Allen & Overy (A&O) has appointed 22 lawyers to its partnership worldwide, including nine women, in its largest promotions round in three years. The increase in female lawyers, which represents 40.1 per cent of the total promotions, comes after the firm considered introducing a 20 per cent female partnership target by 2020 to better promote […]
Eversheds Saladžius has hosted the visit of Vincent Pinatel, founding lawyer of Mundiavocat and Eurolawyers, and Jacques Gobert, honorary counsellor of Lithuania in France. Mundiavocat and Eurolawyers is a gathering of lawyers from around the world and Europe respectively for a football championship and friendly networking. The event traces a history of 30 years, and […]
Our exclusive exit interview with DLA Piper’s Tony Angel was by far the most popular story on the website last week, trumping several big litigation stories. When DLA Piper hired Linklaters’ former managing partner Tony Angel four years ago, eyebrows were raised in many corners of the profession. This week features editor Matt Byrne spoke […]
Ashurst will receive a grant of £2.4m from Scottish Development International (SDI) for its low cost base in Glasgow, as the development agency steps up its efforts to attract law firms to the city to compete with Belfast’s offering. Ashurst set up its Glasgow base in June 2013 (12 June 2013) and is planning to […]
A national poster campaign promoting a positive message about the contribution from immigrants to British society features an award-winning human rights lawyer. S Chelvan, a high-profile barrister with No5 Chambers, is one of 15 immigrants selected to feature in the crowdfunded ‘I am an Immigrant’ campaign.
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Cerberus on its acquisition of the Clyde Shopping Centre in Glasgow for approximately £70m. The Conyers team, which worked alongside Maclay Murray & Spens, White & Case, Schulte Roth & Zabel and Linklaters, consisted of Anton Goldstein and Joshua Mangeot.
Zoltán Hegymegi-Barakonyi, partner at Baker & McKenzie, has been appointed the new chairman of the Hungarian Association of Competition Law. Gusztáv Bacher, partner at Szecskay, and Gábor Fejes, partner of Oppenheim Law Firm, were named vice-presidents.
Mishcon de Reya has promoted the first non-lawyer to its partnership, chief operating officer (COO) Bambos Georgiou, two months after its ABS licence was approved by the Solicitors’ Regulation Authority (SRA). Mishcon became the latest top 50 firm to gain an ABS licence in February, six months after lodging its application with the SRA (27 […]
King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) co-head of corporate Richard Lever is joining Goodwin Procter’s London office following the firm’s decision to launch a private equity practice. Lever’s departure to Goodwin Procter comes days after The Lawyer exclusively revealed the firm’s plans to launch a City-based private equity practice alongside its real estate capabilities (13 April 2015). […]
His Hon Brian Barker has appointed Bridget Dolan as Counsel to the Inquest into the death of Private Cheryl James at Deepcut Barracks.
Baker & McKenzie is advising Uniwheels in connection with its planned IPO on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. Uniwheels, one of the largest wheel suppliers to the automotive industry in Europe and leading European manufacturer of alloy wheels in the accessories market, owns major production plants in Poland and in Germany. The IPO consists of 2,400,000 […]
On 13 May Collyer Bristow’s finance disputes team will be presenting a seminar that will give an update on ongoing developments and the most important cases in the past six months. This will include a review of recent decisions regarding benchmark manipulation, derivatives, mis-selling, structured finance, commercial mortgage-backed securities and valuers’ liability.