awards recognise excellence and achievements among the University’s 90,000 graduates. Dr Tom Courtney, Corporate Partner and Head of the Company Compliance and Governance Practice...
View ArticleShipping knowledge and experience conference
On February 2nd 2017, Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & CO. LLC attended the event “Shipping: An Industry of Passion, Knowledge and Experience-Part Two”. The panel comprised of six key players from...
View ArticleCollyer Bristow acts on Birmingham engineering acquisition
The Corporate and commercial team has acted for an entity backed by venture capitalist Jon Moulton on the acquisition of Vertik-Al, an aluminium powder coating business in Birmingham. Ragavan...
View ArticleFrederico Singarajah to speak at Bar Council LatAm event
Frederico Singarajah is to speak at the Bar Council LatAm event in Birmingham. Singarajah will be speaking at this event, hosted by the Bar Council and the Law Society in Birmingham. It aims to inform...
View ArticleNo5 rates highly in Planning Law Survey
In Planning Magazine’s Planning Law Survey No5 Barristers’ Chambers ranks at the top of several categories. Christopher Young, rose to the top in the Juniors category. He also topped the Residential...
View ArticleCommemorating Portugal’s administrative code
Marco Caldeira, Public law senior associate, was one of the speakers at the commemorative colloquium of the Code of Administrative Procedure on March 24. The conference was organised by the Lisbon...
View ArticleSchoenherr advises RBI on merger with RZB
In one of the largest corporate reorganisations in the Austrian banking sector unlisted RZB merged with listed Central and European banking specialist RBI. Schoenherr provided corporate and regulatory...
View ArticleAshurst expands its European high yield capability with magic circle hires
Ashurst has hired two magic circle lawyers to boost its high yield finance practice in London. Allen & Overy (A&O) senior associate Tamer Bahgat will join as a partner in Ashurst’s London...
View ArticleDLA launches fifth Latin American office with Peru merger
DLA Piper has opened its fifth office in Latin America, entering a cooperation agreement with Peruvian firm Pizarro Botto & Escobar Abogados. The firms will now operate under the name DLA Piper...
View ArticleVdA partners to participate in the Agenda Africa 2017
Olivier Bustin, international managing associate in the Oil & Gas practice area, is to participate in the Agenda Africa Forum, an event hosted by the Iberian Lawyer in London on April 5. The topic...
View ArticleCollyer Bristow ranked in eprivateclient Top Law Firms
The firm is ranked in the third tier of eprivateclient Top Law Firms 2017. The list recognises UK law firms which are providing high-quality private client services to high net worth individuals based...
View ArticleConyers rebrands client services business
Conyers Dill & Pearman is rebranding the Codan group of companies to Conyers Client Services. Conyers Client Services provides corporate administration, secretarial, trust and management services...
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