Clifford Chance partner next in line for Takeover Panel role
Clifford Chance partner James Bole has been named as the new secretary of the Takeover Panel, having made partner just two months ago.
Clifford Chance partner James Bole has been named as the new secretary of the Takeover Panel, having made partner just two months ago.
Clifford Chance and Blackstone Chambers have argued that a buy-out order is the best way to resolve the ownership dispute in the Blackpool FC legal battle.
CMS has become the latest global firm to open in Monaco, following last year’s launch by Norton Rose Fulbright.
In a year of high-profile financial litigation, investigations and conduct were two of the top issues on the agenda at The Lawyer’s in-house financial services conference in London.
Reed Smith has advised Jefferies International in the firm’s first major refinancing deal through its ex-King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) team.
The Supreme Court has overturned a High Court and Court of Appeal decision in a long-running patent case between pharma giants Actavis and Eli Lilly.
The owner of the property website OnTheMarket has secured a victory in the Competition Appeal Tribunal after it ruled that a Cheshire-based estate agent breached its contract when it advertised its properties on rival websites Zoopla and Rightmove.
The SRA is investigating Clifford Chance over a controversial litigation funding deal relating to the long-running $1.5bn Excalibur dispute, causing the firm to hire Clyde & Co to act in its defence.
Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) average profit per equity partner has dropped nearly 8 per cent to £630,000.
Macfarlanes’ average profit per equity partner (PEP) has risen nearly 8 per cent, although the figure still falls behind the firm’s record high of £1.5m two years ago.
Weightmans has recorded a 21 per cent rise in profits as turnover remained static at £95m for the second year in a row, 2016/17 financial results show.
The Land Registry is starting to recruit for a new legal head and has changed the title of the role to put more weight on the job.