The world’s largest independent Coca-Cola bottler was created last week, following the merger of Coca-Cola Enterprises, Coca-Cola Iberian Partners and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke (CCEAG). A raft of UK, continental and US firms advised , with Clearly Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Clifford Chance and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom all fielding teams for the Coca-Cola Company. […]
Spotify global head of corporate development and general counsel Jared Grusd is to depart to news outlet the Huffington Post to become the company’s chief executive officer. Grusd had been at Spotify for almost four years, after joining from a role as chief strategy and business development officer at the Huffington Post’s parent company AOL. […]
Standard Chartered has appointed ICAP general counsel Duncan Wales as deputy general counsel following a legal and compliance shake-up last month. The bank announced a “realignment” of its legal team in July, with chief executive Bill Winters handing group general counsel David Fein responsibility for corporate secretariat issues. Fein’s extra responsibilities were announced as Winters […]
Wolverhampton City Council is tendering a new legal framework set to launch in September, which will be worth between £4m and £8m. The framework will be split into four lots covering: regeneration and property; competition, procurement and contracts; public and administrative; and the real property portfolio of the West Midlands Metropolitan Pension Fund. Wolverhampton City […]
The work of the Shoosmiths wealth protection team has resulted in their shortlisting in the private client category of the Law Society Excellence Awards 2015. The shortlist was announced on 5 August 2015. Inclusion on the shortlist is entirely up to an independent panel of judges. Excellence in Private Client Practice is a new category […]
Sir Robert Francis QC of Serjeants Inn has been awarded an honorary MD from St George’s, University of London.
No5 barrister S Chelvan joined BBC Radio 4’s Jenni Murray last week to discuss Jamaica’s first Gay Pride festival. Latoya Nugent from the Jamaican Forum of Lesbians also joined S Chelvan and Jenni Murray, as well as PJ Samuels, whose sexual orientation led to her facing persecution. The group discussed the changing attitudes towards the LGBTI community […]
Deutsche Bank general counsel Richard Walker will step down at the end of 2015, making way for his two deputies to take on the top job. The bank revealed Walker is to depart on Friday “at his own request” (7 August), though he will remain on the bank’s executive committee. Walker, 64, will be replaced […]
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) merged with SJ Berwin just over two years ago – but integrating the merger has not been a completely smooth ride. The firm’s recent decision to trim almost 10 per cent of its equity partnership in London, less than two years into its combination, combined with a raft of ‘big […]
Fieldfisher’s top of equity has broken the £1m barrier for the first time, with partners at the top receiving 111 per cent more than last year. Over 2014/15, partners at the highest rung of the equity took home £1.25m instead of £590,000. Meanwhile, those at the lower end of the scale also saw a rise […]
An armada of law firms has been drafted in to defend an energy insurance coverage dispute brought by Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) client SBM Offshore. The claim, issued against Zurich Insurance Group at the High Court on 14 July, is likely to become a $1bn dispute and one of the biggest cases of 2016. HSF disputes […]
Cineworld Group has appointed in-house counsel Fiona Smith as its new company secretary and general counsel to replace outgoing Richard Ray. Smith was promoted after four years at the company, and will be in charge of a team of around four lawyers based in the UK. Ray had been at the helm of the in-house […]