All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices. Benelux De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek arbitration head Marnix Leijten has been appointed as vice-president of the ICC International Court of Arbitration in Paris. Leijten is the first Dutch vice-president of the court. Central & Eastern Europe Gide Loyrette Nouel has announced […]
DAC Beachcroft has announced its billings have risen by 3 per cent, from £194m to £200m for the 2014/15 financial year. In September the firm said its turnover had risen 6.1 per cent between 2012/13 and 2013/14, from £188.2m to £199.8m (2 September 2014). The firm’s LLP accounts later showed an audited revenue figure of […]
Clyde and Co has announced it has hired two partners from Squire Patton Boggs for its Manchester office. Commercial property finance specialist Liam Buckley and renewable energy specialist Stelios Coutsavlis join the firm’s real estate practice. Both were partners at legacy Hammonds, before it merged with Squire Sanders & Dempsey in 2010 (24 August 2010), […]
Clifford Chance has released the findings of its independent assessment into listed oil and gas company SOCO, which was accused of bribery in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last year. SOCO instructed the magic circle firm to conduct the investigation into the business’s alleged illegal activities in ’Block V’, an area of land in […]
A host of French and Brazilian firms have advised on the €7.5bn sale of Vivendi’s Brazilian telecommunications company Global Village Telecom (GVT) to Telefónica Brasil. Multinational media company Vivendi was advised by Darrois Villey Maillot Brochier, with a team including Paris partner Marcus Billam and associates Jean Baptiste de Martigny and Ioana Nicolas. Dominique Bompoint, founder […]
Kevin Leigh is speaking at a seminar organised by Legal Cost Finance on Thursday, 11 June, held at the Parliament Chamber, Inner Temple London. At the seminar, titled ‘Exploring New Opportunities for the Bar’, Kevin will give a presentation about public access – the fees experience.
Publicly owned Scottish Water has reappointed DLA Piper and CMS Cameron McKenna as its principal legal advisers following its first panel review in five years. BLM has also been reappointed to provide litigation advice, alongside Scottish firm Anderson Strathern, which has won a spot on the panel for the first time. Simpson & Marwick lost […]
S Chelvan and Ian Brownhill, members of No5 Chambers’ public law group , are taking part in an upcoming seminar held by the Public Law Project. The seminar, titled ‘Public Law and Judicial Review North 2015’, will be held on 16 July at BPP Law School, Manchester. S Chelvan will be giving a presentation about ‘The important public […]
British Virgin Island (BVI)-headquartered Forbes Hare is launching a Singapore office after gaining a licence to practise as a foreign law practice in the city-state. Forbes Hare becomes the latest in a string of offshore firms to open in Singapore, seeking to work with Asian clients using BVI and Cayman Island structures. The office will […]
WilmerHale and Bryan Cave have taken lead roles in the sale of Barclays’ US wealth and investment management franchise to Stifel Financial. Barclays was represented by WilmerHale with a team led by Washington DC partner Stephanie Evans and New York partners Bruce Newman and Robert Finkel. Stifel Financial was meanwhile advised by Bryan Cave partner […]
Criminal set 23 Essex Street is to launch a commercial practice in London and Manchester after taking 11 barristers from St James’s Chambers, which is closing. St James’s is one of the oldest sets in Manchester having opened in 1917. The majority of its chancery and commercial team will move across on 1 July along […]
Addleshaw Goddard client Barclays has won its battle against former Dewey & LeBoeuf partner Londell McMillan, who it claimed owes the bank $540,000 (£352,000). The judgment, handed down by Mr Justice Popplewell on Tuesday, ruled in favour of the bank, which claimed McMillan was one of a number of former Dewey partners that borrowed around $60m (£39m) […]