High-profile board to guide content of law firm leadership summit Last Wednesday saw the inaugural meeting of an advisory board set up to guide the content for The Lawyer Business Leadership Summit. A high-profile roster of former judges or professionals from prize-winning firms at what was formerly The Lawyer Management Awards gathered to offer insight […]
With the general election just 17 days away and the prospect of a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU if the Conservatives win, firms have to consider the consequences for their clients in the event of a ‘Brexit’. The consequences of a UK exit from the EU would depend very much on what […]
Hugh Raven swapped Eversheds partnership for a job at building group Kier, helping support the business’s extension plans into property and services. Hugh Raven never planned to work in-house. The Linklaters-trained lawyer hails from the Midlands and envisioned that he would eventually return to the region to be closer to his family. Indeed, a move […]
Lisbeth Savill made The Lawyer Hot 100 in 2012 on the back of an impressive career which had seen her rise to become head of film and television at Olswang. Her 23-year stint at the firm was shortly to come to an end, however. In the summer of 2012 Savill moved to O’Melveny & Myers. […]
Banking and finance clients are in the crosshairs of the cyber criminals, and they are relying on law firms to keep their data safe. What do you see as the key challenges in risk management facing clients in the banking and finance sector? Don Randall, senior consultant, Bivonas Law: Keeping up with advances in technology. […]
Some of us still don’t really understand the technology behind 3D printing. There’s an extensive Wikipedia entry on it, and no doubt plenty of explanatory videos on YouTube as well, but if you’re a Luddite like some of us on The Lawyer, it still all seems a little bit too sci-fi for comfort. Anyway, as […]
DAC Beachcroft has appointed 15 lawyers to its partnership, including seven in Bristol where the firm has almost doubled its intake of partners. During last year’s promotions round, the firm tripled its promotion figure from five to 16 (9 April 2014). The firm’s largest amount of promotions were in claims solutions, where five lawyers were […]
Marko Ketler, attorney-at-law and partner in co-operation with Karanović & Nikolić, has participated in a workshop entitled ‘Law and Start-Ups’ organised by the Geneva Club of the Law Faculty in Ljubljana. Ketler advised that it is always wise to seek the advice of a lawyer in the early phase of start-up development, particularly when preparing […]
Clive Newberry QC from No5 Chambers’ planning and environment group is set to speak about housing delivery at a seminar organised by Planning Magazine. The seminar will take place on 13 May 2015 and be held at the ILEC Conference Centre in London. He will be co-presenting a session titled ‘Housing Delivery vs Housing Trajectory: Finding […]
Ogier Jersey has acted as Jersey legal adviser for Intermediate Capital Group plc in relation to the establishment of its 10th Jersey fund — ICG Europe Fund VI — which has held its first close having raised €2.5bn to date. This includes a contribution from ICG’s balance sheet of €500m, along with €2bn of third-party subscriptions. […]
Richard Naish and Ed Brown from Walker Morris’s corporate department have advised Mobile Tornado Group plc on its conditional share placing of 22,500,000 new ordinary shares at 2p each to raise £1.35m before expenses. Mobile Tornado Group plc, which is headquartered in Harrogate, will use the share placing to fund the working capital requirements of […]
Family Law has published Collyer Bristow family partner Philippa Dolan’s article on the relocation of separated parents, which is entitled ‘Fathers are not just for Christmas’.