Civil justice reforms – don’t panic; ruling boosts employers in sex bias cases; and South Africa falls out of love with international arbitration When Rupert Jackson – otherwise known as Lord Justice Jackson – unveiled his reforms of the Civil Procedure Rules, tremors pulsated across the legal world as fears mounted that litigation would never […]
Allen & Overy has advised Husky Injection Molding Systems on its acquisition of Schöttli Group. The sale is expected to close in early December. Financial details have not been disclosed. Husky Injection Molding Systems is a supplier of injection-moulding equipment and services to the plastics industry. Schöttli Group specialises in medical and closure mould making […]
To a full house and rapt audience of 500 attendees at the Eastern District of Texas Bench Bar Conference in Plano, federal circuit chief Judge Randall R Rader last week delivered a persuasive and impassioned patent law update. Urging legislative restraint and caution in enacting new legislation, Judge Rader emphasised judicial competence and capability to address and […]
Brecher managing partner Nicky Richmond finds her tastebuds tickled at Little Social. I had done some free work. Don’t look so shocked. You know how it is. Sometimes it’s a bit of legit pro-bono, sometimes inadvertent (I’m not paying THAT) and sometimes it falls under the heading of “good for the relationship”. Hmm. Having sorted […]
Pamela Thompson, partner and head of the financial services team at Eversheds, has been named as one of the 100 most influential women by Financial News in its 2013 list. FN100 Women is the magazine’s editorial pick of the most influential female executives working in European financial markets. This year’s FN100 Women focuses on those […]
The Hong Kong office of Eversheds has advised Eagle Ride Investments, a subsidiary of APAC Investment Holdings, on the HKD270m (£22m) public takeover bid for shares of Radford Capital Investment, which is listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Eagle Ride is a special-purpose vehicle wholly owned by APAC, whose principal […]
Burness Paull has added two lawyers to its pensions team in Glasgow from local rivals Brodies as the firm continues to grow. Martha Quinn joins as a consultant from Brodies, where she was a partner from 2009. Quinn trained in Scotland before going to the City, working for Berwin Leighton Paisner, legacy Norton Rose and […]
Ahead of a public hearing that saw the respective heads of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ face questions from a panel of MPs on issues of UK security and cyber threats, Paula Barrett, partner and international head of privacy and information law at Eversheds, commented. Barrett said that the revelations from Snowden continue to have ‘a […]
Just seven firms have won places on the London Boroughs Legal Alliance (LBLA) panel after the framework completed a major slimming-down of its legal roster. Ashfords, Sharpe Pritchard and TLT are set to benefit the most from the revamped list, with the three firms instructed to advise on both sides of the two-pronged panel – […]
By Nabila Mallick Dress codes in the workplace are not uncommon. Most employers have a certain standard of dress in the workplace, whether enforced through contractual terms or through customary practices. More recently, we have seen informal advice given by senior solicitors to new female recruits at Berwin Leighton. The advice was addressed specifically at […]
Argentina has agreed a settlement relating to five investment treaty arbitration awards, made between 2005 and 2008, pursuant to which it was ordered to pay a total of more than $450m (£280m) plus interest. The settlement involves the transfer of previously issued sovereign bonds to the award creditors in return for the discontinuance of all […]
DLA Piper has announced that, together with CMS Cameron McKenna, it has won the TrustLaw Collaboration Award for its work with the Anti-Domestic Violence Network/Beijing Fanbao (China), supporting advocacy for anti-domestic violence legislation in China. The TrustLaw Connect Awards celebrate pro bono projects undertaken by legal teams with high-impact organisations around the world. DLA Piper and CMS Cameron McKenna […]