Everyone hates parking tickets. The charges for parking on a double yellow line can seem excessive, but then everyone knows it’s against the law. It must be even more frustrating when you are charged for overstaying in a free car park. Shepherd and Wedderburn examines a Court of Appeal case that saw a motorist refuse […]
DLA Piper and Blake Morgan have won the main advisory roles for Tidal Lagoon Power on the development of a renewable energy site within Swansea Bay. The nationally significant infrastructure project (NSIP) has recently been given the go-ahead by the UK Government and could be the first of six such lagoons to be built along […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has added to its list of clients by advising Israeli software company Adgorithms on its $125m listing on the alternative investment market (Aim). The transaction was led by corporate finance partners Murdoch Currie and Alex Latner, assisted by associate Matt Oliver. Relationship partner Paul Miller led the pitch with Latner to […]
K&L Gates has recruited corporate partner Carolyn Sng from Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson’s Hong Kong office, which is set to close this month. Sng is one of the last Fried Frank partners to leave, after the firm called time on its Hong Kong and Shanghai offices earlier this year (19 January 2015). She joins K&L […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s Pensions team has launched a free online training tool to help clients navigate the ever-changing area of pensions law. For anyone new to pensions, or in need of a refresher, it provides a comprehensive overview of some of the key issues that they’ll need to know. The ‘Pensions in 30 Podcasts’ training series draws […]
There was a wide variety of stories on the top 10 list this week, led by the news that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to break its lockstep to bring in a Kirkland & Ellis partner. High-yield specialist Ward McKimm is poised to join the magic circle firm with remuneration of around £2.6m, with Freshfields […]
I have lived in London for more years than I care to remember, but I have never before been to Ham Yard, slap, tickle and bang in the middle of Soho. Not only that, but until there was an hotel there, I didn’t even know it existed. Ham Yard was placed firmly on the Soho […]
Bird & Bird is yet to release its 2014/15 financial results – but CEO David Kerr says the figures will show a “widespread increase” in revenue across all of the firm’s offices, mirroring the firm’s 2013/14 performance. In 2013/14, Bird & Bird added £10m to its top line, increasing turnover by 4 per cent from […]
Former Pinsent Masons senior partner Chris Mullen and former Mayer Brown partner Anna Rogers have opened a new pension boutique, trading as ARC Pensions Law. Mullen acted as senior partner at Pinsent Masons for nine years before losing the position to Richard Foley in the firm’s leadership election last year (30 June 2014). Mullen will […]
Initial public offerings (IPO) have been quite the thing of late, whether it’s Gateley’s decision to list on the stock market, or Center Parcs’ rejection of an IPO in favour of a sale. Macfarlanes corporate partner Harry Coghill says the IPO markets reopened about 18 months ago, as confidence returned to the UK economy. He […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Slaughter and May are in pole position to pick up instructions as HM Treasury prepares to sell off its 80 per cent stake in the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). The Government put in over £45bn into RBS back in 2008, as it proceeded with its bank bailout programme. At […]
Cisco Systems has re-appointed in-house counsel Mark Chandler as senior vice president, general counsel, secretary and also named him chief compliance officer in the management line-up of new CEO Chuck Robbins. Chandler’s additional role was revealed as part of the executive line-up put in place by Robbins, who is taking over the role in July […]