Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP announced today the release of its new Sutherland SALT Shaker app for iPhone and Android. The app alerts users to important state and local tax (SALT) developments and enables users to easily find specific, relevant and timely tax insights. The Sutherland SALT Shaker app was launched in the iTunes App […]
Norton Rose Fulbright has replaced Allen & Overy (A&O) on a criminal corruption trial after partners from the magic circle firm allegedly intefered with a witness. At a hearing of an ongoing corruption trial at Southwark Crown Court against Canadian-British businessman Victor Dahdaleh yesterday, the SFO alleged that A&O partners interfered with a prosecution witness and prevented […]
Former Norton Rose Fulbright Beijing head and long-serving real estate partner Peter Burrows has joined newly established Beijing firm DaHui Lawyers. Burrows has joined Beijing-based Chinese firm DaHui as senior consultant. He will work closely with the firm’s partners to shape the firm’s management, business and strategy, as well as improve internal control and compliance […]
Was this only a matter of time? The news that Ashurst global head of corporate Stephen Lloyd is quitting the firm comes in the wake of huge upheaval post its merger with Australian firm Blake Dawson. Critically that turbulence last week saw a new global board elected, one that had no place for Ashurst’s former […]
Follett Stock’s 30 remaining staff were made redundant at midday on Monday (4 November) when the firm was liquidated at a High Court hearing. All the firm’s lawyers were instantly dismissed after the compulsory liquidation following the firm’s failure to pay a six figure tax bill or find a suitor to buy it in a […]
A profession-wide vote of no confidence in the leadership of the Law Society would force the organisation’s top bureaucrat to consider his position, the chief executive acknowledged to The Lawyer today in an exclusive interview. Chancery Lane’s hierarchy faces intense pressure from criminal law specialist solicitors, who claim the society has failed to represent their […]
Ashurst global corporate head Stephen Lloyd has resigned from the firm’s partnership. Lloyd has held the post of corporate head at the firm since the role was first established in July 2010 as part of a wider corporate revamp. Prior to that, he was Ashurst’s London head of corporate. In July, Lloyd was appointed as […]
Legal process outsourcing (LPO) provider Exigent has expanded its traditional business model with the acquisition of Bangalore-based contract lifecycle technology company mLegal. Exigent claims the deal, which sees it add mLegal’s proprietary contract automation technology to its outsourcing offering, could result in cost savings for corporate legal departments of more than 50 per cent. Exigent […]
Dentons has lost its former Middle East head of dispute resolution and construction to Simmons & Simmons, just two months after losing its former Middle East arbitration head to SJ Berwin. Partner David Risbridger has been appointed to Simmons & Simmons’ dispute resolution and construction team in the Middle East will join the firm on 17 […]
CMS has launched an office in Istanbul, becoming the latest Western firm to establish a footprint in one of Europe’s fastest-growing economies. Partners Döne Yalçın and John Fitzpatrick are relocating to Istanbul to head up the new venture, which will also be staffed by a number of associates. The office will focus on project finance and […]
Clyde & Co has launched in China’s third city, Chongqing. However, other firms have found it a harder task to bulk up as the Chinese market can be challenging. You can read about their testing times by clicking on the links below. Clydes breaks new ground in China with Chongqing joint venture The China paradox […]
The University of Law (UoL) has boosted infrastructure investment tenfold since it was bought by a private equity house, figures from the institution’s first financial results since the sale was revealed. Ramped up capital spending on buildings and technology partially accounts for the university’s £7.7m loss lodged in statutory accounts at the end of this […]