Simon Hunka of No5 Chambers prosecuted in a maniac road rage case. A man from Binley has been found guilty of wounding a driver during a row. Simon Hunka, prosecuting, told the jury the case was about road rage and happened on 21 June 2014. It was heard, at Warwick Crown Court that Daniel McAuley dived […]
Hashi Mohamed is to be debate chairman at a Law Society Africa event The annual Business Council for Africa debate is to take place on 21 April, with Hashi Mohamed overseeing the half-day event hosted at the Law Society. The title of the influential gathering this year is ‘The Power to Connect: Investing in Infrastructure and […]
eBay has hired Agilent Technologies’ top lawyer Marie Oh Huber as its new general counsel as the company prepares for the split of eBay and PayPal into two separate companies later this year. eBay general counsel Michael Jacobson plans to leave the company following the separation of the two businesses in the second half of […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman, Cayman, acted for Amber Road Inc, a New York Stock Exchange-listed provider of global trade management systems on its acquisition of ecVision, a Cloud-based provider of global sourcing and collaborative supply chain solutions for brand-focused companies. The transaction was completed through the merger of a Cayman subsidiary of Amber Road with ecVision.
Shoosmiths has recruiting an established real estate partner in the East Midlands. Ellis Gardner-Browne has over 16 years’ experience working for major UK city law firms. This includes seven and a half years working in the real estate groups at city firms Dechert and Manches, where he was head of the property retail group. For the […]
Nominations for Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s next senior partner are expected to close this month with sources close to the firm already touting three clear frontrunners to take over from incumbent Will Lawes when he steps down in October. Edward Braham, who stepped down from his role as corporate head at the end of his term […]
Grimaldi Studio Legale has announced the hire of two prominent banking partners for its London office, former Clifford Chance CEO Michael Bray and Bonelli Erede Pappalardo’s Riccardo Sallustio. Bray was originally responsible for establishing the link between what was then Grimaldi e Associati and Clifford Chance in 1993. As CEO of the magic circle firm […]
Publicis Groupe has appointed Joe LaSala, general counsel of recent takeover target Sapient, as its new general counsel to replace Eric Antoine Fredette. This appointment comes months after Publicis Groupe sealed a £2.3bn deal to buy US digital company Sapient, advised by Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Cravath Swaine & Moore and Bredin Prat (5 […]
The 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries are the focus for many law firms this year, what with the region gearing up for the launch of its economic zone at the end of this year. It’s no surprise, then, that Baker & McKenzie Asia Pacific head Bruce Hambrett is making ASEAN a key […]
Suspended Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Peter Gray will appear before Mr Justice Flaux today (14 April) to argue that the ruling he deliberately misled the High Court relied on “implausible” assumptions and was “clearly flawed”. Gray’s counsel Mark Simpson QC of Fountain Court Chambers sought permission to appeal the “unsafe” decision, handed down by […]
University of the Arts London (UAL) has instructed BLM to take legal action against 15 of its students who continue to occupy a building in Central Saint Martins in King’s Cross. The protestors named in the court filing have been ordered to attend a hearing at the Rolls Building on Tuesday (14 April). In a […]
General Electric (GE) has called on Hogan Lovells to advise on the $26.5bn (£18.07bn) sale of its real estate business GE Capital Real Estate to Blackstone Group, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Wells Fargo, advised by Dechert. As part of the deal, GE said that it plans to sell $9bn worth of the […]