The Supreme Court has granted permission to appeal in MM (Lebanon) and others v Secretary of State for the Home Department. The case deals with immigration rules which require that, before British nationals or other persons lawfully settled in the UK can sponsor a foreign spouse (or partner, including a same-sex partner) from outside of the European […]
Royal Dutch Shell has appointed a global sourcing officer from Reed Smith to manage its pricing arrangements with external counsel in a bid to reign in costs and ensure greater value from panel firms. Vincent Cordo joined Shell’s Houston office in May to analyse and manage the company’s external legal spend, initially focusing on litigation. [continued] […]
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Royal Dutch Shell has appointed a global sourcing officer from Reed Smith to manage its pricing arrangements with external counsel in a bid to reign in costs and ensure greater value from panel firms. Vincent Cordo joined Shell’s Houston office in May to analyse and manage the company’s external legal spend, initially focusing on litigation. […]
Some six years after launching in London, Greenberg Traurig’s CEO Richard Rosenbaum is convinced that the City is the key to making the firm the world’s top legal real estate brand. The firm is a big player in the US real estate market and Rosenbaum says it wants to build on this reputation across the […]
Dechert, Sullivan & Cromwell and White & Case have all taken roles in the $12.7bn pharmaceutical deal between US pharmacy chains CVS Health and Omnicare. CVS Health was advised by Sullivan & Cromwell partners based in New York. Matt Hurd and Brian Hamilton worked with the company on corporate matters, while Ronald Creamer and Matthew […]
Gateley’s intention to float on AIM, raising up to £10m and valuing the firm at an estimated £130m, surprised the legal community last week as it is set to become the first law firm listed on a UK market. The Legal Services Act, which came into effect in October 2011, liberalised the way legal partnerships […]
There is now just over a week to go until the entry period for this year’s Business Leadership awards closes. We have had a phenomenal response, with already more entries across a broader range of legal services providers than ever before. The overwhelming response to this year’s new categories, which have been designed to reflect […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed corporate partner Gareth Stephenson as head of its Manchester legal services operation, due to launch this summer. The firm has also revealed it has appointed Aviva global shared services managing director Anup Kollanethu as Manchester centre director. Kollanethu will work alongside Stephenson to establish the Manchester base, touted by outgoing […]
Rachel Seaton, a corporate lawyer with Shoosmiths, is celebrating after being crowned legal ‘Birmingham Young Professional of the Year’, at the Birmingham Young Professional Awards ceremony at Birmingham’s ICC. She picked up the award from Countdown presenter Rachel Riley at the event which attracted more than 900 guests. Seaton was nominated by Shoosmiths head of […]
Clifford Chance and Sullivan & Cromwell have taken lead roles on advising Barclays in relation to its $2.3bn (£1.4bn) foreign exchange manipulation penalty fine – the largest fine of the six global banks to settle with global financial regulators on Wednesday (20 May). The settlement was led by the US Department of Justice but Barclays […]
The Shoosmiths national asset finance team is celebrating a hat-trick of awards this year after being named ‘Litigation Team of the Year’ at the Credit Today Awards. This comes after the firm won ‘Legal Provider of the Year’ at the European Motor Finance Awards last month, and ‘Legal Provider of the Year’ at the European Leasing […]