Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) has won one of its biggest roles yet for Nintendo, landing a lead role advising on the launch of its UK online retail store. Nintendo was already a client of the firm, with Palo-Alto based partner Phil Lee holding the relationship. The firm’s London office is understood to have done an […]
Middle East firm Al Tamimi & Company has launched its thirteenth office, opening in Oman with the hire of a Dentons lawyer. Al Tamimi is the third new entrant to Oman this year, following the arrival of Addleshaw Goddard (15 January 2013) and Duane Morris (27 March 2013). The firm is establishing itself in the […]
New York-based Herzfeld Rubin Meyer & Rose (HRMR) has become the latest US firm to establish a presence in Myanmar. HRMR was granted a license to open a law office in Yangon, which, the firm claims, makes it the first US investor in the professional services industry to take full ownership investment in the jurisdiction […]
Confidentiality is the cornerstone of the legal profession, and information security should be at the top of any lawyer’s agenda. This week The Lawyer publishes an edition dedicated to the issue of cyber security. Read what the security experts have to say about the vulnerability of law firms – and then do something about it. […]
Public sector procurement is a hugely important source of income for many businesses – particularly in China. In 2012, government procurement across China was worth RMB1.4trn (£142bn), accounting for 11 per cent of China’s fiscal expenditure. But until recently, law firms were not a major beneficiary of China’s public spending. Last week’s news about the […]
Japan’s largest bank, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (BTMU), is in the closing stages of establishing its first ever UK legal panel. BTMU was born of a merger between the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi and UFJ Bank in 2006, and serves as the core retail and commercial banking arm of the Mitsubishi UFJ Group. The bank […]
Squire Sanders has signed an association agreement with eight-partner Ukrainian firm Salkom, boosting its presence in the country. The US firm is one of a handful of international firms to have a presence in Ukraine. Rivals with their own offices on the ground include Baker & McKenzie, Clifford Chance, CMS, Dentons and DLA Piper. The […]
Iberian giant Garrigues is bolting on Colombian firm Zarama y Asociados to launch its own office in the South American country. Zarama founder Fernando Zarama and fellow partner Camilo Zarama will both join Garrigues as partners, bringing with them six other lawyers. The move follows Garrigues’ decision to pull out of its Latin American alliance […]
PA Group, the parent company of the UK Press Association, has named The Economist’s senior legal counsel Stephen Godsell as group general counsel. Godsell joined The Economist from Clifford Chance in 2007 and will manage all of PA Group’s legal and company secretarial matters in his new role. It is understood that he is replacing […]
The Hong Kong High Court has refused to throw out insider trading claims against a former Slaughter and May lawyer and her boyfriend, an ex-Linklaters lawyer. The Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) allege that the pair colluded with family to use inside information to trade shares, making a total profit of HK$2.9m (£232,000) […]
This week The Lawyer focuses on the storm that’s brewing for firms that underestimate the risk posed to their businesses by cyber security breaches. As we report today, one City law firm has already had to learn the hard way after an attack on its software. For those unconvinced that the risk is no greater […]
Ukrainian firm Sayenko Kharenko is launching a representative office in London at the same time as developing a standalone government relations practice. The London office will be headed by Ukrainian-qualified lawyer Iryna Nagayets, who has joined Sayenko Kharenko as a counsel from Baker & McKenzie, where she was a senior associate. Nagayets specialises in capital […]