All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices. Benelux Dutch boutique Rutgers & Posch has strengthened its employment team with hires from Kennedy van der Laan and Boekel de Nerée. Inge de Laat joined Rutgers & Posch as partner, having previously been a partner at Kennedy Van der Laan, […]
Latham & Watkins is set to close its Doha office and consolidate its Abu Dhabi and Dubai offices seven years after launching in the region. The firm today confirmed its intention to close its Doha office by 30 June. It also plans to merge the Abu Dhabi and Dubai teams by the end of the […]
Brabners has successfully overturned a Football Association (FA) decision to block an application by its client Hull City Football Club to change its name to Hull Tigers. Following an arbitration judgment on Monday (16 March), Hull City has won permission to apply again to change its name – a move widely contested by the Premier […]
Litigation finance company Burford Capital has reported a 35 per cent increase in income for 2014, to $82m up from $60.7m. Of that $82m, nearly 60 per cent ($47.9m) comes from litigation investment activities, which the bulk of the rest is insurance income. Burford’s operating profit rose by 43 per cent from $42.5m to $60.7m. The […]
Linklaters and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have advised on the bumper €6.6bn (£4.8bn) sale of Swedish electricity company Fortum Distribution to a consortium of investors. Linklaters infrastructure partner Ian Andrews advised the Borealis-led consortium buying the electricity company, comprising investment Borealis Infrastructure Management, Första AP-Fonden, Tredje AP-Fonden and Folksam. Advice to the buyers was led […]
A groundbreaking ruling by the Supreme Court on Wednesday in favour of Mishcon de Reya client Kathleen Wyatt could raise serious questions about fairness in the family justice system. The court unanimously ruled that Wyatt’s bid for financial support from her ex-husband – Ecotricity tycoon Dale Vince – does have merit, despite their divorce 22 […]
Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘fracas’ in a row over food does not necessarily point to automatic dismissal. Most workers spend more time at work than they do with friends or family, so it comes as no surprise that sometimes tempers get frayed, mild annoyance turns to anger, and in some cases that anger can lead to physical […]
Ogier says the main drivers for managers to choose the BVI have been the extension of the scope of the regime to enable approved managers to manage non-BVI fund structures and the increased willingness to permit applicants for approved manager status to manage accounts. Ogier partner Simon Schilder commented “In the past 12 months we’ve seen […]
Eversheds has appointed consumer finance specialist Clare Hughes as a partner in its London office. She joins from TLT, where she was a partner and head of financial services regulation. Hughes is also a trained barrister and has previously worked as a specialist consumer lawyer at the Office of Fair Trading. Her practice focuses on […]
Following news that the G20 is to discuss Islamic bonds as an infrastructure financing tool, Dani Kabbani, Qatar managing partner at law firm Eversheds, said: “Several clients of ours in the Middle East are moving towards non-conventional financing, despite the availability of cash in the local banks. “The appetite for such a financing tool is not […]
Shoosmiths is celebrating after winning the ‘Professional Practice’ award at the annual Milton Keynes Business Achievement Awards (MKBAA). More than 600 guests were in attendance for the ceremony hosted by Milton Keynes Business Leaders Partnership and InterDirect, a full service marketing agency, at Stadiummk’s Hilton DoubleTree hotel. BBC journalist and foreign correspondent Kate Adie presented […]
Heidemarie Paulitsch has been promoted to counsel at Schoenherr as of February 2015. Paulitsch has specialised in the fields of white-collar crime and compliance for many years. She advises both national and international companies on compliance management systems and has wide-ranging experience in providing counsel on the handling of business crime matters. Heidemarie Paulitsch holds degrees from the University […]