Imagine you are a general counsel or director in whose department sits the person who buys your company’s insurance policies. You may be about to become a star witness in insurance disputes. Is that news to you? Are you concerned by it?
Arabesque Asset Management founder and general counsel Dominic Selwood launched his career as a barrister at 2 King’s Bench Walk in 1996. Since then he has held a variety of roles in the legal industry and elsewhere in financial services, giving him a breadth of experience and level of market knowledge few can boast.
The leak of 11.5 million documents from the files of offshore ‘law firm’ Mossack Fonseca & Co is one of the largest data breaches ever. Since the publication of the first stories – unearthed by a consortium of journalists from around the world – the focus of the public, the media and politicians has been squarely on the way the world’s wealthy seek to minimise tax payments.
Is Sidley Austin too nice a firm to push on in London? The Lawyer’s Dearbail Jordan investigates.
IP rows involving rock band Radiohead, Lego and the Happy Birthday tune, and charity domain name developments are just some of the subjects discussed by our expert briefings writers.
Two tales emerged last week that under different circumstances could have been told together. First, the story of Sidley. As our unmissable long read sets out, Sidley has occupied a solid but monochromatic position in the City, despite its bold beginnings in the nineties when it was the first US firm to hire UK lawyers. […]
The results of Shell’s panel review have been eagerly-awaited around the world, and the headline news on TheLawyer.com this week was that the company had slashed the number of firms on its global roster to just six. The story was comfortably the most-read of the week, ahead of our in-depth cover feature looking at […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has built on its relationship with Saga, acting for its private equity backers on the sale of their remaining stake in the company. Magic circle partner Chris Mort acted for Saga’s holding company Acromas on the sale, which was formed by Charterhouse, CVC and Permira in 2007. Meanwhile Numis Securities was the […]
Clifford Chance and Linklaters announced their partner promotions this week, meaning that all the magic circle firms have now revealed who has joined the highest ranks of their firm in 2016. But where did the 40 new partners at Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Freshfields, Linklaters and Slaughter and May start out? Here are their university […]
Charles Russell Speechlys has nearly doubled the number of partner promotions this year, with the majority of those made up hailing from legacy Charles Russell. In the firm’s second promotions round since the 2014 merger, nine lawyers have been made up across the firm’s London and Guildford offices. These include City-based corporate finance senior associate […]
It’s nearly three years since Ashurst stepped into Australia, but its appointment of Sydney-based Paul Jenkins as managing partner has still been met with some surprise.
Gowling WLG is on the hunt for a new general counsel after incumbent Eddie Breen announced his intention to step down. Breen joined legacy Wragge & Co 22 years ago and has guided the firm through its mergers with London firm Lawrence Graham & Co and Canadian giant Gowlings. He told the firm in October he […]