Hogan Lovells has lost corporate finance and energy partner David Levin to Nekton Group, where he is set to become the company’s first general counsel. Levin joined Hogan Lovells at the start of 2012 after stepping down from his role as head of Eversheds’ Russian practice. From 2006, he led the firm’s re-entry into the […]
No5 Chambers is sponsoring The Legal Gateway Scheme for the sixth consecutive year. The Scheme has a range of programmes providing access to career development opportunities which supports young people from ethnic minority and or / socio-economically underprivileged backgrounds into the legal profession. No5 is the only barristers chambers who sponsor the Legal Launch Pad […]
Walker Morris has advised private equity firm Endless LLP on its appointment of Dean Hoyle as executive chairman of the works. Dean Hoyle is the current chairman of Huddersfield Town FC and was the founder of the Card Factory before selling the business for £350m in 2010. As part of the deal, Dean Hoyle also […]
Following a long period of consultation and internal discussion, Zhong Lun’s partners have decided on a clear international strategy to remain independent and build up its own international reach through overseas offices and a “best friends” network. The decision was made at the firm’s latest annual partners meetings in Shenzhen over the past weekend, as […]
Wilberforce Chambers will take eight members of dissolving set 11 Stone Buildings (11SB) including head of chambers Lexa Hilliard QC and two other silks. The eight are: Hilliard, Alan Gourgey QC, Marcia Shekerdemian QC, Tim Penny, Max Mallin, Iain Pester, Tom Robinson and Laura Newton. The group take up residence at the new set on […]
This week’s real estate blog looks at the impact of tech stores on partners’ contract negotiations. For many on the outside, the real estate sector can seem to be a fairly consistent area of law with very few groundbreaking changes impacting on how lawyers do business on a day-to-day basis. However, Nabarro real estate partner […]
This week saw the announcement of two proposed IPO listings, with Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer acting on both of them. Freshfields is representing Hastings Group Holdings as the insurance provider looks to raise £180m for its flotation on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). Meanwhile magic circle rival A&O is working with […]
Radcliffe Chambers has taken seven members from dissolving London set 11 Stone Buildings including commercial silk Jeremy Cousins QC. The other six are insolvency barristers Tina Kyriakides, Adam Deacock, Christopher Boardman, Reuben Comiskey and Dawn McCambley and commercial, banking and property barrister Gary Lidington. Radcliffe chief executive said the addition to chambers “means that we […]
Conyers is expanding its litigation practice with the launch of the Asia disputes and restructuring group (ADRG), which will be led by senior advocate Nigel Meeson, QC. Meeson is joining the Hong Kong office from our Cayman office where he established the litigation practice in 2007. Prior to joining the firm, Meeson practiced for nearly 25 years at […]
The Manchester office of national law firm Shoosmiths has advised NVM Private Equity (NVM) on its £4.5m investment of development capital into Love Energy Savings (LES), a Bolton-based comparison and procurement service. LES helps small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) identify the optimal gas and electricity supplier and tariff to suit their needs and manages any switch […]
A team of lawyers at Walker Morris has advised Endless LLP on its acquisition of Imtech Suir, the Irish arm of Dutch engineering firm, Imtech, in a deal that will secure the safety of over 700 jobs. The deal comes less than two weeks after Endless completed the acquisition of Imtech’s UK Group, on which […]
US firm Cooley has launched a legal resources tool to tap into the tech startup market in London. The tool, dubbed ‘Cooley Go’, was developed in the US and has been in use in the wider firm since last July. It allows startups and small companies to access guidance, legal document templates and market trends for free. […]