DLA Piper has announced that Victoria Lee, a partner in the firm’s Silicon Valley office, has been named on The Recorder’s list of ‘Women Leaders in Tech Law’. The Recorder recognised 50 female lawyers who are heavily involved in complex legal matters faced by prominent technology companies. The publication highlighted Lee’s work in developing and implementing […]
DLA Piper has appointed former Italian country managing partner Federico Sutti as managing director for Europe and Africa. Sutti will work alongside Ulrich Jüngst in this role. In addition, Ulrich has been appointed as senior partner for Germany and will work closely with country managing partner Jan Geert Meents to significantly increase the firm’s corporate and finance […]
For international real-estate investors, London and the UK are separate countries. London belongs to ‘globalopolis’: an elite group of global mega-cities, transcending their homelands in economic importance. Since 2008, London has attracted more than £40bn of overseas real-estate investment, while the wider UK property market has languished. This has led to some misplaced and arrogant […]
Karanovic & Nikolic has hosted a cocktail on the occasion of the Twin Conference in Belgrade. The conference was organised by the Austrian Arbitration Association and the Serbian Arbitration Association with the support of VIAC and the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law at the law firm’s offices in Belgrade.
Karanovic & Nikolic participated in the sixth annual SEE Private Equity and Venture Capital Forum in Zagreb on 26 September 2013, organised by EEL Events. Josip Marohnic, attorney at law in association with Karanovic & Nikolic, discussed issues such as what is on the regulatory horizon and what it means for the investors; the privatisation […]
DLA Piper has appointed Horace Lam as a partner in its intellectual property and technology group in Beijing. Lam will also fulfil the role of head of intellectual property in China and brings with him a team of four lawyers. Lam and his team will join DLA Piper in October. He joins from Jones Day, also […]
The government claims that thousands of buildings are empty or under-used throughout the country as people do not want the hassle and uncertainty of submitting planning applications. It has published a consultation paper on permitted development rights that proposes new planning rules to allow greater flexibility to change the use of high-street buildings to residential […]
The major theme running through the articles in this edition is the progressive development of international arbitral law and practice. In line with this theme, this edition includes articles on a number of significant judicial decisions, including rulings from the Supreme Court of the US on class action arbitration waivers, the Supreme Court of the UK […]
Hashi Mohamed, a barrister at No5 Chambers, has successfully defended a council’s enforcement notice and planning decision — with partial costs awarded. At an inquiry held on 20 August 2013, inspector S Hand MA, on behalf of the secretary of state for communities and local government, heard a joint planning and enforcement appeal against South Kesteven […]
On 15 May 2013, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) enacted the first substantive changes to its trust regime in 10 years. The amendments modernise the jurisdiction’s four primary pieces of trust legislation — namely the Trustee Act 1961; the Bank and Trust Companies Act 1990; the Trust Corporation (Probate and Administration) Act 1947; and the Virgin […]
The Channel Island Stock Exchange (CISX) commenced operations on 27 October 1998 with the intention of providing recognised facilities for the listing and trading of a broad range of debt securities. Current listings on the exchange include equity-linked notes, convertible notes, PIK notes, Eurobonds and warrants. As at 31 March 2010, there are more than […]
Shoosmiths has appointed Stuart Malcolm, a specialist intellectual property (IP) lawyer, as a partner in its IP practice group. Malcolm has a strong focus on the UK’s science, technology and innovation sectors, as well as the knowledge-based and creative economies. Dual qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and in Scotland, he will be […]