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Tax avoidance and walking the dog
Alexis Brassey, managing partner, Cavendish Legal GroupThe news outlets are awash with information from Panama’s Mossack Fonseca. Predictably, journalists and politicians are making urgent statements...
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Risk management report: Smooth operators
The panel of experts discusses using data to horizon scan, identifying key legal issues through management information and how their firms are helping clients reduce costs related to legal risks. Q:...
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LMI analysis: Tesco
After decades of growth, supermarket giant Tesco has been navigating more troubled waters for the past two years. In 2014 it saw pre-tax profits tumble by 92 per cent after an accountancy scandal...
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Hot 100 alumni: Helen Croke, Travers Smith
Now in her 16th year at Travers Smith, Helen Croke has been key to the success of the firm’s private equity group. One of eight partners in the firm’s dedicated private equity and M&A team, Croke...
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In-house interview: Jayne Rothman, Epiq Systems
The recent changes to the longstanding Safe Harbour provisions, which relate to the cross-border transfer of data, have wide-ranging implications for all international businesses. Just ask Jayne...
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In-house interview: Oliver Basi, group head of legal, CMC Markets
You could call CMC Markets brave for listing on the London Stock Exchange’s main market earlier this year. Few companies have made the move in 2016 and the markets are choppy to say the least. But...
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My career story: “I went from high-school dropout to head of legal”
Mark Parry is the executive vice president and general counsel for Europe for business tech behemoth Sage. He was previously the legal and commercial director at Serco and moved in-house from a...
View ArticleDentons loses finance partner duo to Mayer Brown
Dentons has lost two finance partners to Mayer Brown as the latter works to bolster its finance capability in the UK. The hires of Tom Eldridge and Liz Soutter boost Mayer Brown’s London finance...
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Real estate: The foundations of the Manchester market
It may not have been officially recognised as the UK’s second city but in the past few years Manchester has consolidated its position as the next biggest market for law firms outside of London. And...
View ArticleOlswang makes up just two partners in reduced promotions round
Olswang has promoted just two lawyers to its global partnership in London and Singapore. Intellectual property senior associate Joel Vertes is the only person to have been made up in the City, having...
View ArticleGateley buys tax advisory business for £2.7m
Gateley has made its first acquisition since floating on AIM last year, purchasing tax advisory business Capitus for £2.72m. The deal comprised a cash payment of £1.59m as well as the issuance of more...
View ArticleGowling WLG aids with transactions worth £269m
Gowling WLG has completed five major transactions for Empiric Student Property Plc (Empiric), with an aggregate value of £269m. The firm’s corporate, real estate finance and real estate teams were all...
View ArticleInce & Co launches new consultancy firm amid lockstep overhaul
Shipping and insurance firm Ince & Co has launched an international consultancy firm named Ince Consultancy LLP in a bid to “grow the transactional arm” of its business, said senior partner Jan...
View ArticleMishcon adds six partners in majority-female promotions round
Mishcon de Reya has doubled the number of partner promotions this year, making up six lawyers to its partnership. Last year Mishcon made up three women to its partnership in an all-female round. This...
View ArticleCleary Gottlieb criticised over role in Brazil dam disaster investigation
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has been criticised over its role as independent investigator into a major Brazilian environmental disaster. The US firm was engaged by mining giants BHP Billiton...
View ArticleForsters and Slaughters advise on Tata Steel UK assets sale
Slaughter and May is continuing to advise Tata Steel on the sale of its UK assets, with Forsters client Greybull Capital emerging as the latest buyer. The sale concerns Tata Steel UK’s long products...
View ArticleKirkland hires M&A team from Hengeler Mueller in Germany
Kirkland & Ellis has made a major corporate team hire in Germany from Hengeler Mueller. Munich-based M&A partner Achim Herfs has taken counsel Anna Schwander and senior associate Benjamin...
View ArticleWhite & Case hires McDermott quartet for Boston launch
White & Case has hired four McDermott Will & Emery partners to open its first office in Boston. The recruits include McDermott’s head of white-collar and securities defence Michael Kendall, who...
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Associate conundrums: Developing business relationships
You’ve gone to all the trouble of establishing new business relationships through various networking activities which you believe have the potential to become mutually beneficial long-term...
View ArticleAshurst loses corporate partner to Stephenson Harwood
Ashurst corporate partner Anthony Clare has become the latest partner to exit the firm’s London office for Stephenson Harwood. The firm saw a steady stream of exits for Stephenson Harwood around five...
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