This week on The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker, we inspect the art law practice at Mishcon de Reya as a team of hybrid lawyers battle litigation, disputes and everything in between. The market: Art law is as cosy a market as it is discreet. While even Caravaggio would have done deals and dealt with disputes in the 16th century, the art […]
Welcome to your last edition of The Hearing for October. A judgment concerning an $11bn arbitral award from Commercial Court Judge Sir Robin Knowles CBE has left many London disputes lawyers reeling this week. That amount of money would leave most people reeling, to be fair, but it’s the implications for the legal profession that […]
Law firms in the hotseat once again A raft of claims have mounted against several law firms in the past week, including suits against solicitors and barristers and those regarding professional negligence against Wiggin, Keystone, Fox Williams, Setfords and JMW. Banner Universal Motion Pictures (BUMP), an independent TV, film and entertainment company, filed a claim […]
Venice interest rate swaps case heads to Court of Appeal The case against the Municipality of Venice brought by two Italian banks regarding interest rate swaps starts on Tuesday 24 October for four days in the Court of Appeal. The High Court action was the latest in a long line of cases in which Italian […]
This week on The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker, we inspect the art law practice at Mishcon de Reya as a team of hybrid lawyers battle litigation, disputes and everything in between. The market: Art law is as cosy a market as it is discreet. While even Caravaggio would have done deals and dealt with disputes in the 16th century, the art […]
Welcome to your last edition of The Hearing for October. A judgment concerning an $11bn arbitral award from Commercial Court Judge Sir Robin Knowles CBE has left many London disputes lawyers reeling this week. That amount of money would leave most people reeling, to be fair, but it’s the implications for the legal profession that […]
Law firms in the hotseat once again A raft of claims have mounted against several law firms in the past week, including suits against solicitors and barristers and those regarding professional negligence against Wiggin, Keystone, Fox Williams, Setfords and JMW. Banner Universal Motion Pictures (BUMP), an independent TV, film and entertainment company, filed a claim […]
Venice interest rate swaps case heads to Court of Appeal The case against the Municipality of Venice brought by two Italian banks regarding interest rate swaps starts on Tuesday 24 October for four days in the Court of Appeal. The High Court action was the latest in a long line of cases in which Italian […]
This week on The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker, we explore the “future disputes” group at Allen & Overy as a team of litigators focus on disputes that might arise from space exploration and satellite use. The market: As early as the 1950s, satellites have been launched to provide us with information about the weather and climate change, to […]
“I’ve seen the future, and it’s porn, sharks and Nazis.” Twitter hadn’t even been founded at the time, but the above quote from the niche 2005 sitcom Bromwell High turned out to be unintendedly prophetic when considering the journey of one of the planet’s largest social media companies. Once ‘the world’s town square’, Twitter, latterly […]
One of Europe’s most enduring rumours is about Simpson Thacher & Bartlett opening in Luxembourg. It is one of the jurisdiction’s key referrers of work for the local Luxembourg players, meaning there is an amount of paranoia among them about what would happen if Simpson Thacher decided to open its own office there. The idea […]
Which is the best personal injury firm in the country? Irwin Mitchell, perhaps? Maybe Leigh Day, or Slater & Gordon? Wrong, wrong, wrong. The answer in fact is Cheshire six-lawyer outfit Gavin Edmondson Solicitors, which according to the website reviewsolicitors.co.uk scores better than almost 2,500 PI firms across the country for its quality. What about […]
Cash piles rose during the pandemic, but the latest year-end shows a turnaround. Across the UK 200, debt levels are increasing, and those precious cash reserves are being eroded by a tide of rising costs. This evidence suggests the trend is most prominent among firms that occupy the mid-tier; these firms are spending big as […]
Who says UK firms are getting left behind in the global legal market? Whoever it is should take a look at the top end of this year’s UK 200, which later this month highlights that for the first time ever, all four magic circle firms have a turnover of more than £2bn (though it’s worth […]
Slaughter and May is advising longtime client Segro on the property investment company’s purchase of Tritax Eurobox. Corporate partners David Johnson and Sally Wokes are leading for the London-listed warehouse heavyweight, Segro. Meanwhile, the target Tritax is being advised by Ashurst. Corporate partners Karen Davies and Simon Bullock are at the helm of the team, […]
Latham & Watkins has appointed a new managing partner for its London office to succeed Stephen Kensell after four years at the helm. Ed Barnett will take charge effective immediately, with Kensell due to retire at the end of the year. Barnett is a corporate partner at Latham and has been with the firm since […]
Newly-qualified solicitors at Slaughter and May are officially joining the £150,000 pay club after the firm brought its pay review forward. The firm had previously stated it would hold its pay rate at £125,000 until at least November this year. The new salary took effect on 1 September, putting the firm in line with Freshfields […]
Five UK 200 firms posted a total turnover in excess of £2bn in 2023/24, while one topped £3bn for the first time in a year when both revenue and profit grew significantly. The top 50 firms ranked by global revenue generated a total £33.4bn last year, up by 8.4 per cent on the previous year. […]
Private equity house TDR Capital has promoted Emma Gilks to the top general counsel role after David Holdsworth returned to private practice last month. Gilks has been at TDR Capital since 2015 when she joined as a legal counsel from Reed Smith. Having qualified at Reed Smith in 2012, Gilks worked in the firm’s corporate […]