Revenue and profits were up across much of the Continent last year as the European 100 gained a new top-ranked firm, France’s Fidal. Overall, 2014 was a good year across Europe. Even though not all markets are out of recession the combined turnover of the European 100 rose by around 5 per cent, to €8.6bn […]
Stephenson Harwood partner Andrew Edge was featured in 2012’s Hot 100 after a string of deals in the pharmaceutical sector. While many of these client relationships still stand, the situation has changed slightly, with Edge now in charge of the firm’s 76-strong corporate team. Stephenson Harwood partner Andrew Edge was featured in 2012’s The Lawyer […]
Contractual blind spots affect not only general counsel, but whole companies too. The corporate contractual process is failing. Epically. And that’s a big problem. Despite the swarms of people and astonishingly high spend devoted to this category, contract life-cycle management in most companies is a low-tech, disorganised process fragmented across numerous legal and non-legal functions. […]
Bjarne Tellmann has rebooted publisher Pearson’s in-house legal team, redesigned the entire legal function and reduced the legal team’s budget, and he shows no sign of slowing down yet… When Bjarne Tellmann joined publishing giant Pearson from Coca-Cola in 2014, he found a legal department that was vulnerable to external risks because no single person […]
Move of the week Real estate partner Ranjeev Kumar has joined Watson Farley & Williams’ London office from Katten Muchin Rosenman, where he was a partner for three years. Kumar advises clients on both domestic and cross-border real estate transactions and also specialises in real estate finance. His appointment is intended to help grow Watson […]
EY has announced the appointment of two partners from Addleshaw Goddard, including former managing partner Paul Devitt, in a bid to develop a Manchester legal services offering. Devitt stepped down as Addleshaw Goddard managing partner a year before his tenure was due to end (17 March 2014). He will join EY as a partner in […]
International firms in London, the magic circle and big litigation were the key themes in last week’s top 10 stories on TheLawyer.com. The ongoing saga of former Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Peter Gray and his fight to clear his name after being found to have dishonestly misled the High Court developed further last week, […]
“Can I have some of the vegetable curry”, said the man next to me at the Farmers’ Market. The voice sounded familiar. “Oh and some of the rice too, please”. I looked sideways. It was David Cameron. I suppose I was asking for it, hovering round the Farmers’ Market on a Saturday morning in Chipping […]
Following the announcement of fines for a number of global banks relating to Forex manipulation and interest rate rigging charges, Robin Henry, a partner in Collyer Bristow’s financial disputes team, has been quoted in The London Evening Standard, The Independent and The Wall Street Journal.
Midlands firms Shakespeares and SGH Martineau have confirmed they will complete their merger on 15 June, less than three months after the two announced they were in talks. The new top 50-firm will trade as Shakespeare Martineau and will have a turnover of around £75m. It will employ over 900 people including 150 partners. The […]
Ogier has launched a cross-jurisdictional tax team in response to requirements from corporate clients, their advisers and trustees. Having advised financial institutions, multinational corporates, funds and asset managers on offshore and legal advice relevant to tax for many years, the firm has now drawn together a team of partners with specific tax expertise. “Our tax […]
John Butterfield QC, member of No5 Chambers’ crime group, has been named ‘Lawyer of the Week’ by The Times, in recognition of him successfully defending News of the World journalist Lucy Panton at the Court of Appeal. Lucy Panton was the first person to be found guilty of paying public officials under Operation Elveden, an investigation […]