Gateley team wins $118m payout for Bocimar against Dubai ship owner
A team of lawyers from the Dubai and Birmingham offices of Gateley has successfully advised Belgium-based, Bocimar International, on a dispute against Dubai-based ship owner, Emirates Trading Agency...
View ArticleIlyashev’s Omelchenko elected as an expert at Ukraine public council
Olena Omelchenko, lawyer at Ilyashev & Partners Law Firm and head of the working group on international trade at the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, was elected as an expert of the Public...
View ArticleEgorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners retains top positions in Chambers Global...
Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners was once again recognised by one of the most reputable legal rankings – Chambers Global 2016. For the fifth consecutive year the Firm has been recommended for...
View ArticleWalker Morris advises Aequitas on cross-border merger
Corporate solicitors from Walker Morris have provided legal advice in relation to the cross border merger of Aequitas WBL Ltd. (an English company) and Aequitas WBL GmbH (a German company). In this...
View ArticleSerjeants’ Inn publishes new pupillage prospectus
Serjeants’ Inn has published a new pupillage prospectus for information about pupillage in chambers and how to apply. Applications for pupillage commencing in October 2017 should be made through the...
View ArticleNo5’s Satinder Hunjan QC is named Sports Barrister of the Year 2016 by...
No5 Chambers’ Satinder Hunjan QC is named Sports Barrister of the Year 2016 by Finance Monthly. Satinder is a highly acknowledged QC who undertakes a diversity of sports cases. His cases in sports law...
View ArticleNicolas Stallworthy QC and Farhaz Khan of OTC ranked as leading barristers in...
Nicolas Stallworthy QC and (for the first time) Farhaz Khan of Outer Temple Chambers have been recognised as leading barristers for dispute resolution (Commercial Chancery) in Chambers Global 2016,...
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Corporate trio to battle for Linklaters senior partner role
Linklaters’ next senior partner will be a corporate lawyer, with three candidates putting their names forward for April’s elections including rising star Aedemar Comiskey. The trio of corporate...
View ArticleDentons, Eversheds and Reed Smith win places on Avis’ seven-firm inaugural panel
Dentons, Eversheds and Reed Smith are three of seven firms to have landed spots on Avis’ inaugural legal panel. The trio of firms have won roles alongside K&L Gates, with the four due to advise the...
View ArticleSimpson Thacher tops M&A rankings for Q1 as activity falls
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has acted on M&A deals worth over $112bn so far this year, more than any other firm in the first quarter of 2016. According to data from Thomson Reuters, the deal...
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Will Linklaters be the first magic circle firm with a female boss?
Linklaters’ senior partner election in April will end nine months of management elections in the magic circle – but it has taken until now for a woman to put her head above the parapet. It emerged this...
View ArticleExclusive: Peter Smith J to face bias allegations in Saudi royals trial
Mr Justice Peter Smith is facing allegations of bias over a judgment he handed down in November in a case featuring the Saudi royal family. The judge, who had to recuse himself from the British Airways...
View ArticleWalder Wyss acts on Swiss Life bond placement
Swiss Life Ltd has successfully placed a CHF450m undated subordinated bond, first callable in September 2021 (coupon until first call date: 3.75%) and a CHF150m dated subordinated bond with...
View ArticleLand Securities adds Pinsents to legal panel as Freshfields loses place
Pinsent Masons has been added to Land Securities’ legal roster, while Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has come off in the first review carried out by new general counsel Tim Ashby. The panel will last...
View ArticleKWM to cut 15% of UK, Europe and ME partnership in strategic review
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) will cut 15 per cent of its partnership in the UK, Europe and Middle East (EUME) as part of a “strategic restructure” of its operations in the region. The restructure,...
View ArticleOne Essex Court picks up banking silk duo from 3VB
One Essex Court has taken heavyweight commercial banking silks Adrian Beltrami QC and Sonia Tolaney QC from 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB). The duo will be joined by juniors James MacDonald and Sandy...
View ArticleHogan Lovells, Linklaters and Slaughters on the menu for Premier Foods’...
Slaughter and May has acted for longstanding client Premier Foods, as it rejected a takeover offer by US company McCormick & Company, in favour of a deal with Japan’s Nissin. Partners Michael...
View ArticleFrance’s Veil Jourde opens in Brussels
French firm Veil Jourde has launched a Brussels office, in its first foray outside Paris. The move comes just a year after the firm launched a competition team with the hire of partner Emmanuel Tricot...
View ArticleExclusive: CC hires Norton Rose Fulbright Singapore asset finance duo
Clifford Chance has hired two asset finance partners from Norton Rose Fulbright in Singapore, including the latter’s co-head of Asia Pacific transport practice Gervais Green. Green will be joined by...
View ArticlePaddy Power GC takes top role post-merger as Betfair legal head leaves
Paddy Power’s group general counsel Ed Traynor will continue to head up the company’s legal function after its merger with Betfair, while the latter’s legal chief Fiona Russell has left the group....
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