Debevoise honoured in three categories by Yale Law Women
Debevoise & Plimpton has been named one of the top five ‘Family Friendly Firms’ in New York by Yale Law Women (YLW) in its annual Family Friendly Firms survey. In addition, the firm finished in the...
View ArticleSpecsavers appoints Eversheds as preferred adviser in panel review
Specsavers has named Eversheds as its preferred legal provider following the retailer overhauling the way it works with law firms. Eversheds was appointed Specsavers’ preferred legal supplier for UK...
View ArticleWilliam Fry advises Innocoll Holdings on US$40.1m placing
William Fry has advised Innocoll Holdings, a specialty pharmaceutical and medical device company with late stage development programmes targeting areas of significant unmet medical need, in respect of...
View ArticleCovington raids KWM disputes team again
Covington & Burling has hired King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) disputes partner Greg Lascelles in London. The hire comes just over a year after the US firm took KWM litigation head Alex Leitch to...
View ArticleWilliam Fry advises Future Finance on funding round
William Fry advised Future Finance Loan Corporation, a Dublin company which provides loans to students in Europe using big data algorithms to assess their credit-worthiness, on their recent funding...
View ArticleWilliam Fry announces five new partners
William Fry Announces Five New Partners William Fry has announced the appointment and arrival of John O’Connor as a Partner in our Technology Department, as well as four new internal promotions to...
View ArticleWilliam Fry ranked most diverse firm in Ireland
William Fry is proud to be ranked as the most most Diverse Law Firm in Ireland, and 4th Most Diverse Law Firm in Europe by ‘The Lawyer 100, 2016’. The 2016 edition of the European 100 analyses...
View ArticleBinding alternatives to litigation
Jonathan Haydn-Williams gave a seminar on 7 July 2016 to the Association of Partnership Practitioners on “Binding Alternatives to Litigation”, namely Arbitration and Expert Determination. A copy of his...
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Associate conundrums: How to turn contacts into clients
You can have as many contacts as you like but if you are not turning them into clients all you have is is large pile of business cards on your desk given to you by people who don’t really know who you...
View ArticleDebevoise advises Alliant in Mesirow acquisition
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP is advising Alliant Insurance Services, the specialty insurance brokerage firm, in its acquisition of Chicago-based Mesirow Insurance Services (MIS). Alliant provides...
View ArticleBarnea participates in ‘Made in Lod’ boot camp
Barnea participated today in the “Made in Lod” Boot camp. Made in Lod is a social enterprise, tech, and small business accelerator directed by PresenTense and the Lod Young Adult Center. Adv. Yuval...
View ArticleShoosmiths to open Leeds office with Gordons team
Shoosmiths is launching its eleventh UK office in Leeds after picking up two employment lawyers from Yorkshire firm Gordons. Employment partner Simon Robinson and solicitor Phil Crowe have been brought...
View ArticleCravath elects M&A star Saeed as first female global boss
Cravath Swaine & Moore has elected M&A group co-head Faiza Saeed as its new presiding partner, the firm’s first female firm-wide leader in its 200-year history. Saeed, currently Cravath’s...
View ArticleWilliam Fry and KWM advises on AA Ireland sale
William Fry and King & Wood Malleson have advised vehicle breakdown company the AA on the sale of its Irish business and operations, AA Ireland, to US-Irish private equity fund Carlyle Cardinal...
View ArticleBVI Legal Profession Act: seminar
Dancia Penn QC, a former BVI Attorney General now heading the new regulatory body for the legal profession, has spoken at the first industry seminar on the Legal Profession Act, hosted by Ogier. The...
View ArticleFisheries investigation in the Falklands Islands
Oliver Powell, instructed by Pinsent Masons, appeared for Sulivan Shipping Services Ltd (‘the Charterer’) in one of the largest fisheries investigations ever undertaken in the Falkland Islands. Oliver...
View ArticleSchoenherr advises Mondi on acquisition of Turkish Kalenobel
Schoenherr has advised Mondi Group on the acquisition of 90 % of the outstanding share capital in Turkish Kalenobel for a consideration of around €90m on a debt-and-cash-free basis. The sellers were...
View ArticleFour integrations to make lawyers’ lives easier
We’ve been working hard the last few months to bring new features and integrations to our users in the UK and Europe. From client intake to intellectual property filings, and tracking every billable...
View ArticleShoosmiths to open new office in Leeds
As part of its strategy to take a larger share of the UK legal market, Shoosmiths is to open an office in Leeds. Two new partners have been announced as the first appointments to the new office, which...
View ArticleLiz Truss first female Lord Chancellor as Gove sacked
New Prime Minister Theresa May has named Liz Truss as her new Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary, sacking Michael Gove in the process. Truss became a Member of Parliament at the 2010 election,...
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