A brief overview of four cases in which the firm has helped clients guard their reputation: We obtained a ‘revenge porn’ privacy injunction to prevent the distribution of intimate photographs of our client. Because the subject matter was deeply private we obtained an order that the proceedings should be anonymised. A harassment injunction helped a businessman […]
Michael Conroy Harris, construction expert at law firm Eversheds, has commented on the latest UK construction output numbers. Conroy Harris said: “As the saying goes ‘what goes up, must come down’ and UK construction has been cyclical for as long as anyone can remember. The fall after the credit crunch was spectacular and the rebound, […]
Quadrant Chambers and Volterra Fietta client US bottle maker Owens-Illinois (OI) has been awarded more than $455m (£301m) by the Venezuelan government in a claim following Hugo Chavez’ nationalisation of a bottle plant in 2010. The sum is the fourth-largest ICSID arbitration award ever made public after payouts in the Occidental, Exxon Mobil and CSOB Slovakia […]
Baker Botts energy partner Mark Rowley is set to replace Steve Wardlaw at the helm of the firm’s London office less than three years after he took over as partner in charge. Baker Botts has said that Wardlaw has stepped down to “pursue other business interests outside the legal field”. Wardlaw will leave the firm […]
Malaysian firm Zicolaw has expanded its IP capabilities across the Southeast Asian region with the addition of a team in Thailand and additional personnel in Indonesia and Malaysia. In Thailand the firm has added Tilleke & Gibbins lawyers Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn and Nuttaphol Arammuang as partners while in Malaysia Ong Boo Seng has joined as a […]
BBC Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson has hired Olswang ahead of his BBC disciplinary hearing, while producer Oisin Tymon is being represented by Slater & Gordon. Olswang senior partner Mark Devereux is representing Clarkson in the BBC hearing, which is understood to be imminent. Slater & Gordon senior principal lawyer in employment and partnership Paul […]
The SRA is planning to withdraw from the Graduate Recruitment Code, which prevents law firms offering students training contracts before their final year of university. The move has provoked concern in many quarters, particularly for its diversity implications. Is this liberalisation going too far? Recruitment system is now at risk “This will lead to paranoia […]
Pinsent Masons has promoted 29 lawyers to partner as part of a firm-wide promotions round, 24 of which are UK-based. In the UK, the firm has distributed its promotions across infrastructure (six), real estate (four), financial services (three), corporate (three), litigation (two), and one apiece in commercial, regulatory, competition, universities and higher education, energy and […]
Slaughter and May has been retained by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) to assist the Treasury Solicitor’s department on costs issues related to the Tchenguiz damages claims. The SFO agreed a total £4.5m out of court settlement with the property tycoon brothers Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz in July 2014 (31 July 2014). The deal brought […]
Morgan Lewis & Bockius is set to merge with Singapore firm Stamford Law Corporation, expanding its Asian operations from Beijing and Tokyo in a bid to create a “powerhouse” to serve clients across the region. The merger sees Morgan Lewis add around 80 lawyers to its roster. The structure of Morgan Lewis Stamford will allow […]
Eversheds has appointed head of litigation Ian Gray to the newly-created role of international managing partner to boost its strategic development outside the UK. The role sees Gray take responsibility for managing all of Eversheds’ international offices from 1 May. He will work alongside Eversheds’ managing partner Lee Ranson and chief executive Bryan Hughes to […]
Banking sector legal heads are continuing to realign their in-house teams following a period of intense regulatory scrutiny on the industry. Banking sector general counsel are radically overhauling their in-house teams in the wake of record regulatory enforcement-related fines, this week’s banking special report has revealed. According to the CCP Research Foundation, the global banking […]