Osborne Clarke has promoted five associate directors to partnership taking the firm’s total number of partners to over 200 for the first time. Of the five, three (60 per cent) are women. Kate Johnson and Mathias Loertscher are based in Osborne Clarke’s London office and both qualified with the firm in 2006. Johnson specialises in […]
No5 Chambers has been shortlisted for Chambers of the Year in the prestigious annual awards run by The Lawyer magazine. The set, which boasts more than 240 barristers and 28 silks, is the holder of the Chambers of the Year title and is up against seven other outfits in The Lawyer’s 2015 awards. The shortlist […]
Fawaz Elmalki, director and head of Conyers’ MENA investment funds practice in Dubai, has been named to the MENA Fund Manager’s Fund Services Power 30 List for the fourth consecutive year. The publication cited Fawaz for his “formidable expertise in conventional, alternative and Shari’a-compliant funds”. Fawaz advises clients on investment funds, with an emphasis on […]
Paul Bleasdale QC & Simon Michael of No5 Chambers have represented a pregnant woman left brain damaged after NHS operation, who has now won an £8m compensation payout. The woman was admitted to Salford Royal Hospital for an ectopic pregnancy in 2010. During an operation doctors ruptured her aorta, her heart stopped due to lack […]
Baker & McKenzie has advised Carnegie and ABG Collier in a deal worth SEK510m ($61m), to secure the IPO of Tobii, a global provider of eye-tracking solutions that was listed on Nasdaq Stockholm on 24 April 2015, with a market cap value of SEK2.1bn. A product with an integrated eye-tracking sensor knows what a user is […]
UAE law firm Baker & McKenzie Habib Al Mulla has hosted an industry seminar to discuss the various aspects of the renewed Commercial Companies Law No. 2 of 2015 (the CCL). Partners Tom Thraya and Mazen Boustany led the discussion and analysis of the new legislation, issued by His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al […]
Baker and McKenzie has recruited two new partners to its Vienna office: Christopher Urtz and Georg Krakow. Urtz, professor at the University of Salzburg, was appointed partner for tax law, and Krakow, former senior public prosecutor, was appointed partner for compliance and white collar crime law.
Mayer Brown’s London antitrust and competition head Gillian Sproul has left the firm to join Greenberg Traurig Maher. Sproul worked for Mayer Brown for 10 years, having joined from Dentons in 2005 from legacy Denton Wilde Sapte (18 March 2005). She was promoted to her current role in 2009, replacing Frances Murphy who left to […]
Corporate lawyers from Walker Morris have advised Servelec Group plc on its acquisition of Aura Healthcare Ltd. It is the latest of several transactions in the technology sector on which the law firm has advised. Aura is a developer of software for the healthcare sector that controls bed management and patient flow across hospitals, clinics and […]
Shoosmiths has appointed real estate partner John Downs to its national real estate team. With over 12 years’ experience in the law, Downs joins the Shoosmiths team from Field Fisher Waterhouse where he advised corporate clients on complex real estate projects, with a particular focus on the hotel and leisure sector. Based in Shoosmiths’ Solent office, […]
Kennedys has announced the launch of an office in Moscow, operating under the name Kennedys CIS Advocates. Russian advocate Constantin Saranchouk will lead the firm’s operations in Moscow. Saranchouk previously headed Clyde & Co’s insurance practice, taking on the role in 2011. The office will focus on high value insurance disputes covering international power and […]
Retired High Court judge Bernard Eder has been appointed a judge at the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC). The Lawyer revealed Eder was taking early retirement from the bench age 62 in March (26 March 2015). He is also understood to be in talks to return to arbitration practice at his lifelong set Essex Court […]