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My Pride Story: “I’m black and queer. We need more role models”
Isaac Eloi is a paralegal and future trainee at Midlands firm Freeths. This is his Pride Story. My story begins in Bradford, West Yorkshire – the place I was born and bred. Both sets of my grandparents...
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A lawyer’s view on the EU: “I’m choosing self-belief. I’m voting to leave”
Suella Fernandes is the Member of Parliament for Fareham. Prior to her election she was a barrister at No 5 Chambers in London. We have heard many claims and counter-claims in this heated referendum...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Solize on acquisition
Khaitan & Co advised Solize Corporation, Japan in relation to acquisition of CSM Software India Private Limited. SOLIZE Group is a leading engineering and consultancy group in the field of product...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Times Internet on acquisition
Khaitan & Co advised Times Internet Limited in relation to acquisition of Willow TV International for USD 100 million. Times Internet Ltd is the largest Indian Internet Network and the digital...
View ArticleKhaitan advises RPG on Biotech Unit sale
Khaitan & Co advised RPG Life Sciences Limited in relation to sale and transfer of its Biotech Unit, as a going concern on a slump sale basis to Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited. RPG Life Sciences...
View ArticleGowling WLG recognised by Who’s Who Legal as leading trademark firm
Gowling WLG has been named among the world’s most highly regarded firms in the 2016 edition Who’s Who Legal: Trademarks. In total, the guide highlighted 13 Gowling WLG trademark lawyers and agents from...
View ArticleOuter Temple Chambers’ Gordon Bebb QC set to speak at Clinical Negligence...
>Outer Temple Chambers has announced that Gordon Bebb QC will give talk at the Clinical Negligence 2016 Conference, an event accredited by APIL and expected to take place on 8th June in London. A...
View ArticleFieldfisher enters Italy through local merger
Fieldfisher will open in Italy for the first time through a merger with local firm Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati (SASPI). The tie-up gifts Fieldfisher 170 fee-earners in the country....
View ArticleThe Lawyer Awards 2016: What to expect on the night
The Lawyer Awards on the 29 June is the biggest night of the year for the legal profession, gathering over 1,300 top in-house and private practice in an event to celebrate excellence across the...
View ArticleMoFo and Orrick lead on JD’s strategic alliance with Walmart
One of China’s largest e-commerce companies, JD.com, has formed a strategic alliance with Walmart, which will sell its online retail business Yihaodian to its Chinese ally. Orrick Herrington Sutcliffe...
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My Pride Story: ‘I’m a trans QC – I dreaded telling people but have had...
2 Temple Gardens’ Caroline Harrison QC concludes our ‘My Pride Story’ series with her experience of joining the Bar as Michael to taking silk as Caroline. What is your background? I was born and...
View ArticleSociété Générale’s Hainsworth: Why the relationship between legal and...
Ahead of The Lawyer’s In-house Financial Services conference on 5 July, speaker Antony Hainsworth, head of financial services regulation at Société Générale, talks about how competition,tech and the...
View ArticleAshurst partners with Axiom in new tech service for banks
Ashurst has teamed up with Axiom in a bid to support its financial clients in the first law firm partnership model to be announced by the technology provider. The partnership looks ahead to changes in...
View ArticleHungary’s Lakatos Koves raids Kinstellar for competition team
Independent Hungarian firm Lakatos Köves & Partners (LKT) has picked up a three-strong team from Central & Eastern European (CEE) firm Kinstellar to boost its corporate and competition...
View ArticleMercator to sell Intersport And Modiana
Recent news reports claim that Mercator is expected to sell its chains of sporting goods stores, Intersport and Modiana, by the end of July. This kind of activity would be the latest in a longer line...
View ArticleOgier remains top CISE listing agent
Ogier remains the leading sponsor of securities listed on the Channel Islands Securities Exchange, based on latest analysis. Ogier has sponsored just over a quarter of all listings on the CISE, well...
View ArticleStewarts Law travel team appointed APIL assessors
The Association of Personal Injury Lawyers has given special accreditation and appointed as assessors Stewarts Law’s Julian Chamberlayne, Scott Rigby and Christopher Deacon. The announcement came with...
View ArticleQuinn Emanuel launches £19bn class action against MasterCard
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is poised to launch a £19bn class action against MasterCard over anti-competitive credit card fees. The claim could become only the second of its kind ever to be...
View ArticleDAC Beachcroft reports marginal turnover rise as profit grows 9%
DAC Beachcroft has reported nominal turnover growth of 1.5 per cent last year, from £199m in 2014/15 to £202m, while profit before tax has increased by 9 per cent, from £32m to £35m during the 2015/16...
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Clifford Chance profit jumps 10% as PEP hits £1.23m
Clifford Chance saw global net profit grow by almost 10 per cent last year following an increased push towards efficiency in real estate and business services under managing partner Matthew Layton....
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