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Moves: 29 February 2016
Move of the week Mayer Brown has hired Reed Smith private equity head Perry Yam to lead its practice in London. Yam joins as a partner after a four-year career at Reed Smith, where he was Europe and...
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Law firm technology report: To the cloud
Q: What are your predictions for how firms will be using technology in 2016? Tim Roche, head of IT, Boyes Turner: The feeling at IT director/CIO level is that more firms this year will take on both a...
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In-house interview: Richard Taylor, euNetworks
Bandwidth provider euNetworks is an owner and operator of high capacity fibre networks throughout Europe. When general counsel Richard Taylor joined the company it had been listed in Singapore in 2004...
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In-house interview: David Brush, Epson Europe
For David Brush, director of EMEA legal affairs at computer printer-maker Epson, nothing is more important than brand protection. That can be a tough job because, with Brush pointing to the company’s...
View ArticleHousing crisis: law firms lag accountants in graduate support
Linklaters is lagging behind accountancy firm Deloitte in its attempt to attract talent to London by offering preferential rental terms at new housing developments. Get Living London (GLL) has launched...
View ArticleExclusive: Hertfordshire suspends LPC: “We can’t charge for course that might...
The University of Hertfordshire has suspended its Legal Practice Course for the 2016/17 academic year, Lawyer 2B can reveal. A spokesperson for the university said the decision was due to the SRA’s...
View ArticleTaylor Wessing’s Singapore arm plans to list business services units
RHTLaw Taylor Wessing, the Singapore member of the Taylor Wessing group, plans to list its affiliated group of business services companies in Singapore by year end. The entity to be listed on the...
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My career story: “I worked at Freshfields for 33 years – now I’m a career coach”
Tony Besse is a business coach and director of the graduate job preparation business Interview Advantage. He was previously a lawyer at Freshfields for 33 years, including 22 as a partner. What’s your...
View ArticleCarey Olsen ranks third largest offshore law firm
Carey Olsen has been ranked as the third largest offshore law firm in The Lawyer’s 2016 Offshore Survey. The firm has risen in the table following a 10 per cent increase in the number of qualified...
View ArticleVinson & Elkins to close in Abu Dhabi
Vinson & Elkins has become the latest firm to close in Abu Dhabi, with all staff set to relocate to its Dubai office. All staff in Abu Dhabi, including partner Rob Patterson, will move to Dubai...
View ArticleSerjeants Inn’s Angus Moon QC persuades GMC to reinstate doctor’s licence to...
Following the hearing of an appeal on 17 February 2016 against the decision of the GMC to withdraw the doctor’s licence to practise in 2015, in which Angus represented the distinguished doctor, the GMC...
View ArticleKhaitan & Co has advised India Power Corporation on acquisition agreement
Khaitan & Co has advised India Power Corporation Ltd on its agreement with Engie Global Developments BV (“Engie BV”) to acquire shares of Meenakshi Energy Private Ltd, subject to customary...
View ArticleHow share options help to grow your start-up
Azrieli College Of Engineering Jerusalem and AtoBe Start Up Accelerator will host an event on “How Share Options Help To Grow Your Start Up”, in a partnership with Barnea & Co. and Excellence, on...
View ArticleCollyer Bristow’s Tania Goodman quoted in CIPD’s People Management magazine
Tania Goodman of Collyer Bristow has been quoted in the CIPD’s People Managment magazine on a number of common legal queries faced by HR professionals. ‘If [an] allegation amounts to gross misconduct...
View ArticleSlater & Gordon suffers £500m H1 loss
Slater & Gordon has revealed a loss of A$958.3m (£493m) during the first six months of the 2015/16 financial year. The loss was primarily attributed to a A$876.5m impairment of intangible assets...
View ArticleIlyashev partner: ‘disclosure of beneficiaries has not become a Ukrainian trend’
Maksym Kopeychykov, partner and head of banking and finance at Ilyashev & Partners, delivered a speech on “Legal nuances of verifying beneficiaries and corporate affairs and credit default risk...
View ArticleExclusive: Kirkland sees further exits as high-yield partner defects to...
Kirkland & Ellis has seen its seventh partner departure in three days as high-yield partner Andy Hagan moves to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Hagan is joining the magic circle firm from April,...
View ArticleSimpson Thacher’s Alibaba relationship partner moves in-house with client
The finance arm of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, Ant Finance, has appointed Simpson Thacher & Bartlett rainmaker Chen Leiming as its global general counsel. Chen was a heavyweight...
View ArticleHow to get the pay rise you deserve
If you were your boss, would you give yourself a pay rise? If you think you’re not worth it, a boss may think the same. Plan ahead, and ask what you can be doing right now to make yourself an...
View ArticleKinstellar launches ninth office with Kiev team
Central & Eastern European (CEE) firm Kinstellar has opened its ninth office, launching in the Ukrainian capital Kiev with the hire of a former partner of local firm Avellum. Kostiantyn Likarchuk...
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