Sullivan & Cromwell client BNP Paribas (BNPP) has been sentenced to five years’ probation by a US district court on Friday (1 May) in connection with its $8.9bn (£5.88bn) payout ordered last July. BNPP agreed to pay out the record sum and Manhattan district judge Lorna Schofield ordered a further payment a $140m fine as […]
Flint Bishop’s managing partner Ken Dixon has quit the firm alongside fellow equity partner Zafar Bashir after over 20 years at the Midlands outfit. A statement issued by Flint Bishop said that Dixon and Bashir had “decided to retire from the partnership and leave the firm in order to pursue new opportunities”. Dixon acted as […]
Retired Court of Appeal judge Maurice Kay QC has returned to private arbitration practice at regional set Kings Chambers. Kay stepped down from the bench on October 2014 age 72, three years before the official retirement age for appellate judges. He will lead Kings Chambers’ domestic and international arbitration team from Manchester, Birmingham and Leeds. […]
Banking set 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB) has become the latest chambers to appoint a chief executive following a restructure of its practice management team. Doughty Street chief executive Robin Jackson will take up the newly created role this summer after seven years at the civil liberties set. Jackson will work alongside senior practice manager Stephen […]
The Lawyer Awards, in association with Travelers, has established itself as the leading awards initiative within the legal industry and is unquestionably the biggest night of the year for the legal profession. Entries from a large number of US firms feature prominently. [continues] US firms should also take note that the entry deadline for the […]
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has promoted seven lawyers to partnership roles in London, Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and New York. The promotions round is significantly down on 2014, when the firm made up 13 new partners in London, Hamburg, New York, Italy, Athens, Bangkok and Paris. This year in London, Andrew Ward and Andrew […]
Global consultancy giant Accenture has promoted general counsel Julia Spellman Sweet to chief executive for North America. Sweet will be replaced by deputy general counsel and chief compliance office Chad Jerdee who has been at the company since 1997. Prior to joining Accenture Jerdee was an associate with now defunct Rider Bennett and Minnesota firm […]
What price would one put on the anguish and heartache caused to a father who had been misled for 17 years that his ‘son’ was in fact the child of a secret lover of his wife? Reported cases in this area are limited and therefore there is a lack of consistency and clarity with regard […]
Maravela & Asociații has been asked by The Global Legal Group to contribute to the 2015 first edition of the Global Legal Insights – International Arbitration publication. This contains 36 country chapters drafted by leading practitioners from around the world and is designed to provide general counsel with comprehensive insights on international arbitration – practical issues, […]
David Fennell, CEO of Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co, has been ranked number 72 in Business Insider’s annual ‘Power People’ list. The list focuses on the top 100 men and women who have wielded the most power and influence in the West Midlands over the last year, the people ‘driving the agenda’. Fennell, a new […]
As of 1 May 2015, Eversheds’ litigation team has been rejoined by attorney Maciej Jóźwiak. Jóźwiak has a wealth of experience leading judicial disputes involving civil and criminal law before the courts at all instances, including the Supreme Court of Poland. He has also represented clients in arbitration proceedings before the Court of Arbitration at the […]
Eversheds has announce that it has been awarded Law Firm of the Year 2015 at the annual Irish Law Awards. The firm was also awarded Irish International Law Firm of the Year and Alternative Dispute Resolution Team of the Year. This year’s ceremony was held on Thursday 30 April in the Double Tree by Hilton […]