“Do you remember super-injunction spring?” asks Charlotte Harris. Media lawyer Harris’ listing in The Lawyer Hot 100 came at a critical time for media law and press freedom. The Trinity Mirror hacking claims continue to rumble on, but Harris was there long ago. She spearheaded the practice at Manchester’s JMW and went on to clock […]
When the alliance between Herbert Smith, Gleiss Lutz and Stibbe fell apart three years ago, it was the start of a new era for all three firms and their partners. While Herbert Smith went global, Gleiss opted for a non-exclusive European alliance and Stibbe has remained stubbornly independent. Meanwhile, the former director-general of the alliance, […]
The march of the machines is making this an exciting time for the world of knowledge management – but are law firms keeping up? Q: There is an increasing amount of discussion in the legal market about artificial intelligence (AI)? To what extent is the use of AI in law firms becoming a reality? David […]
Natasha Lewis, legal services boss at UCL, could be the first of a new breed of in-housers as UK academic institutions start to act more like businesses Why don’t many UK universities have in-house lawyers? Despite US universities’ widespread investment in in-house legal teams the idea has never really caught on among their UK counterparts. […]
Few lawyers have a ready answer to my favourite question, but they should. I have a favourite question at the moment that I like to ask lawyers. I mean it to apply to their firms, but it can equally apply to them personally. You can ask yourself it in a minute, see how you get […]
Travers’ determination to stay independent was once seen as its Achilles heel. But maybe it was ahead of its time.
Blankin works in dispute resolution, development and regulatory, tax investigation and litigation/arbitration, mediation and ADR, infrastructure and PPP, real estate transactions, corporate law, restructuring and insolvency, healthcare and life sciences, employment, environment and commercial law. Her experience includes: Representing AS Kunda Nordic Tsement in various disputes and advising on different projects (development of the […]
Sources rank Vilius Bernatonis highly in energy, banking and finance, international dispute resolution, corporate and commercial law. Bernatonis’s “strength is his negotiation style, his understanding of our needs and his willingness to hear what the problem is and offer a solution at once. He knows what is happening in the industry in Lithuania at a top […]
Vidmantas Drizga is noted for his expertise in shareholders’ disputes and securities mandates. Commentators view him as “absolutely the best adviser for shareholder issues. He is a visible presence in the market.” (Chambers Europe) Drizga is noted for his expertise in shareholders’ disputes and securities mandates. Commentators view him as “absolutely the best adviser for shareholder […]
Sources say Andra Rubene is one of the most experienced corporate and M&A experts in Latvia. She is named as “the first choice for competition law issues in Latvia” and recognised as having “an excellent grasp of IP, IT and telecoms issues”. Andra is characterised as a “very hard working” and being “able to deliver […]
According to Chambers Global and Chambers Europe Vallikivi is very experienced and well-known: “He knows the ins and outs of the area of banking and finance and is very helpful in explaining that information”. He works in the following practices: mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, private equity and venture capital, intellectual property, project finance, capital […]
Best Lawyers has awarded Ivars Grunte as the Lawyer of the Year in Arbitration and Mediation (2014, Riga). Ivars Grunte is praised as “a skilled negotiator, very eloquent and diplomatic”. He is an acclaimed litigator and arbitrator and plays a central role in the practice, overseeing all of the deals. Clients emphasise that Ivars is […]