Shoosmiths is celebrating after being recognised as a top undergraduate employer at the National Undergraduate Employability Awards for the third year in a row. Hosted by RMP Enterprise and sponsored by PwC, the awards celebrate the outstanding achievements of employers who provide work experience placements to undergraduates. Shoosmiths has been commended for the range of […]
Gateley plc has advised the Management Team of Spanish restaurant chain, La Tasca, on its sale to Casual Dining Group (CDG), the operator of Bella Italia, Café Rouge and Las Iguanas. Gateley’s Manchester office advised the Management Team of La Tasca Holding Limited, the holding company of the 40-strong chain, on the sale. Led by […]
It has been a busy summer in the Benelux legal market with a number of moves to and from firms in Belgium and the Netherlands. Back in 2011 Taylor Wessing managing partner Tim Eyles said the firm wanted to open in the Netherlands. It took the firm until this month to confirm its launch, through […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), DLA Piper and Linklaters have all advised Prairie Mining Limited on its listings to the main market of the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE). Prairie Mining was admitted to the LSE yesterday with a similar admission on the WSE due to take place today (4 September). […]
Matrix Chambers has taken employment and public law silk Paul Nicholls QC from 11KBW, the sixth new member to join the set this year. Matrix management head Rhodri Thompson QC said the hire was part of chambers’ expansion of its commercial group. Nicholls took silk in the 2012 round. Public law work of note include […]
In the last few days of August and the start of autumn the big story was that of Scottish firm McClure Naismith’s fall into administration – but our readers also found the leadership interview with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher’s Charlie Geffen compelling reading. Geffen joined Gibson Dunn from Ashurst last year and is now intent […]
Donations to the campaign launched by 11KBW silk Sean Jones, asking lawyers to donate a billable hour to support Save the Children’s work for refugees, have reached £100,000. Jones launched the appeal on JustGiving on Thursday (3 September) and by 9am on Friday the initiative had already raised close to £11,500 – well above the […]
Ten months in, and while the financials may be unimpressive, Blake Morgan’s Mr Merger is staying upbeat. There’s a whole lot of movement going on at Blake Morgan, the firm that on 1 May this year kicked off its first full financial year since the 2014 marriage of Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole and has […]
Revenues generated by KPMG’s legal business are set to exceed the £10m target it set last October when it was granted an ABS licence. The accountancy firm was the second of the ‘Big Four’ to be awarded an ABS for its multi-disciplinary practice, rather than for a separate legal entity. Almost a year on and […]
Martell Mumm Perrier-Jouët has hired its sister company Irish Distillers Pernod Ricard’s legal head Carlton Greer as its new general counsel. Greer has worked for Pernod Ricard for over 10 years, having joined from Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Paris office in 2006. He was corporate counsel at the company’s head office in Paris for almost […]
Shall we go to Cliveden? I say to C, who is sitting on the chair in the kitchen, playing with his phone, whilst I am preparing a schedule of mortgage requirements for a new client. Unsurprisingly, the tedium is leading me to thoughts of escape. There are only so many times you can re-organise the […]
Former Harvey Ingram managing partner Simon Astill has joined 3 Paper Buildings as chambers’ chief executive, replacing Joanna Poulton who exits after less than two years. The Lawyer understands Poulton’s fixed term contract was not renewed, although it is not known if she has a new position lined up. Astill was managing partner of Midlands […]