Name: Louise Bloomfield Organisation: DAC Beachcroft Role: Partner Based: Leeds Trained at: Eversheds Year qualified: 2004 What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? A vivid memory was the time I went to a turkey abattoir to take a witness statement, but the best memory of my training contract was the time I spent […]
Back in January, The Lawyer revealed its top 20 cases of 2023, which featured several high-profile disputes that will be playing out in court this year. But for those who are not willing to throw in the towel just yet, there will be plenty of lawsuits heading to the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court […]
Mega fraud, collapsing companies, and turbulent fallouts. This year, The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases feature a number of long-running disputes that will finally get their day in the sun, several lawsuits involving high-profile individuals, and insolvencies that have caused a tumultuous fallout. At long last, the “tuna bonds” case is set to have its day in […]
I am head of legal and chief of staff at Anergi Group, one of the largest power developers and operators in sub-Saharan Africa. Prior to joining Anergi Group, I was an international transactional lawyer at Slaughter and May (London), Aluko & Oyebode (Lagos), Linklaters (London) and Dentons (London) respectively. I grew up in Nigeria and […]
Far from being a complete return to normal, law firms across the country opened their doors a little more this month. How have they been preparing and what can staff expect from their old offices? Slaughter and May Slaughters has been less touchy-feely and more prescriptive than most other firms, telling staff to be in […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is offering staff allowances to eat out once a week with colleagues, in a bid to help them reconnect after 18 months of remote working. Employees across the firm’s European offices — from trainees and associates to partners and professional support staff — are entitled to claim up to £45 […]
“You could be the most experienced technical lawyer in the world, but if the business are not engaging with you, you are not reducing risk.”
Name: Ciaran Boyle Organisation: First Quantum Minerals Role: Manager – Legal Trained at: Dentons Year qualified: 2011 Read his Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? I vividly remember being somewhat bemused (terrified) when in my first few days as a trainee a partner in the financial regulation team seemed […]
Name: Emily Reid Organisation: Hogan Lovells Role: Partner Year qualified: 1984 Read her Hot 100 profile What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? Probably the completion meeting I attended to close a bond issue when one of the bankers asked me if I’d like to perform a ‘floor show’. The documents had been […]
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Turing’s Law, enacted in 2017, granted a symbolic and long-awaited posthumous pardon to thousands of deceased gay and bisexual men who were convicted or cautioned for certain abolished sex offences in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, the legislation does not go far enough to right the wrongs inflicted on thousands of men in the […]
“My careers adviser said I was “aiming too high” when I told her I wanted a career in law”, says DWF’s Bijal Patel