David Foster (pictured right), former senior partner of Newcastle firm Watson Burton, has been elected president of the Newcastle-Upon-Tyne Law Society. The new vice-president is Iain Nicholson, senior partner of Iain Nicholson & Co in Ponteland. He is also a director and treasurer of the Association of Solicitor Investment Managers.
Issuer and arraranger:never the twain shall meet
Advising on the issue and trade of debt such as medium term notes and bonds is an increasingly lucrative part of the business of UK law firms Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Linklaters & Paines. In the US the different parties to these deals always each instruct their own law firm. But in Europe, […]