Trading places: Ireland and internationalisation
The Irish legal sector is diversifying outside of its UK and US trade links and is now looking towards Asia and Europe to increase international work.
Darkness and light: professional indemnity insurance and cyber crime
The threat of cyber crime and big law firms’ increasingly global ambitions will shape PII in the next five years.
Behind Ireland’s technology triumph
There’s more than genial tax rates luring technology companies to Ireland.
In-house interview: Sean Martin, Financial Conduct Authority
During a career that’s included an unusually hard-working hiatus in post-handover Hong Kong, the FCA’s Sean Martin has remained keenly aware of the importance of sensible spending.
The week’s top 15 legal briefings – 20 September 2015
If you’re interested in privacy, you may well have been watching ‘Hunted’ on Channel 4, the reality TV show in which ordinary people attempt to evade capture by a team of surveillance experts. It’s a genuinely interesting exercise and certainly gets you thinking about tactics for hiding out when ‘The Man’ comes to get you […]
The lure of Korea
Allen & Overy has become the third magic circle firm to open in the South Korean capital Seoul, joining Clifford Chance, DLA Piper, Linklaters, Milbank Tweed and Skadden Arps. But Seoul is attractive not just to the international mega-players, with Stephenson Harwood establishing a base and Taylor Wessing and Bird & Bird signing alliances with […]
Top 10 stories: 11-17 September 2015
The bar and mergers dominated the top 10 stories week this week, as readers debated whether Brown Rudnick partne Alexander Carter-Silk should be referred to the regulator over sexist comments made on LinkedIn. After barrister Charlotte Proudman made public the conversation between Carter-Silk and herself over her LinkedIn profile picture, readers piled in to debate […]
A&O, Freshfields and Weil lead on Worldpay’s IPO
Allen & Overy (A&O), Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Weil Gotshal & Manges have all advised on global payments provider Worldpay’s intention to float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE). The company was represented by A&O London partner Duncan Bellamy alongside fellow partner David Broadley and US securities partner Jeff Hendrickson. Senior associate Michael Jacobs also assisted […]
Petersham Nurseries cafe
Petersham Nurseries. Remember that? Of course you do. You’ll probably be remembering its glory days, under Skye Gyngell, when it had a Michelin star and everyone went on about how expensive it was. I never really fancied it then, I’m not sure why. Perhaps it was the airy-fairiness of it, or the worry that I […]
Pinsents Masons’ Richard Masters: Our tech product Cerico is taking on the world
Pinsent Masons’ tech acquisition Cerico is about to double in size and is innovating how law firms ensure compliance, says chairman Richard Masters. In 2013 Pinsent Masons teamed up with Glasgow tech company Campbell Nash to launch a product that checks client’s suppliers are legally compliant. Two years on, Pinsents has acquired the majority stake in […]
Stewarts doubles arbitration practice with Foot Anstey disputes head hire
Stewarts Law has doubled the size of its arbitration team with the hire of Foot Anstey Bristol disputes head Thomas Williams. Williams, a qualified barrister, joined Foot Anstey from Debevoise & Plimpton just over a year ago in May 2014 alongside two other partners to boost its Bristol offering. Stewarts arbitration head Philippa Charles said Williams’ […]
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No break for Nestlé on KitKat trademark
Are you munching on a KitKat and enjoying a short break while you read this? Is it a distinctive four-finger three-dimensional shape branded with the famous KitKat brand? That KitKat is at the centre of major legal battle that has been rumbling between Nestlé and Cadbury for several years. On Wednesday (16 September), the European […]