Singapore firm Joyce A Tan & Partners has hired Bird & Bird’s Asia-Pacific privacy and data protection head Sheena Jacob as a partner and joint head of its IP practice. Jacob had been a partner at Bird & Bird in Singapore since 2009 and headed its local IP practice as well as the regional privacy […]
Spending on external legal services by local councils fell by 10 per cent from £174m to £156m during 2013/14, research by Thomson Reuters has found. On average local authorities spent £360,000 on external legal firms during the 2013/14 financial year while unitary authorities surpassed this figure, with each spending on average £561,000. However, London boroughs […]
The Libor scandal has provided an interminable stream of work to the banking, finance and regulatory industries’ most trusted law firms – and none more so than Clifford Chance. Regulator-led investigations have led to approximately $6bn of combined penalty fines, criminal investigations against bankers and brokers, changes to legislation, an EU Competition Commission investigation and, […]
Danish-listed shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller – Maersk has kicked off an exercise aimed at cutting legal spend and the number of advisers it turns to worldwide. In today’s in-house interview group general counsel Christian Kledal reveals that the company, which has revenues of $47.6bn and 89,000 employees in 130 countries around the world, […]
Shiny faces, shiny shoes, shiny resolutions. The first proper week back from the summer holiday is often about putting into practice everything you’ve been mulling over in a rainy gîte: hence our themed issue on career choices, and how to take control of your own progression.
If you cultivate your connections well, the long-term benefits are remarkable.
Ropes & Gray has hired McDermott Will & Emery partner Rohan Massey to lead its privacy and data security practice in the City. Massey has been a partner at McDermott since 2000 and was also head of its non-contentious intellectual property, media and technology group.
Corporate work is booming in the Balkans, with many deals, including BAT’s purchase of a Croatian tobacco business, punching above €200m.
Over a 20-year stint at heavyweight shipping company A.P. Møller – Maersk, Christian Kledal has gained valuable business acumen on his way to becoming group general counsel.
The Lawyer’s new feature, My Career Stories, will explore the personality and rationale behind impressive careers every week. This week, Top Right general counsel Nilema Bhakta-Jones charts her journey from pupillage to in-house via the Government Legal Service and the City.
Howard Trust is uncompromising about his legal team’s contribution to making Schroders the largest listed fund manager in the UK. Here’s why…
With the summer weather well and truly over we can all expect to get a bit wet and soggy on as we go about our business. This isn’t much of a problem for those of us working in well-maintained offices but what if you are a new tenant? Gateley discusses the issue facing tenants who […]