Aviva abandons panel review as slimmed roster remains ‘fit for purpose’
Insurance giant Aviva has foregone holding a traditional panel review, instead opting for a “desktop review” of its roster of legal advisers.
Linklaters keeps 83% of qualifiers as NQs
Linklaters has retained 83 per cent of its March-qualifying trainees.
Burges Salmon adds four partners in female-heavy promo round
Burges Salmon has appointed four new partners in Bristol, three of which are women, across key growth areas including real estate, environment, pensions and banking. Real estate lawyer Sally Jupp and pensions lawyers Susannah Young and Alice Honeywill make up the three new female partners, alongside environmental lawyer Simon Tilling, who joins the projects team. […]
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Enyo Law drops one RBS claimant group for another in new GRG claim
Enyo Law has terminated its contract with the RBS-GRG Business Action Group one year after it was instructed as the group’s lawyers. Enyo has now been instructed by a second group of businesses planning to sue the Scottish bank over its global restructuring group (GRG), which they allege conspired to cause loss to their companies. A […]
Jones Day hires Fieldfisher partner to lead IP non-patents team
Fieldfisher intellectual property partner Rebecca Swindells has left the firm for Jones Day in London, which has been hit by multiple partner exits since the start of the year.
LMI banking and finance: the trends and the lawyers
Big banks are under pressure from regulation and litigation, and hungry alternative lenders are eating into their market, but the magic circle still leads the way on finance
In-house interview: Sage executive vice-president and GC, Europe, Mark Parry
A change of strategy at software house Sage means a ‘phenomenal’ amount of extra work for GC Mark Parry and his legal team
Professional indemnity insurance report: Under pressure
A sudden spike in under-settled ancillary claims, tougher rules for case aggregation and client pressure to take on greater risk – insurance experts discuss the issues affecting the sector
Hot 100 alumni: Jonathan Berger, Harbottle & Lewis
Jonathan Berger has found the ideal place to pursue his media work
After the crackdown: litigation report
Tougher regulation, cross-border investigations and the rise of class-action suits have come to define the financial sector and changed banks’ attitudes to disputes
Moves: 14 March 2016
Mayer Brown has hired energy partner Mathew Kidwell from Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Kidwell served in Morgan Lewis’ London office for three years, having previously worked at other US firms such as K&L Gates and Shearman & Sterling. During his career, he has represented companies, banks and project sponsors in transactions spanning the Middle East, Africa and Europe.
In house interview: Sean Roberts, GSK Consumer Healthcare
After working on the pharma side for 18 years, Sean Roberts switched to consumer health at the new GSK-Novartis combo, where ethics and compliance have thrown him some curve balls