A team of private client lawyers from Leeds based firm Gordons has split away from the firm to set up a private law boutique. The new firm is called Progeny Private Law and is founded by Frances Davies, Suzannah Farnell, Simon Glazebrook and Martin Hasyn. Each of the four founders is a director of Progeny, […]
There is, I am told an unspoken rivalry between local supporters of Trinity, Clapham and Chez Bruce, Wandsworth and there are very definitely two camps. My companion for the evening, J, is very definitely in the Trinity camp and I sense that he is not entirely comfortable on enemy ground. J has been in this building before though, as Chez Bruce is on the site of the legendary Harvey’s, […]
Bristows client Google has won permission to appeal a recent Court of Appeal (CoA) ruling that said British users can sue the technology giant in the UK. The news means Olswang, acting for the three claimants, will battle it out with Bristows in the Supreme Court later this year. The CoA dismissed the attempt by […]
Kirkland & Ellis has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Michael Steele, a month after high-yield partner Ward McKimm made the opposite move. Steele joined the magic circle firm in 2008 as a senior associate and was made a partner four years later (28 March 2012). He is Freshfields’ relationship partner for the Blackstone Group and […]
Clifford Chance client Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has successfully batted off an election petition that threatened to trigger a by-election in her constituency. In a hearing in the High Court on Thursday (30 July), Mr Justices Baker and Popplewell heard the claim lodged by blogger Tim Ireland. Ireland instructed Woodfines on his claim, in which […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has advised Highways England as it awarded £1.55bn worth of contracts for its smart motorways programme. Construction and engineering partner John Hughes D’Aeth led the team, alongside associate director Iain Suttie and associate Kimberly Roberts. They were supported by EU and competition associate director Warsha Kalé, real estate associate Ciaran Londra […]
Today’s Business Leadership mailout features a very welcome guest columnist in the shape of Bruce MacEwen, president of Adam Smith, Esq and one of the global legal market’s most respected commentators. As it happens, MacEwen will also be the chair of one of the most hotly anticipated panel discussions at September’s Business Leadership Summit. On 23 September, MacEwen will be moderating the panel session titled: “If you were to build a […]
Emma Edhem, a barrister with No5 Chambers, deputy head of the international group and the first female chairman of the Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry, will welcome delegates to the sixth UK Turkey Business Forum. The event aims to promote business opportunities between Turkey and the UK and is to be held in Istanbul […]
Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has instructed Clifford Chance to defend a petition lodged with the High Court accusing her of smearing the applicant’s “personal character and conduct”. If the claims are upheld by Mr Justices Baker and Popplewell in the hearing, the first day of which is today (30 July), it could trigger a by-election in […]
The launch of domain name .law is set to occur today as part of the generic top level domain programme run by NetNames. The two-month ‘sunrise’ phase will allow owners of trademark names to buy their own new extension .law domain until 28 September 2015. [continued] Also on TheLawyer.com: Barratt Developments, the UK’s largest house builder, has […]
Linklaters is advising technology company Delphi Automotive on its £1.07bn acquisition of HellermannTyton Group, represented by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom. Linklaters worked with Gillingham-headquartered Delphi and its team was led by London partners Nick Rumsby and Matt Bland. Paul Hastings advised Delphi on the debt financing for the offer and the related UK […]
Scottish firms have dominated the lineup following the Scottish government’s panel review this week, with Anderson Strathern and Harper Macleod gaining spots across the framework. The firms that gained spots on the £44m panel, which will launch a month later than originally planned, have complied with the Scottish government’s hard line on costs and evaluated […]