The Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) has reported a 22 per cent increase in the number of new cases filed in 2015, reaching a new record of 271 cases. In 2015, SIAC received 271 new cases from parties from 55 jurisdictions, marking a 22 per cent jump from 222 new cases filed in 2014. A […]
Ashurst has made a double partner hire from Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), taking Nick Elverston and Amanda Hale to join its global TMT team.
Slater & Gordon general counsel Moana Weir has resigned with immediate effect after spending less than two months at the firm.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has earned almost $400m (£283m) in fees for its work on the ongoing administration of Canadian telecoms giant Nortel Networks, an administrators’ report has found. The firm is the largest sole recipient of the total $1.689bn (£1.2bn) paid out by bankrupt Nortel Networks to lawyers and administrators worldwide over the course […]
Ooredoo Asia’s general counsel Scott Weenink has left the Qatari telecoms giant to take up a general counsel role with Auckland International Airport.
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has hired former Barclays deputy general counsel Michael Shaw as its new legal chief.
Paddy Power’s group general counsel Ed Traynor will continue to head up the company’s legal function after its merger with Betfair, while the latter’s legal chief Fiona Russell has left the group.
Clifford Chance has hired two asset finance partners from Norton Rose Fulbright in Singapore, including the latter’s co-head of Asia Pacific transport practice Gervais Green.
Slaughter and May has acted for longstanding client Premier Foods, as it rejected a takeover offer by US company McCormick & Company, in favour of a deal with Japan’s Nissin. Partners Michael Corbett and Robert Byk led the Slaughters team advising UK-listed Premier Foods, which was first approached by US rival McCormick & Company back […]
One Essex Court has taken heavyweight commercial banking silks Adrian Beltrami QC and Sonia Tolaney QC from 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB). The duo will be joined by juniors James MacDonald and Sandy Phipps. The hires come just weeks after The Lawyer revealed Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer disputes veteran Ian Terry would be joining the set. One […]
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) will cut 15 per cent of its partnership in the UK, Europe and Middle East (EUME) as part of a “strategic restructure” of its operations in the region. The restructure, which will see 23 partners leaving the firm, will predominantly affect partners in London and Germany although it will result […]