Shoosmiths advises August Equity on investment in Wax Digital
The Thames Valley office of national law firm Shoosmiths has advised August Equity on their investment of capital into Wax Digital, a leading global eProcurement solutions provider. Private equity...
View ArticleThe Quality Chop House EC1
One can’t really write about The Quality Chop House without talking about its history. One look at the place and you wonder whether this could possibly be the real thing, so I dig around and find that...
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Macfarlanes re-appoints management team until 2020
Macfarlanes has re-appointed senior partner Charles Martin and managing partner Julian Howard to continue in their roles until 2020. Martin and Howard’s terms are due to expire in May 2017 and have...
View ArticleTop 10 stories: 15-21 January 2016
Litigation was the theme of TheLawyer.com last week as we revealed our pick of the top 20 cases for 2016. With over £6bn estimated to be in dispute, barristers and their instructing solicitors will be...
View ArticleJudges voted as third most trusted profession ahead of lawyers
Just over half of the British public trust lawyers to tell the truth, according to an Ipsos MORI poll, while judges are the third most trusted profession overall. According to the survey carried out...
View ArticleNorton Rose Fulbright switches Indonesian association
Norton Rose Fulbright has entered into a new association in Indonesia with TNB & Partners, a firm set up by the majority of the team from its previous ally Susandarini & Partners. The firm’s...
View ArticleWragges promises 30 per cent female partnership by 2026
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has promised to increase the number of women in its partnership from 20 per cent to 30 per cent by 2026, after figures reveal the firm lags behind its merger partner...
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Unveiled: The Hot 100 2016
This year’s Hot 100 gathers together the best lawyers in the business – the cream of the crop from in-house, private practice and the bar. The list this year features 49 female lawyers, 10 barristers,...
View ArticleWLG advises the Government of Rwanda and TradeMark East Africa
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG), in association with Deloitte (financial advisers), K-Advocates (local legal advisers) and Gauff (technical advisers), have advised the Rwandan Ministry of Trade...
View ArticleSchoenherr advises on sale of Praktiker’s Hungarian interests
Schoenherr has advised the insolvency administrator of the DIY chain Praktiker’s German entities (Baumarkt Praktiker International GmbH and Baumarkt Praktiker Grundstücksbeteiligungs GmbH) on the sale...
View ArticleSchoenherr team named Italian Desk of the Year by Italian platform...
Schoenherr’s high level of activity in the segment of Italian clients has recently been acknowledged with an award from one of Italy’s most prestigious legal market publications. The Schoenherr team...
View ArticleOTC’s McDonagh secures acquittal of a former senior equities trader at RBS
Matthew McDonagh successfully secured the acquittal of Vincent Walsh, a former senior equities trader at RBS. Mr Walsh had been charged with an alleged conspiracy to cheat the Inland Revenue amounting...
View ArticlePwC ranks at 11 in Stonewall’s Top-100 places for LGBT people to work
Stonewall, the UK LGBT equality charity, has ranked PwC as 11th in the Stonewall Top-100 Employers 2016, listing, up 71 places from last year’s 82nd position. The Stonewall Top-100 Employers are the...
View ArticleBarnea & Co represents Espresso Club in George Clooney lookalike case
Barnea & Co is representing Espresso Club in Israel in a litigation with Nespresso. The Nestlé high-end coffee brand is suing its Israeli rival for using an actor with a resemblance to Nespresso...
View ArticleKhaitan & Co advises The Abraaj Group on acquisition
Khaitan & Co has advised The Abraaj Group in relation to acquisition of a significant majority stake in Quality Care India Ltd, by way of purchase of securities from existing private equity...
View ArticleConyers advises IFC on investment in Agrivision Africa
Conyers Dill & Pearman advised The International Finance Corporation (IFC) on their US$20 million equity investment in Agrivision Africa, a company that specializes in large scale commercial...
View ArticleConyers advises on $1.35bn take-private of UTi
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised DSV, the Danish transport and logistics group, on the completion of its $1.35bn acquisition of UTi Worldwide. The transaction is believed to be the...
View ArticleConyers’ insurance practice set to host seminar in Dubai
Conyers’ top-ranked insurance practice is hosting a seminar in Dubai Conyers Dill & Pearman’s Dubai office is hosting a lunch and seminar, presented by director Michael Frith, a leading offshore...
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Partners’ office hours up 10 per cent to 56 a week
Partners’ weekly working hours have increased by more than 10 per cent in just two years, with the average working week now almost 56 hours. Research by recruitment consultancy Laurence Simons has...
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RSA appoints new legal chief as GC retires
RSA general counsel Derek Walsh has announced he will step down from the role after five years at the insurance group. He will be replaced by head of group legal Charlotte Heiss. Walsh has acted as...
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