“Why is your wearable fitness device saying LOSE?” asks my back doctor. This is the digital device I wear on my wrist which, helpfully, tells me how much I’ve fallen short of my daily goal of 10,000 steps. I am confused by his comment as my wearable has never before issued a command. I work […]
Labour shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter MP has pledged the party will immediately repeal Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling’s reforms to judicial review if elected in May, but will impose a programme of “more in-depth reform” of its own on the judicial process [continues] Also on TheLawyer.com: Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan bounced back in London […]
Labour shadow justice minister Andy Slaughter MP has pledged the party will immediately repeal Lord Chancellor Chris Grayling’s reforms to judicial review if elected in May, but will impose a programme of “more in-depth reform” of its own on the judicial process. In an interview with The Lawyer, Slaughter said Labour would “review the changes […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan bounced back in London last year guided by co-managing partners Sue Prevezer QC and Richard East. Quinn Emanuel reported a 33 per cent increase in London revenue last month, recovering from a major dip in 2013 (23 February 2015). The firm has also been recruiting, most recently attractiung DLA Piper […]
Allen & Overy’s (A&O) US corporate finance head Jim Wickenden has quit the firm, to be replaced by London-based partner Kevin Muzilla. Wickenden left A&O a few weeks ago after three years as head of US corporate finance. Wickenden joined the firm in 2012 as head of US securities from legacy Herbert Smith, where he […]
The Bank of England (BoE) has hired Competitions and Markets Authority (CMA) director of enforcement Sonya Branch to replace Graham Nicholson, who will retire at the end of April. Branch will join the bank in mid-May from her role as CMA’s executive director of enforcement and a member of the board. She had previously been […]
Last week, US firm Paul Hastings snatched up Allen & Overy’s (A&O) top Latin America partners to open an office in São Paulo, its first on the ground presence in Latin America. Does this mean a strategy change for A&O? A&O Latin America co-chair Robert Kartheiser, finance partner and sole São Paulo-based lawyer Bruno Soares, […]
Linklaters has advised Barclays on the sale of its entire Pakistan business to Habib Bank Limited (HBL) as the bank seeks to dispose of its non-core assets. The transaction is reported to be worth RS 10bn (£107m). HBL is Pakistan’s largest bank, recording RS 32bn (£342m) in profits in 2014 – a growth of 38 […]
Disentangling meaningful tax policy changes from the rhetoric of a pre-election Budget is a mercifully infrequent pastime. As a general view, however, this was not a Budget of material new fiscal give-aways (or impositions) affecting large business or cross-border investment. Changes were more focused on the taxation of individuals (voters). The mainstream rate of corporation tax […]
It’s all change in Barclays’ in-house team, as the company has appointed a new US general counsel after the departure of Carlos Pelayo. Investment banking advisory service Dominick & Dominick’s general counsel Kevin McKay is taking on the role and starting work next Monday. But he isn’t the only new face in the bank’s in-house […]
Amazon has appointed a new head of employment to its in-house legal team in the UK, just weeks after the distribution giant was accused of “bypassing the law” by offering set lump sums in exchange for staff redundancies. Ian Watson started in the Slough-based role of senior corporate counsel, employment earlier this month (2 March). […]
Former Selborne Chambers head Romie Tager QC has instructed Withers partner Amber Melville-Brown to challenge a tribunal ruling ordering him to pay £1.25m in tax bills to HMRC. In a case brought by HM Revenue & Customs Upper Tribunal Judge Colin Bishopp imposed the financial penalty of £1,246,020 on Tager for his “failure to comply with […]