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Moves: 14 March 2016
Move of the week Mayer Brown has hired energy partner Mathew Kidwell from Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Kidwell served in Morgan Lewis’ London office for three years, having previously worked at other US...
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After the crackdown: litigation report
While High Court data shows the number of claims made against banks has dwindled in the last year, the major UK banks’ annual accounts – which are trickling out this month – show there’s no slowdown on...
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Hot 100 alumni: Jonathan Berger, Harbottle & Lewis
Jonathan Berger was featured in the Hot 100 back in 2004 when he had just joined legacy Salans’ media and entertainment practice from legacy firm Theodore Goddard. Since then, Berger has moved into a...
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Professional indemnity insurance report: Under pressure
Q: What changes in the market are likely to affect solicitors’ professional indemnity insurance (PII) in the next year? Sarah Clover, head of global PI, Clyde & Co: The PI market landscape is...
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In-house interview: Sage executive vice-president and GC, Europe, Mark Parry
Some in the tech industry may see Sage as a software dinosaur but executive vice-president and general counsel for Europe Mark Parry is leading the charge to change public perceptions, starting with...
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LMI banking and finance: the trends and the lawyers
Banks continue to be the subject of vigorous and stringent regulation. Tasked with cutting their loan books and longer term liabilities, banks’ corporate lending has declined. Despite this, banking and...
View ArticleJones Day hires Fieldfisher partner to lead IP non-patents team
Fieldfisher intellectual property partner Rebecca Swindells has left the firm for Jones Day in London, which has been hit by multiple partner exits since the start of the year. In her new role,...
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My career story: “I became a company’s first-ever GC”
Banking and finance lawyer Corinna Mitchell joined asset management group Pemberton Asset Management in 2015 as its first general counsel after a whirlwind six month secondment. The former Dechert...
View ArticleEnyo Law drops one RBS claimant group for another in new GRG claim
Enyo Law has terminated its contract with the RBS-GRG Business Action Group one year after it replaced Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan as the group’s lawyers. Enyo has now been instructed by a...
View ArticleWalker Morris advises on purchase of Bolton Wanderers FC
Sports lawyers at Walker Morris have advised on the second football club investment in three months. Bolton Wanderers Football Club has announced that the deal to transfer ownership of the club has...
View ArticleWalder Wyss provides advice on joint venture between Wilmaa and Teleboy
The two Swisss web TV plattforms Teleboy and Wilmaa entered into a joint venture arrangement. The joint venture’s purpose is to coordinate the marketing activities of Teleboy and Wilmaa through a...
View ArticleShoosmiths nominated for prestigious training awards
Shoosmiths is sealing its reputation as one of the best firms for graduate legal training after they were announced as nominees for two prestigious awards at the LawCareers.Net and Recruitment Awards....
View ArticleMalta website
We are delighted to announce the launch of our Vassiliades & Co. (MALTA) LTD website, which we hope you will find informative and easy to use. www.vasslaw.com.mt
View ArticleNo5’s Tim Jones successfully resists an application for judicial review of a...
WCC issued a temporary stop notice under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 s171E against C Ltd for change of use from hotel (use-class C1) to hostel (sui generis). C Ltd applied for permission to...
View ArticleBurges Salmon adds four partners in female-heavy promo round
Burges Salmon has appointed four new partners in Bristol, three of which are women, across key growth areas including real estate, environment, pensions and banking. Real estate lawyer Sally Jupp and...
View ArticleGowling WLG named Russia – IP Firm of the Year
Gowling WLG has been named Russia – IP Firm of the Year by Managing IP, one of the world’s premier intellectual property publications. The award, presented at the Managing IP Global Awards in London,...
View ArticleLinklaters keeps 83% of qualifiers as NQs
Linklaters has retained 83 per cent of its March-qualifying trainees.
View ArticlePillsbury launches in Hong Kong with Clydes hire
US firm Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman is in the process of launching an office in Hong Kong with the hire of Clyde & Co’s global aviation finance head Paul Jebely. Jebely will lead Pillsbury’s...
View ArticleAviva abandons panel review as slimmed roster remains ‘fit for purpose’
Insurance giant Aviva has foregone holding a traditional panel review, instead opting for a “desktop review” of its roster of legal advisers. The toned down review was completed at the end of last year...
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Former Freshfields litigation head leaves for One Essex Court
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer litigation partner Ian Terry is retiring from the magic circle firm to join One Essex Court as a mediator later this year. Terry has spent his entire professional life at...
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