No5 Chambers employment barrister Mugni Islam-Choudhury will present part of a seminar hosted by Birmingham Law Society on effective employment tribunal advocacy, to be held on 9 October at Shoosmiths in Birmingham. The seminar will be split into two parts. First, judge Colin Goodier will give some tips on ‘dos and don’ts’ in an employment […]
Eversheds partner Stephen Hill has commented on the proposed AIM listing of Enecsys. He said: ‘With the UK solar market expanding greatly but also re-focusing to commercial and small-scale projects, the time for innovative component parts is now. There are great opportunities for companies that can raise money quickly and capitalise on the opportunities in […]
The impending merger of Bingham and Morgan Lewis continued to keep tongues wagging this week, with the news that Akin Gump was to take Bingham’s London office. The city has been full of chatter about the outcome of the tie-up with speculation rife that Bingham London managing partner James Roome was to take his whole […]
Karanovic & Nikolic, in a bid to continue to support contemporary Serbian art and artists, presented a selection of contemporary works of art to select clients and friends on 4 September 2014 at its Belgrade office. The selection is on display in the conference facilities of the firm and will remain there for for the […]
The universal government of the Catholic Church, the Holy See, appeared in an English court for the first time in history today before Mr Justice Knowles, in a sweltering courtroom on the hottest day of the year so far. This case is one of The Lawyer‘s Top 20 of 2024. From the halls of the Vatican […]
Kirkland & Ellis and White & Case have taken leading roles on KKR’s €1.3bn (£1.1bn) purchase of Superstruct Entertainment from Providence Equity Partners. The Kirkland team leading for KKR was steered by corporate partners Alvaro Membrillera and Pelin Demirdere Eski, with the support of associates Jef Dupont, Sophie Thomas and Bonian Wu. Debt finance aspects […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has prepared the groundwork for its first $20m partner lateral hire, if it “can find that special person”, The Lawyer can reveal. The move comes as Cleary looks to build on an unprecedented growth spurt in the City over the past few years, which has seen partner headcount increase by […]
Pinsent Masons is acting for England’s largest winemaker on a potential sale that could see the company de-list from the alternative investment market (AIM) less than a year after its float. Chapel Down Group, the official English sparkling wine sponsor of Ascot Racecourse, is conducting a strategic review of its funding options including a potential […]
Climate activists rallied outside Linklaters’ London office yesterday to put pressure on the firm for its involvement in enabling fossil fuel transactions. The group, known as Lawyers Are Responsible, created placards highlighting the billions of dollars in fossil fuel transactions that Linklaters had allegedly facilitated since 2019 until 2023, questioning the firm about its role […]
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Power is largely siloed. When we look at the top 25 firms in The Lawyer’s UK200, partners drawn from the practices most identifiable with the firm’s culture almost always end up in the managing partner spot. There are two exceptions in Slaughters’ Deborah Finkler (disputes) and Pinsents’ Laura Cameron (health/safety), but firms have largely stuck […]
Every year we bid goodbye to famous old names from Britain’s legal scene. Whether by merger or misadventure in the last few years the likes of BLM, Coffin Mew, Ince, RadcliffesLeBrasseur and Taylor Vinters have made graceful or not-so-graceful exits from the ranks of the UK200. But every mighty tree that falls in the forest […]
If everyone puts their feet up for the rest of the year, Paul Weiss will feature above Covington, Morgan Lewis and Cleary Gottlieb in The Lawyer’s next iteration of its US 50 rankings based on headcount. That’s based on Paul Weiss’ current list of London lawyers, which numbers 117 when including some partners who are […]
Dentons may have already found its next generation of leaders, even if the hunt for its next global chief executive is taking an age. The development of the firm’s first shadow executive shows Dentons is keen to forge closer ties between management and the junior ranks. It is a fundamental recognition that Gen Z and […]
Roughly 40 per cent of the earth’s population have already been through, or are set to go through, general elections in their country at some point this year. We were expecting them in India, the UK and the US, among many others, but France didn’t have anything of the sort booked in. The success of […]
The universal government of the Catholic Church, the Holy See, appeared in an English court for the first time in history today before Mr Justice Knowles, in a sweltering courtroom on the hottest day of the year so far. This case is one of The Lawyer‘s Top 20 of 2024. From the halls of the Vatican […]
Kirkland & Ellis and White & Case have taken leading roles on KKR’s €1.3bn (£1.1bn) purchase of Superstruct Entertainment from Providence Equity Partners. The Kirkland team leading for KKR was steered by corporate partners Alvaro Membrillera and Pelin Demirdere Eski, with the support of associates Jef Dupont, Sophie Thomas and Bonian Wu. Debt finance aspects […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has prepared the groundwork for its first $20m partner lateral hire, if it “can find that special person”, The Lawyer can reveal. The move comes as Cleary looks to build on an unprecedented growth spurt in the City over the past few years, which has seen partner headcount increase by […]
Pinsent Masons is acting for England’s largest winemaker on a potential sale that could see the company de-list from the alternative investment market (AIM) less than a year after its float. Chapel Down Group, the official English sparkling wine sponsor of Ascot Racecourse, is conducting a strategic review of its funding options including a potential […]
Climate activists rallied outside Linklaters’ London office yesterday to put pressure on the firm for its involvement in enabling fossil fuel transactions. The group, known as Lawyers Are Responsible, created placards highlighting the billions of dollars in fossil fuel transactions that Linklaters had allegedly facilitated since 2019 until 2023, questioning the firm about its role […]