Freeths revenue breaks through £60m with 14 per cent hike
Freeths’ revenue grew 14 per cent over 2015/16 to £63.8m, prompting a 6.65 per cent bonus for all staff. In the 2015/16 financial year, Freeths’ turnover jumped from £55.8m to £63.8m, continuing the...
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Bakers elects Rawlinson as first UK-based global head
Baker & McKenzie’s partners have elected London managing partner Paul Rawlinson as the firm’s next global chairman. Paul RawlinsonRawlinson will be the firm’s first UK-based chairman, and will...
View ArticleCleary, Latham and Jingtian strike as China’s Suning acquires Inter Milan
Chinese firm Jingtian & Gongcheng, Italian firm Bonelli Erede Pappalardo, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Latham & Watkins have scored key roles in the first deal by Chinese investors...
View ArticleManaging your career: confident confidence
Starting your legal career can be daunting: your seniors and peers are very capable and technical ability is almost assumed. But being a successful lawyer is not just about the technical law, and...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Beroe on investment
Khaitan & Co advised Beroe Consulting India Private Limited and its promoters in relation to an investment made by Access India Fund and certain other investors for a significant minority...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Alkem on CCI decision
Khaitan & Co successfully advised Alkem Laboratories Limited and its office bearers in relation to a Competition Commission of India decision which penalised Alkem to the tune of INR 74.63 crores...
View ArticleOTC’s Michael Bowes QC and Katarina Sydow participate in anti-slavery forum...
Michael Bowes QC and Katarina Sydow of Outer Temple Chambers were invited to participate in the Global Sustainability Network Forum at Westminster Abbey on 31 May 2016. Discussion focused on how...
View ArticleJohn Mckendrick QC of Outer Temple Chambers appointed Attorney General...
After an open competition, John McKendrick QC will replace Rupert Jones as Attorney General for Anguilla. The effective exercise of John’s mandate will start on 1 September this year and is expected to...
View ArticleOuter Temple Chambers’ Professor Ian Bailey SC to chair international...
The conference, which is to be held on Thursday 9 June 2016, is being organised by the Centre of Construction Law at Kings’s College. It aims to discuss the issues arising in the relationship between...
View ArticleNo5’s Philip Dayle secures the acquittal of a nurse
Philip Dayle has secured the acquittal of a nurse (X) who was charged with tasting methadone whilst on duty in a substance misuse role at a high security prison. The allegation was made by a colleague,...
View ArticleWalker Morris confirms joint sponsorship of the FD awards
Walker Morris is pleased to announce that it will be one of four joint sponsors for the Yorkshire Finance Directors’ Awards 2016. Now in their 14th year, the Awards bring together the professional...
View ArticleOgier advises Elian on sale to Intertrust
Ogier, instructed by Clifford Chance, has advised long standing client Elian on matters of Guernsey, Jersey, BVI and Cayman law in respect of the sale by management and Electra Partners LLP to...
View ArticleSally Edwards to speak on offshore foundations at Europa Institute’s conference
The head of Ogier’s private client and trusts team, Sally Edwards, will be speaking at the Europa Institute’s Zürcher Stiftungsrechtstag conference at the University of Zurich on 17 June 2016. With an...
View ArticleGowling WLG to run seminar on updates and forecasts relating to AGE
Upcoming is the 10-year anniversary of the age discrimination regulations in the UK, the possibility of a Brexit from the European laws forming the basis of that legislation and fundamental changes to...
View ArticleGowling WLG named one of the world’s leading patent firms by IAM
Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) has recognized Gowling WLG as one of the world’s leading patent firms in the 2016 edition of IAM Patent 1000 – The World’s Leading Patent Practitioners. Singled out...
View ArticleKaranović & Nikolić senior associate attends International Financial Law...
Karanović & Nikolić senior associate Katarina Gudurić attended the 33rd International Financial Law Conference, recently held by IBA in Athens between 18-20 May. The event was an opportunity for...
View ArticleThe 60-second interview: Mishcon’s West on the “perfect conditions” for AI
Mishcon de Reya chief strategy officer Nick West discusses the “incredibly exciting” field of artificial intelligence in The Lawyer’s 60-second interview on key topics from the upcoming Business...
View ArticleCravath raises NY starting salaries to $180,000: could it spark a new London...
Cravath Swaine & Moore, one of the oldest and most prestigious firms in New York, has raised its starting salary for junior lawyers from $160,000 to $180,000, legal press in America have reported....
View ArticleDAC Beachcroft continues raid on DWF’s Newcastle office
DAC Beachcroft has raided DWF’s Newcastle insurance practice for the second time in two months after picking up a four-lawyer professional indemnity (PI) team. The team includes DWF’s Newcastle office...
View ArticleGillian Roche-Saunders to lead new compliance consultancy
Bates Wells Braithwaite is delighted to announce the appointment of new partner Gillian Roche-Saunders. Gillian will lead the firm’s new financial regulation consultancy service,
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