Structural steel firm Severfield-Rowen, which provided steel for London’s Shard building and the 2012 Olympic stadium, has appointed its first in-house lawyer in the shape of former Pinsent Masons partner Mark Sanderson. Sanderson took up the newly-created role of group head of legal last month, an announcement that came weeks after Severfield hired new chief executive […]
Devereux Chambers is considering whether to implement an administrative overhaul after chief executive Beverly Landais tendered her resignation. Landais joined chambers in 2009 as its first chief executive as the set embarked on a period of change (21 May 2009). She was brought in from Baker & McKenzie where she was director of marketing and […]
Freshfields CEO Ted Burke is stepping down from the firm in order to join a client. During his eight-year tenure the firm went through a bruising partnership restructure to emerge one of the fittest of the magic circle. For more on Burke’s career, read the links below. Freshfields’ election: the more things change, the more […]
Field Fisher Waterhouse of counsel Thierry van Innis has quit the firm to launch a IP boutique with a former colleague from Allen & Overy (A&O). Van Innis has teamed up with A&O senior associate Dieter Delarue to launch Van Innis & Delarue, which will have offices in Antwerp and Brussels. A&O associate Heidi Waem […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer managing partner Ted Burke is planning to stand down in the first quarter of 2014 to take up a general counsel position of Boston private equity firm Arclight Capital Partners. Here we look back at his time at the top. 1998 Burke joins Freshfields from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy 20 December […]
Trainee quadriplegic lawyer Matt King, who was awarded an OBE for services to disability and charity in 2012, is challenging London Marathon organisers over their refusal to allow him entry to the 2013 event because he needs to use a motorised vehicle. Stewarts Law trainee King, who was the first quadriplegic to finish the New […]
In Financial Conduct Authority v David Hobbs [2013] EWCA Civ 918, the Court of Appeal decided to remit to the Upper Tribunal the question of whether a prohibition order should be imposed on a trader in light of the findings made by the Upper Tribunal regarding his conduct during the Financial Services Authority’s (FSA’s) investigation […]
In overturning an earlier Court of Appeal decision (reported in the March 2012 Litigation Review), in Albert John Martin Abela & ors v Ahmad Baadarani & anr, the Supreme Court has confirmed a more pragmatic, modern and claimant-friendly approach to the circumstances in which the courts will grant an order for alternative service. The decision […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided Bermuda legal advice to Tsakos Energy Navigation (TEN) on its public offering of up to $50m (£31m) of 8–7/8 per cent Series C cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred shares. TEN — a Bermuda-incorporated product, crude and LNG tank operator — intends to list the preferred shares on the New York Stock Exchange. […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman’s London office, in partnership with Lex Mundi, has hosted a roundtable discussion on the subject of gender diversity in the boardroom. Sheba Raza, counsel in Conyers’ London office, moderated a debate on the comparative merits of quota legislation, compliance with corporate governance codes and self-regulation by the international business community. More […]
Walker Morris has acted for Westhouse Securities, as nomad and broker, in connection with the placing and open offer by @UK to raise approximately £5.3m. Richard Naish and Rebecca Whitehouse, both from Walker Morris’s corporate group, advised Westhouse Securities.
DLA Piper has advised WANdisco on a £19m placing, issuing two million shares to capitalise on growth opportunities, especially in ‘big data’. DLA Piper previously advised WANdisco on its fundraising on London’s AIM market in the first UK initial public offering of an open-source software company, raising £15m. The DLA Piper team acting on the transaction was […]