Campaigners for a change of Law Society leadership have lambasted the solicitors’ representation body for “trying to bury bad news” in its handling of a no confidence vote. The society announced via Twitter yesterday that the petition would be heard at a special general meeting on 17 December at its London headquarters in Chancery Lane. […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within firms and offices in the Asia Pacific region. Australia Gilbert + Tobin has hired commercial litigator Janet Whiting as a partner to lead its litigation practice in Melbourne. Whiting joins from Corrs Chambers Westigarth’s Melbourne office where she led the litigation team. Her practice has a […]
HBJ Gateley has added a partner to its litigation team in Edinburgh through the appointment of former Paull & Willamsons head of litigation, Gordon Steele. Steele, who was at Paull & Williamsons’ Aberdeen office for 17 years, left in November 2012, ahead of the firm’s merger with Burness in December last year (9 October 2012). […]
In response to calls from the pharmaceutical industry that the number of medicines being blocked from the UK market by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) is too high, Simon Crossley, partner and head of life sciences at Eversheds, has commented. Crossley said that with UK government austerity measures showing no signs […]
Bristol-based firm Lyons Davidson expects to make 50 redundancies despite securing a number of recent high-profile alternative business structure (ABS) tie-ups. The firm said the redundancies are thanks to changes in the civil litigation system, suggesting that the reforms introduced by Lord Justice Jackson are responsible for the cuts. Managing partner Mark Savill said in […]
Wragges has been on a hunt for a London merger since 2009 when Lawrence Graham was one of four firms on its hit list, so why now? Wragge & Co has had its eye on Lawrence Graham (LG) since 2009 when it was looking to invest £20m of reserved cash. At the time department heads […]
The fracking debate has caused an almighty rumpus in the UK, with everyone from Yoko Ono to the Church of England piping up on the issue. While the fate of our energy sources is by no means sealed, one of last week’s biggest deals demonstrates a crucial point: the energy giants are coming, and they […]
It is a little more than a year since Lawrence Graham called off merger talks with Field Fisher Waterhouse, but the firm is back at it, this morning telling partners of top-level merger discussions with Wragge & Co. Combined the pair would create a £170m firm, but as any lawyer that has seen merger activity […]
DLA Piper has represented Horizon Healthcare Services in the dismissal of a suit by the Association of New Jersey Chiropractors and two individual chiropractors, which was recently upheld by a New Jersey appellate court. Plaintiffs alleged that Horizon’s privileging policy, which limits the types of services it will reimburse, violated a New Jersey law requiring […]
Lawyers from DLA Piper in Kyiv have contributed to the World Bank’s 2014 Doing Business report, looking at the local market in Ukraine. Published annually since 2003, the report provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 189 economies. In this year’s report, Galyna Zagorodniuk provided updates on legislation surrounding business start-ups, alongside employment […]
Eversheds has advised workforce payment solutions provider FleetCor Technologies on the acquisition of Epyx, a technology solutions provider to the fleet sector, from HgCapital. Epyx provides an internet-based system and vehicle repair network to fleet operators in the UK. The company services approximately 9,000 garages and automates vehicle maintenance and repair needs. The Eversheds team […]
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