American Express general counsel Louise Parent has quit the credit card giant to join the New York office of Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton after 20 years in the job. Parent, who joined the business in 1977, announced her retirement from the role in April this year and is expected to join Cleary as of […]
DLA Piper has released the 25 November 2013 issue of its Health Alert, which focuses on judgments, legislation and reports in the health sector. If you are registered and logged in to the site, click on the link below to read the DLA Piper briefing. If not, please register or sign in with your details below.
Walker Morris’s public sector team and renewables, energy and resources group will be at the LGG Annual Governance Conference 2013, held at County Hall, London, on 26–28 November 2013. Walker Morris’s teams will be available to discuss general local government issues or renewables and the ‘green’ agenda. Consultant Stephen Cirell is speaking at Plenary Session […]
The full hearing into the judicial review (JR) over the remains of Richard III has been postponed until the New Year, after the High Court decided there was too much to be heard in a single day. Lady Justice Hallett and Mr Justices Ouseley and Haddon-Cave were scheduled to hear the case today (Tuesday 26 […]
With the Renewables Obligation (RO) scheme of support for new schemes to be phased out by 31 March 2017 and the replacement Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme coming into effect next year, there will be a period of time in which developers will have a choice of which scheme to seek support under. As more […]
Anglia Retirement Homes has been acquired by Ravelstone Care Homes — a company backed by August Equity Partners III and its new management team. Specialists from Shoosmiths’ commercial real-estate team, which includes planning and construction, provided advice on the property elements of the deal. August Equity’s team was led by private equity specialist partner Emma […]
Osborne Clarke partners have elected Andrew Saul as the firm’s new senior partner, taking over from Tim Birt who has held the position since 2006. Birt will step down at the end of the year having come to the end of his second, and therefore final, term as Osborne Clarke’s senior partner. He will remain […]
For the second year, the Leicestershire Law Society held the Schools Court Competition on 16 November 2013. The competition, sponsored by No5 Chambers, involved students from eight schools. No5 Chambers sponsored the prize of Best Court Official, which was won by Semilore Adabay from St Paul’s School. The competition, which took place at Leicester Crown […]
Planning expert Jeremy Cahill QC of No5 Chambers has secured victory for his client Barwood Strategic Land II and Mr and Mrs Skipper in an appeal against East Staffordshire Borough Council. Cahill QC is head of the planning and environment group at No5 Chambers. He was instructed by Bird Wilford & Sale. East Staffordshire Borough […]
Eversheds has commented on the announcement that China and the European Union will begin talks on a landmark treaty aimed at boosting investment. Stephen Kitts, Asia managing partner at Eversheds, said: ‘This is another example of China and Europe recognising that there is mutual benefit to clearing away some historic baggage to facilitate a more […]
Eversheds has commented on new guidelines from the Chinese Ministry of Commerce designed to boost e-commerce in the country. Nigel Stamp, partner and head of the Asia technology group at Eversheds, said: ‘The announcement that China’s Ministry of Commerce has released new guidelines that are designed to boost spending in its e-commerce sector is hardly […]
The Bank of Ireland has hired John Bennett as general counsel to its UK subsidiary, succeeding Jan Karpinsky who retired earlier this year. Bennett, who formerly worked as transactional head of legal for the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS’) wholesale division, now reports to the Bank of Ireland’s group legal services head Gabrielle Ryan. The […]