Ogier has acted as BVI legal counsel on the $76.8m IPO on NASDAQ of Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp. Atlantic Alliance Partnership Corp is a special purposes acquisition company formed for the purpose of acquiring, engaging in a share exchange, share reconstruction and amalgamation, contractual or control arrangement with, purchasing all or substantially all of the […]
Michael Conroy Harris, construction expert at Eversheds, has commented on the latest UK construction output numbers. Conroy Harris said: “After a six-week election campaign, we’re not really any the wiser as to how the next government will look. The only thing that seems clear is that the result will not be clear cut, so any ‘post-election […]
Muna Dandan, former head of legal for Barclays retail and commercial banking business in the Middle East, joined the firm as a partner on 1 May 2015 to lead the firm’s financial services disputes and investigations (FSDI) practice in Asia. Dandan will be based in Eversheds’ office in Hong Kong, where she has extensive private […]
Clifford Chance partners have voted through changes to the firm’s lockstep that will see it move away from the single profit pool system. The proposed changes were voted on last week and could result in a more flexible system for top partners in a bid to retain star lawyers. The Lawyer revealed Clifford Chance had […]
Conyers Dill & Pearan has received three Deal of the Year Awards for its work on the landmark Alibaba Group Holding IPO on NYSE, at the annual ALB China Law Awards. The firm won in the following three categories: Equity Market Deal of the Year TMT Deal of the Year China Deal of the Year […]
Collyer Bristow’s employment law team is hosting breakfast seminar on how to manage problematic sickness absence in your organisation, including minimising the risk of grievances and claims. The seminar will take place on Thursday, 11 June 2015.
Shoosmiths has been shortlisted in the Regulatory Team of the Year category in the Lawyer Awards 2015. The awards, hosted by The Lawyer, celebrate excellence across private practice, the public sector, commerce and industry. Shoosmiths has been shortlisted for the regulatory award in recognition of its successful defence of an operations manager in one of 2014’s […]
Baker & McKenzie has hired Javier Menor as a new partner in its corporate, mergers and acquisitions, and competition law practice in the Barcelona office. Until joining the firm, Menor was the managing partner of Deloitte Abogados in Catalonia, Aragón, and the Balearic Islands; he was also a member of the Global Executive Committee of Deloitte […]
Baker & McKenzie has further strengthened its team in Yangon with the appointment of Ola Nicolai Borge as partner. He joined the firm on 1 May 2015 from Grant Thornton Myanmar where he was the managing partner. Nicolai Borge has 15 years of experience in international tax as a tax and legal adviser. He has an […]
Baker & McKenzie and FenXun Partners have announced that they have become the first international and PRC law firms to enter into a joint operation in the China (Shanghai) free-trade zone. The law firms are the first to be approved by the PRC authorities to provide their clients with international and PRC law capacity through […]
Nearly 100 top GCs will fly to Lisbon next week (13-15 May) for The Lawyer General Counsel Strategy Summit (GCSS). The GCSS, in association with Thomson Reuters, has become a fixture in the legal calendar, and this year will welcome delegates drawn from a mixture of global corporations with large legal teams to smaller companies […]
News UK has promoted deputy general counsel Emma Moloney to head of legal following the death of Paul Chinnery last year. Moloney had been interim general counsel since September after Chinnery died following a battle with cancer (15 September 2014). She took on the job on a permanent basis on Tuesday (5 May). Moloney joined News […]