The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has asked a number of law firms to carry out a review of whether they are linked to the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers data leak, The Lawyer can reveal. Firms that have received the SRA letter are understood to include Simmons & Simmons, Holman Fenwick Willan […]
Mishcon de Reya has hired King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) head of intellectual property David Rose, who is leaving the firm after 24 years.
Allen & Overy (A&O) has made up six City lawyers in a 21-strong global promotions round, with the number of women promoted falling from last year. Over half of the magic circle firm’s promotions were made in Europe, with six City-based lawyers making the cut alongside a Paris and Frankfurt duo. One lawyer was also made […]
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has made up two London lawyers to its global partnership in an 11-strong promotions round. Corporate counsel Sandro de Bernardini has been at the firm since 2005 and was a senior associate for eight years. He started his career at Italian firm Chiomenti Studio Legale. Alex Jupp, a solicitor in the […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer planning and regulatory partner Michael Schaefer is taking a team of three associates to launch an infrastructure, real estate and energy boutique in Germany. Schaefer, who is based in Hamburg, will run the new firm, named Chatham Partners. He takes with him a trio of associates from Freshfields’ Hamburg office including Felix […]
Sidley Austin London partner Matthew Cahill is one of 10 individuals to have been charged with tax fraud in relation to a £134m film investment scheme. Cahill, who has now “withdrawn from the firm”, according to a Sidley spokesperson, has instructed Corker Binning for his defence. The finance lawyer has been charged with conspiracy to cheat […]
Manchester has become a competitive breeding ground for back office-style legal processing centres and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) wants to be one of the city’s biggest players.
Morrison & Foerster’s (MoFo) London office has posted an increase in gross revenue for 2015 from £17.3m ($28.2m) to £18.2m ($27.9m). London office joint managing partner Alistair Maughan said the City arm had secured significant new client instructions in 2015, including from Just Eat and Formula E. “We saw a significant upturn in work from […]
I’m happy that the sexing up of that sorry bit of the Edgware Road around Marble Arch is now making great strides. Traditionally sexing up and Edgware Road have only meant the one thing and the prostitute problem on the Hyde Park Estate makes it feel like Kings Cross at times, and not the new […]
Former general counsel of Inchcape Mark Thomas has joined professional services company Intertek as its new legal chief.
Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) is back in the black after increasing profit to £700,000 following it posting a £5m loss during 2014. Despite increasing profits CLS saw turnover fall 14.3 per cent, from £21m in 2014 to £18m last year. CLS attributed the fall in turnover to refocusing the business on its “core service propositions”. These include a […]