Infighting among the shareholder groups bringing a combined £4bn claim against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has reached a climax with the largest group understood to be in talks to sue Lloyds Bank and Investec over non-payment of fees, The Lawyer has learned. The RBS Shareholders Action Group is understood to have approached a number […]
Ince & Co has lost its third partner to specialist shipping and insurance boutique BDM Law following the niche firm’s launch in June this year. Nick Burgess joins BDM as one of the firm’s three partners after heading leading Ince’s Japan team and co-heading its Russian and East Europe team. During his 21 years at […]
Nabarro has reported a 4 per cent increase in turnover during the first six months of the 2015/16 financial year, with revenue increasing from £54.1m to £56.3m. The figures are a continuation of solid results for the firm, which saw turnover increase by 3 per cent from £52.5m at the half year point for the […]
Aon Risk EMEA chief counsel Richard Ferris kicked off The Lawyer’s Managing Risk and Mitigating Litigation event by telling delegates in-house counsel are ”still learning risks the hard way”, because not enough money or time is dedicated to understanding and dealing with corporate risk. The event, which gathered over 100 in-house litigators and counsel in […]
Dentons has announced plans for its sixth and seventh mergers of 2015, expanding into Latin America through tie-ups with Colombia’s Cárdenas & Cárdenas and Mexico’s López Velarde Heftye y Soria. The mergers are subject to partner votes at all three firms, but are expected to be confirmed by mid-December. The acquisitions would see Dentons add […]
A trio of partners have broken away from North West firm Brabners to set up their own sports and media boutique under the name Centrefield. The new firm is being formed from Brabners’ existing sports practice and will be led by partners Matthew Bennett, David Bentham and Edward Canty. The three partners will be joined by […]
Gateley has announced it is set to open a new office in Reading, which will be headed up by Pitmans former managing partner Christopher Avery. Avery specialises in commercial property law and joined Pitmans in 1980. He became managing partner at 31 and led the firm for 25 years until stepping down in June, to […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has established a formal law alliance (FLA) with Singaporean firm Prolegis, two years after it opted out of the Qualifying Foreign Law Practice scheme. The alliance has been created following approval by Singapore’s Attorney General and permits the two firms to co-locate in HSF’s existing premises in Singapore. [continued] Also on TheLawyer.com: ICBC […]
Telecoms retail giant Dixons Carphone will launch its first formal panel process in December 2015, with the aim to “formalise external legal relationships”. The panel, which would be the company’s first since merging earlier this year, may see the current informal legal roster change or even shrink. This is also the first formal panel that […]
Linklaters’ real estate finance team has undergone tremendous growth over the last five years with the volume of work it carries out increasing by 600 per cent, according to the firm. The magic circle firm saw minimal growth last year when global revenue increased 1 per cent from £1.255bn to £1.267bn. Although corporate work remains […]
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