Former BHS owner Philip Green has instructed Schillings to bring a legal challenge against one of the MPs who led the inquiry into the retailer’s collapse.
Shearman & Sterling has become unwittingly caught up in the middle of the largest ever asset seizure by the US Department of Justice’s anti-corruption unit.
Lancashire-headquartered Euro Garages has appointed its first general counsel ahead of its expected listing on the US stock exchange.
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has reported a strong year for net profit, which increased by 11 per cent to £42.1m in 2015/16.
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Mishcon de Reya has hired Clyde & Co private client partner Martin Davies. Davies was at Clydes for six years and was also responsible for liaising with the firm’s Middle East practice. Prior to joining Clydes he was head of the international team at Howard Kennedy for a decade.
When the UK woke up to Brexit on 24 June many of the country’s lawyers had already been fielding calls throughout a long and sleepless night from clients worried about the potential impact on their businesses. A procession of firms including Clifford Chance, Dechert, Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons had launched hotlines or were operating […]
Aidan Parsons is now living the dream over in Australia. But in spite of the geographical distance, he is still thoroughly in tune with the latest developments at Nottingham-headquartered Bonnington Plastics, working with the team in a consultancy capacity.
A month on from the Brexit vote and Prime Minister Theresa May appears to have brought a little calm to the wounded markets. The leaders of Germany and France may be no more enamoured with the idea of the UK exiting the EU than nearly half of our citizens are, but May’s meetings with them […]
On the morning of June 24th this year everything changed. Despite many predictions to the contrary, the people of Britain voted decisively to leave the European Union, and the political and economic landscape will never be the same again.
Withers has seen revenue grow 21 per cent over 2015/16 alongside a 16 per cent drop in average profit per equity partner (PEP). Turnover at the firm soared from £134m to £161.5m after the firm expanded its international network through formal alliances with Singapore firm KhattarWong and new offices in California. However, the firm’s average profit […]