How’s your year going so far, private practice? Some half-year figures are beginning to trickle out and so far the prognosis is definitely not gloomy. But then, these are the firms that are happy to talk about their figures.. Weightmans continues growth with 7 per cent increase at half-year mark Clydes, Macfarlanes and Gateley among […]
American media company CBS has appointed a new general counsel from Dell to suceed outgoing Louis Briskman. Larry Tu will take over from current senior executive vice president and chief legal officer Louis Briskman who retires at the end of the next month. Tu will take up the reins in January 2014 after nine years […]
The path to outsourcing is not a smooth one for banking giant Lloyds. In July The Lawyer revealed that the bank was looking to outsource its retail & wealth and asset finance litigation teams to a panel firm, a bombshell that saw the project hastily put on hold. But the review, known internally as Project […]
Bird & Bird has opened an office in Dubai, its second office in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) following an Abu Dhabi launch in 2011. The office will be led by corporate partner Anders Nilsson, who is understood to have acted for Nordic clients in the Middle East for a number of years. He has […]
Mayer Brown has continued to ramp up its London partnership with the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) employment partner Stefan Martin. The firm has made seven partner hires in London in less than two months, compared to five across the whole year in 2012. These new arrivals include White & Cases’s international corporate finance […]
Broseta is launching a Zurich office, in what is thought to be the first move by a Spanish firm into Switzerland. Partner Javier Morera will lead the new venture, which is designed to take advantage of the Swiss financial and wealth management industries. He will be accompanied by a senior associate when the office opens in […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices. Benelux Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed another former Brussels chief as co-head of its antitrust, competition and trade (ACT) practice (4 November 2013). Brussels-based competition chief David Broomhall took over on 1 November to lead the group with current co-head Martin […]
Rodoljub Šabid, the commissioner for information of public importance and personal data protection, said on 4 November 2013 that a procedure of supervision of operators of public communication networks and services has been initiated. In the first phase of the procedure, a questionnaire was sent to all 462 operators (this is their total number, according […]
King & Wood Mallesons and Latham & Watkins are among the firms that have landed roles in the $1.1bn IPO of Huishang Bank, the third Chinese bank to go public in Hong Kong in a month. King & Wood Mallesons, fielding Beijing corporate partners Yang Xiaolei and Su Zheng, acted as the bank’s PRC legal […]
On 6 November 2013, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), in an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR), requested comment on expanded protections for consumer debtors under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and the Dodd-Frank Act. The ANPR includes more than 150 questions related to a wide variety of debt collection topics. Responses […]
By Ludger Giesberts and Thilo Streit Germany’s most populous state has adopted a law, already in effect, allowing so-called group actions in cases involving animal protection. The new act (Gesetz über das Verbandsklagerecht und Mitwirkungsrechte für Tierschutzvereine) will remain in place at least until the end of 2017. Similar acts are already in place in […]
Allen & Overy has won two awards: the firm succeeded in the category of corporate law and was also named Law Firm of the Year 2013 for Best Client Service at the Czech Law Firm of the Year awards organised by EPRAVO.CZ. The winners’ list was put together by an independent panel of judges from […]