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The Lawyer Eats: The Modern Pantry, EC2
Never a great sign, Monday lunchtime and about four tables occupied. Not when it’s a space as large as this cavernous room, which must surely have been a banking hall in a former life. I’d been...
View ArticleWithers revenue soars 21 per cent as PEP falls again
Withers has seen revenue grow 21 per cent over 2015/16 alongside a 16 per cent drop in average profit per equity partner (PEP). Turnover at the firm soared from £134m to £161.5m after the firm expanded...
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Hogan Lovells energy finance team defects to Jones Day in Singapore
Three Hogan Lovells energy and project finance partners and two associates have defected to Jones Day in Singapore. James Harris, Bruce Schulberg, Alex Cull, Julien Reidy and Kanyi Lui will all join...
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Planning for the post-Brexit legal world
On the morning of June 24th this year everything changed. Despite many predictions to the contrary, the people of Britain voted decisively to leave the European Union, and the political and economic...
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Germany: Bonn appetites
At The Lawyer’s 2016 European Awards, Flick Gocke Schaumburg (FGS) took the title of German law firm of the year, fighting off stiff competition from the likes of Gleiss Lutz, Hengeler Mueller and 2015...
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Ask the experts: What your clients need to know about e-discovery
Q: How would you characterise current sentiment and appetite among your clients for using the latest technology when it comes to e-discovery? James Levy, partner, Ashurst: This varies significantly...
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My career story: “I’m a lawyer turned novelist”
Alex Wade trained at Carter-Ruck and had a series of jobs in media law before a personal crisis changed his life. He continues to do legal work for newspapers from his base in Cornwall, but is also now...
View ArticleLaw firm leaders: How we can make the most of Brexit
Leading law firm bosses think opportunities can be gained from Brexit, despite admitting that lingering uncertainties continue to affect the UK’s commercial legal market one month after the referendum....
View ArticleCourt dismisses breach of good faith duty in commercial agency contract
Alexander Brown and Stephanie Wood (instructed by Blocks Solicitors) acted for the Defendant, Largo Foods, in successfully defending claims arising out of a commercial agency contract. The claimants...
View ArticleLinklaters and Olswang named as MPs criticise “all culpable” BHS advisers
Linklaters and Olswang are among the advisers that “are all culpable” for the collapse of BHS, according to a report published by MPs today (25 July). The findings follow weeks of hearings run by the...
View ArticleAxiom-BT commercial contract deal renewed
NEW YORK & LONDON Axiom, the provider of technology-enabled legal and contracting services, has announced a Managed Services deal extension with BT, one of the world’s leading communications...
View ArticleKhaitan advises managers on HT issuance
Khaitan & Co advised the Joint lead managers – Deutsche Bank AG, Singapore; Standard Chartered Bank; ING Bank NV, Singapore and UBS AG, Singapore- in relation to issue of USD denominated 7% senior...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Cypress on Broadcom buy
Khaitan & Co advised Cypress Semiconductor Corporation (“Cypress”) on the India leg of its global level purchase of the entire IoT assets of Broadcom Corporation, USA (Broadcom) for $550m. The...
View ArticleKhaitan advises Wockhardt on $250m loan facility
Khaitan & Co advised Wockhardt Limited (Guarantor) and its Swiss subsidiary, Wockhardt Bio AG in relation to a $250m syndicated term loan facility availed from IDBI Bank Limited and Export Import...
View ArticleHFW profits rebound with 11 per cent jump to £42m
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has reported a strong year for net profit, which increased by 11 per cent to £42.1m in 2015/16. Average profit per equity partner (PEP) also grew last year although it still...
View ArticleShearman & Sterling bank account linked to stolen Malaysian $1bn
Shearman & Sterling has become unwittingly caught up in the middle of the largest ever asset seizure by the US Department of Justice’s anti-corruption unit. Funds transferred to the law firm’s bank...
View ArticleBack from maternity: Five common challenges and how to overcome them
The job, the team and the clients may all be the same, but most female lawyers who I talk to on their return to work tell me that it’s the new challenges they face which can make it harder than they...
View ArticleThe Lawyer Awards Case Study – introduction
The Lawyer Awards, in association with Travelers, 2016: What innovation looks like What are winners made of? The Lawyer Awards 2016 cohort proves that private practice and in-house teams can achieve...
View ArticleBurness Paull’s Rodney: Is Brexit good for Scotland?
According to reports, Prime Minister Theresa May has told First Minister Nicola Sturgeon that she is “willing to listen to options” on Scotland’s future relationship with the European Union. With only...
View ArticleSchoenherr advises investor on acquisition in Prague
Schoenherr Prague has advised an Austrian real estate investor on the recent acquisition of two multifunctional buildings at Revoluční 1 and 3 in the historic centre of Prague, from Irish company...
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