Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) deputy senior partner Mark Crean, who lost leadership elections to London-based James Palmer last year, has left the firm to join Jones Day in Australia. Palmer won the elections to succeed former senior partner Jonathan Scott in a three-year tenure (10 November 2014). The election was sparked by the early resignation of Scott, who […]
Eversheds has become the latest firm to emphasise the strategic importance of Germany, through a merger with its local outfit Heisse Kursawe Eversheds. Heisse Kursawe joined the Eversheds network, Eversheds International, in 2005, but it was last year when the duo began discussing the possibility of integrating the German firm into the wider LLP. Those […]
Taylor Wessing UK managing partner Tim Eyles is set to take on the role for the third time after the firm confirmed he was running unopposed in the upcoming management elections. He took on a role on the firm’s management board in 2007. He was first elected in 2009, and re-elected for a second term […]
Publicly owned utilities giant Scottish Water has reappointed DLA Piper and CMS Cameron McKenna as its principal legal advisers following its first panel review in five years. Longstanding advisers Simpson & Marwick, Harper Macleod and Shepherd & Wedderburn lost out in the review, which was launched back in February. BLM was reappointed to provide litigation […]
Barclays’ deputy general counsel Michael Shaw is leaving the bank to “pursue other interests” after almost six years in the role. Shaw will leave the bank on 1 September, management revealed to staff in an internal memo on Thursday (11 June). Barclays has not yet appointed his successor. Shaw was originally tipped to be leading […]
Lloyds group legal general counsel Hugh Pugsley has moved to HSBC as UK general counsel. The news comes just days after HSBC announced plans to cut 8,000 jobs in the UK in an attempt to reduce costs. According to Pugsley’s LinkedIn he may have moved across to HSBC as early as April, the same month […]
The American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Bosnia and Herzegovina held a conference on Cloud Computing on 3 May in Sarajevo. The event focused on Cloud technology, the protection of security of data in the Cloud, compliance with national legislation and European principles and the legal review of services of Cloud computing, illustrating how companies can […]
CMS has announced an 11 per cent increase in revenue for the 2014 calendar year, from €842.1m to €934.5m (£753.3m) on the back of its Scottish and Swiss mergers at the end of 2013. The results are an improvement from last year when the firm’s revenue grew by only 0.5 per cent from €837.7m to […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman’s David Doyle, director in the corporate department at Conyers Dill & Pearman, was recently interviewed by Captive Review on Bermuda’s captives insurance sector. Doyle discussed Bermuda’s position as the premier captive insurance domicile, how Bermuda is viewed by international regulatory bodies, as well as how Solvency II will impact Bermuda captives. […]
Dentons has entered into non-disclosure agreements with 21 firms around the world to negotiate potential future mergers, with a view to expanding the firm’s presence in Europe and Asia and gaining a foothold in Latin America. The firm has expressed interest in future mergers in jurisdictions where it already has a presence such as Germany, […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has launched a 240-lawyer worldwide alternative legal services business from its Belfast office. The new provider, which combines the firm’s logistics and legal support teams in Australia, London and Belfast, will be the firm’s base for all document review, regulatory claims assessment, funds work, due diligence and asset management and used […]
Colt has extended Baker & McKenzie’s role as its preferred legal adviser for an additional year, ahead of a planned re-evaluation of how the legal team chooses outside counsel. Baker & McKenzie originally won the mandate in 2012, when it beat 45 other firms to win Colt’s European preferred legal adviser on commercial work for […]