Job search website Glassdoor has appointed eBay’s deputy general counsel Brad Serwin as its new GC. Serwin, who will be based in California, replaces outgoing general counsel Allyson Willoughby who left after two years in the role. He is expected to advise Glassdoor as it attempts to expand into new markets, with the company currently […]
The National Farmers’ Union (NFU) has reappointed all 15 panel firms to its new roster of advisers, which was revealed this week following a six-month procurement process. The new panel marks the second time in the union’s history that it has reviewed its external law firms since launching a panel in 2008. The firms will […]
Norton Rose Fulbright and Carey Olsen have advised Bluefield European Solar Fund (BESF) on its intention to raise €200m on its flotation on the London Stock Exchange. The Norton Rose Fulbright team was led by partner Ian Fox, who heads the London investment funds team. He was supported by senior associate Simon Rowson. He worked alongside […]
Christoph Graber has been listed in the Who’s Who Legal 2015 as one of the Most Highly Regarded Individuals in the area of Insurance & Reinsurance and “a key name in the Swiss market”. Graber is the only lawyer from Continental Europe named on the list.
Lawyers are not protected by privilege when giving informal advice Just as every doctor is accustomed to being pestered by friends and family about their various ailments (real or imagined), so lawyers are familiar with their views being sought on everything from planning spats to package holiday disasters. The law on when such situations will […]
Greenberg Traurig has become the latest US firm to break into Germany by taking on Olswang’s Berlin team. The office, to be launched in October, will be Greenberg Traurig’s fourth European base. The entire office, over 50 lawyers and staff, will join Greenberg Traurig on 1 October. Of those, 14 lawyers will become shareholders, or […]
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has appointed the first panel of standing counsel since the body was established through the merger of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Competition Commission in 2013. Brick Court Chambers’ Marie Demetriou QC and David Bailey and Monckton Chambers’ Rob Williams will sit on the panel and […]
Clyde & Co has announced that insurance partner Heather Gray has joined the firm’s Toronto office from Canadian firm Gowlings. Gray is the first partner to move from Gowlings since the firm announced its combination with Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (9 July 2015). The new firm will be known as Gowling WLG and will […]
More than 90 owl sculptures – and 120 owlets decorated by local schoolchildren – will take up perch across Birmingham as part of The Big Hoot trail this summer. In the autumn they will fly off to new homes, after being auctioned to raise funds for Birmingham Children’s Hospital. Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co is […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has promoted 13 lawyers to the firm’s legal director role and one to ‘of counsel’. The appointments, which took effect on 1 July 2015, enhance the firm’s capabilities in core practice areas and growth sectors. The Commercial Litigation team is boosted by the promotions of Emma Carr and Adam Fisher, […]
DLA Piper has appointed Sandra Wallace as its UK managing partner to take over from Mark O’Conor on 1 August. Being based in Birmingham, Wallace is the first person at the firm to be appointed as UK managing partner from outside London since legacy DLA merged with US firm Piper Rudnick in 2005 (6 December 2004). […]
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has hired Jakarta-based partner Haydn Dare from Herbert Smith Freehills in a bid to launch a new office in Indonesia. Dare has joined HFW as a partner in Jakarta and is in the process of setting up a new office in association with a local firm. Admitted as barrister and solicitor […]