E-discovery special report: In darker waters
With the Safe Harbour framework crumbling and ‘shadow IT’ the new normal, the world of e-discovery and data risk is changing rapidly
Star legal writers: IT and privacy
How a Snapchat conversation between father and daughter became legal tabloid fodder, the Google breach of privacy case, and judgments that highlight what is fair disciplinary action after inappropriate social media activity– some of the topics covered by our briefings writers
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Are female lawyers more ethical than the male?
I recently spoke at the Financial Services Lawyers Association (FSLA) as part of a panel on women and cultural change in financial services.
Panel pioneer: Vodafone GC Rosemary Martin
Vodafone GC Rosemary Martin’s reputation for redlining traditional panel processes all for the better is well known in the industry. What is it that drives her?
In-house interview: Numis Securities managing director and GC Michael Lee
Numis Securities has bucked the trend in financial services, growing revenues and taking on 38 equity deals in the past year. GC Michael Lee discusses the impact on his role and team.
UK 200: The Independents Report 2015
The UK 200: the Independents charts every single one of the 100 firms in the lower half of this year’s top 200, detailing the financial performance of each firm across the UK’s regional hotspots, tracking the firms on a range of key metrics and, where possible, highlighting the strategic moves they are making in an […]
Top 10 stories: 9-15 October 2015
Our exclusive, in-depth analysis of the UK’s mid-tier, independent firms was easily the most-read story on TheLawyer.com this week. For the first time we have split up our annual analysis of the top 200 UK firms and this week’s executive summary of the focus on smaller firms, Inside the Independents, proved immensely popular. It delves […]
White & Case ups London partner promotions in reduced global round
White & Case has increased the number of partners promoted in London to eight, while announcing a slightly reduced global round of 31 partners, effective at the start of 2016. Out of the eight City promotions, two come in White & Case’s global M&A practice, with Victoria Landsbert and Emma Parr both promoted. Carina Radford […]
Barclays in-house exits continue as regulatory compliance head Kynoch departs
Barclays’ risk and regulatory compliance head Nick Kynoch has become the latest legal chief to leave the bank, following his appointment as general counsel of New Zealand’s Financial Markets Authority (FMA). His new role as the FMA’s legal head sees Kynoch move back to New Zealand from London, having attended the University of Canterbury in […]
Hogan Lovells and Blackstone triumph for Uber in row over taxi app
Blackstone Chambers’ Monica Carss-Frisk QC and Hogan Lovells have secured a win for Uber after the High Court decided that the private hire company’s app was legal under the legislation governing taxis in London. Transport for London’s (TfL) in-house team brought a claim asking the High Court to decide whether Uber’s fare calculation app was […]
No5’s Jas Mann defends in balcony fall trial
A man from Walsall has been jailed for three and a half years for attacking his partner with an ornament before she fell from the balcony of her third floor flat. Michael Riggon, 53, was charged with attempted murder of Kayli Hill following her fall. On the third day of the trial at Wolverhampton Crown […]
Walker Morris adds associate to pensions team
Walker Morris has announced that Craig Looker has joined as an associate in its pensions team. The announcement is the latest in a number of appointments to reinforce the team’s specialist expertise in high-value, complex pension matters to meet the growth in demand. Craig joins the Walker Morris pensions team from Gordons LLP and has […]