Weir Group’s general counsel and company secretary Keith Ruddock is to retire from the Scottish engineering company at the end of 2015. A recruitment process is underway to find a replacement for Ruddock, who joined the company in 2012. His appointment followed a 17-year career at Shell International, in which he held a number of […]
Weightmans’ partnership has re-elected John Schorah and Dan Cutts as managing partner and senior partner respectively. The duo ran unopposed in the firm’s leadership elections and will commence their second three-year term on 1 May 2016. Schorah said: “As a firm, we have hired key people, expanded in the areas our clients have asked us […]
Walder Wyss has advised Berghoff Mechanical Engineering AG on the transferal of certain assets by a cross-border transfer of assets to Berghoff Property GmbH, Luxemburg. The Walder Wyss Team was led by Urs P Gnos (partner, corporate/M&A) and included Johannes Bürgi (partner, finance), Samuel Lieberherr (associate, corporate/M&A), Elisabeth Moskric (counsel, finance), Christine Beutler (managing associate/notary, […]
Robin Henry, a partner in Collyer Bristow’s banking and financial disputes team, will be a speaker at C5’s Conference on Financial Institutions, Regulatory Disputes and Investigations on 24 and 25 November 2015 Henry is a specialist on the misselling of complex forex derivatives and forex manipulation. He will also the moderator of a Collyer Bristow sponsored session at the […]
This week, British Land announced it was hiring its first-ever general counsel. Former HSBC deputy company secretary Elaine Williams will start working for the FTSE 100 property development and investment company this November, having been at the bank for four years. She was also previously a corporate partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer between 2000 and […]
EY will double the number of lawyers in its legal services arm from around 30 to 60 within a year. The expansion strategy comes less than a year after the accountancy firm acquired its ABS licence from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA). EY has already hit its original headcount target, which was to reach 30 […]
Pennon group general counsel Kenneth Woodier is to retire after 17 years in the role. The Exeter-based water and waste management company has not yet found Woodier’s replacement. A spokesperson said in a statement Woodier would remain in his post “for as long as it takes to appoint his successor and arrange an orderly handover”. […]
Latham & Watkins, Slaughter and May and Sullivan & Cromwell have landed top roles on the Carlyle Group’s $2bn (£1.3bn) sale of aircraft service provider Landmark Aviation to BBA Aviation. BBA Aviation, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange, was advised by Slaughter and May corporate partner Andy Ryde. He was supported by partners […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) will run up costs of at least £90m defending public bank the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in its £4bn shareholder battle, due to go to trial in December 2016. The most recent costs estimate has climbed rapidly this year. The firm previously estimated its costs in the mammoth case at […]
DLA Piper has added a team of 20 lawyers including five partners to its Hamburg office from Bird & Bird. The entire team is understood to have originally joined Bird & Bird from Hogan Lovells in 2011. The partners named in the move are TMT partner Stefan Engels, corporate partners Jörg Paura and Daniel Weiss, IP […]
WerbeWeischer Switzerland has acquired Publicitas Cinecom AG from Publicitas AG. As a result of this transaction WerbeWeischer becomes market leader in cinema advertisement in Switzerland and further invests in the expansion of the advertising medium cinema. Walder Wyss has advised WerbeWeischer in the transaction. The Walder Wyss team was led by Lucas Hänni (consultant, corporate/M&A) and […]
Specialist construction lawyers at Walker Morris have advised Caddick Developments Ltd on a 635,000sq ft distribution hub for TK Maxx. Walker Morris construction partner Simon Anderson advised Caddick Developments Limited on the construction aspects of the lease to Tritax Big Box REIT with a forward sale value of £59m. Tritax Big Box REIT, which specialises […]