Sainsbury’s has instructed TLT to defend it in an equal pay battle brought by four female shopfloor workers. The claimants, represented by Leigh Day, claim they are paid less than men to do equally valuable jobs at the supermarket. [continued] Also on TheLawyer.com: Chadbourne & Parke has overtaken Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy at the […]
As this year’s The Lawyer Asia Pacific 150 report points out, international firms have generally positioned themselves well for Asia-Pacific’s rise, although there are teething troubles. For US firm Chadbourne & Parke, the troubles may have never faded during the three decades it operated in the region. It has become the latest foreign firm to […]
Sainsbury’s has instructed TLT to defend it in an equal pay battle brought by four female shopfloor workers. The claimants, represented by Leigh Day, claim they are paid less than men to do equally valuable jobs at the supermarket. Leigh Day lawyer Michael Newman, working on the claim, said it believed the Sainsbury’s action could […]
Chadbourne & Parke has overtaken Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy at the top of the global project finance rankings, having risen 15 places since the beginning of the year. According to research compiled by trade publication and data provider IJ Global, Chadbourne advised on 23 transactions worth nearly $36bn during the first half of 2015. […]
Linklaters, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison and Slaughter and May have advised on the $2.3bn (£1.48bn) acquisition of UK-based chemicals supplier Alent by Platform Specialty Products. Slaughter and May is advising US company Platform and its team is led by corporate and commercial partners Stephen Cooke and Chris McGaffin. The team also included […]
Jones Day and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have won top roles advising on the $12.5bn (£8.13bn) merger of Procter & Gamble’s (P&G) beauty business into Coty. Jones Day acted as P&G’s advisers, whileCadwalader Wickersham & Taft advised on the tax aspects of the merger. Skadden provided legal representation to Coty, with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and McDermott […]
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison is advising investment company Exor as it announces new terms for its $6.8bn offer for Davis Polk client and reinsurer PartnerRe. The Paul Weiss team representing Exor, which is currently the largest shareholder of PartnerRe, includes corporate partners Toby Myerson, Ariel Deckelbaum and Kelley Parker. Offshore firm Cox Hallett […]
The name of the firm changed on July 6. The practice continues as usual and the VAT number remains unchanged.
Commenting on news that there is to be an overhaul of rules on how and where new houses can be built in the UK, Stuart Andrews, partner and head of planning at law firm Eversheds, says: “Any initiative that is directed at housing growth has to be welcomed but there are obvious limitations to this […]
Two Polish men, Krzysztof Rosinke, 28, and Marcin Gmaj, 28, have been cleared of murder charges at a Sparkhill bedsit. They were accused of beating Andrezej Szyskzka in the early hours of September 25 last year. A jury at Birmingham Crown Court heard that his body was found in a stairwell by another resident. The […]
Travers Smith has pushed through the £100m revenue barrier with the firm’s turnover rising 9 per cent over 2014/15, from £97.2m to £106m. Its average profit per equity partner (PEP) figure has also seen a slight increase of 6 per cent from £882,000 to £935,000. Following just a 2.9 per cent revenue increase in 2012/13, […]
Eversheds advised the Swedish audio fashion company Zound Industries and certain of its main shareholders in connection with the French investment firm Time for Growth’s investment. The investment for a 10 per cent holding in the company was signed 3 July and completion is scheduled for later this summer.