Collyer Bristow has been busy advising universities in relation to their establishment of university campuses overseas – from the Middle East to South Asia. Our work involved drafting joint venture agreements for universities with their third-party partners including a mixed bag of IP, regulatory compliance, employment issues and data protection. We have also been advising […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is set to launch an office in Shanghai through the hire of Kirkland & Ellis’ Asia government enforcement and investigations head Samuel Williamson. This will be Quinn Emanuel’s third office on the ground in Asia, joining its presence in Tokyo and Hong Kong. [continued] PS. Don’t forget that The Lawyer Top 30 International firms […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is set to launch an office in Shanghai through the hire of Kirkland & Ellis’ Asia government enforcement and investigations head Samuel Williamson. This will be Quinn Emanuel’s third office on the ground in Asia, joining its presence in Tokyo and Hong Kong. Williamson, who is expected to head the office in […]
Linklaters is once again mulling a shake-up of its lockstep with plans to introduce gates to equity “discussed widely” at the firm’s partner conference in Edinburgh in April, according to insiders. The magic circle firm first introduced plans to overhaul its partner remuneration structure in 2011 when senior partner Robert Elliott included a review of […]
Linklaters is once again mulling a shake-up of its lockstep with plans to introduce gates to equity “discussed widely” at the firm’s partner conference in Edinburgh in April, according to insiders. The magic circle firm first introduced plans to overhaul its partner remuneration structure in 2011 when senior partner Robert Elliott included a review of […]
In-house roles will be the next target for low-cost alternative legal service providers, according to Pearson general counsel Bjarne Tellmann. In his in-house interview with The Lawyer this week Tellman argued that the traditional pipeline created for law firms has been pinched, with the cuts in in-house budgets and higher competition taking a chunk of the […]
Weightmans has announced a continued rise in turnover of 2.5 per cent, from £87m to £89.2m for the 2014/15 financial year. The firm’s revenue has been steadily rising over the last few years with turnover increasing by 6 per cent, from £82m to £87m, in 2013/14 (7 May 2014). Turnover also increased by 6 per […]
Social media has changed the world. For many people it is the first place to go to talk to friends, organise events or even read the news. What some do not know is that posting comments online, particularly about your employer, can have serious consequences. Collyer Bristow highlights a number of instances when employees have […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has applied for permission to seek judicial review against HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) for its client Bernie Ecclestone over his £1bn tax bill. HSF has drafted in a heavyweight team of silks on the High Court application to challenge the basis of assessments that have left the former F1 chief with […]
This week’s most-read briefings writers from TheLawyer.com are drawn from the employment sector. The following excerpts cover the implications of that ‘fracas’ involving Jeremy Clarkson, managing social media and an at-a-glance guide to legal changes this year. Gateley – ‘How to deal with a workplace ‘fracas’’ https://www.thelawyer.com/briefings/how-to-deal-with-a-workplace-fracas/3032681.article Antonia Blackwell, Shoosmiths – ‘ Top 10 employment […]
This week’s in-house interview sees Bjarne Tellmann, general counsel at publishing giant Pearson, go into detail about cultural change in an organisation. It took Tellmann – listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 this year, and whose function is shortlisted for In-House TMT Team of the Year at The Lawyer Awards next month – just 12 […]
Term ‘lawyer’ no longer describes the GC role in business, says top CEO It’s a generally accepted fact that in-house lawyers now have more control and power than ever before – over their choice of external advisers, the amount they pay for advice and the influence they have on their own businesses. But, as delegates […]