Forced to wake up at the ungodly hour of 8am to attend a breakfast I wonder what sort of sadist thinks that 9am on the Thursday of MIPIM is an acceptable start time. I tweet this. When I get to the restaurant, the subject of Twitter comes up and my host follows me. I come clean. […]
Covington & Burling has hired King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) litigation head Alex Leitch to boost its European capabilities. Leitch, who has worked for King & Wood Mallesons’ London office since 1995, was made partner in 2000 and was head of litigation for under a year. He specialises in corporate and media-related litigation, acting for […]
Jones Day has announced plans to open its seventeenth US office, in Detroit, led by Chicago-based M&A partner Timothy Melton, who is taking on the role of managing partner. Melton served as co-head of the firm’s capital markets practice for nearly 10 years and counsels a range of corporations, financial institutions, and their boards of […]
Dolan said: “Just as we were beginning to think the old days of life-long dependency were at an end, with judges even suggesting that ex-wives might consider getting a job, the Supreme Court puts the clock back by opining that it would be appropriate for Mr Vince – whose relationship with Mrs Wyatt lasted for just […]
Administrators must understand their duties when administering structures used in employee incentive schemes, says Ogier partner Steven Meiklejohn, who is to speak at the Employee Share Ownership Centre (ESOP) Jersey conference this week. He will share lessons from a number of key cases from 2014, including a series of Mistake cases heard before Jersey’s Royal Court. […]
Ogier has recently advised Cinven on its acquisition of Premium Credit Ltd for an enterprise value of £462m. Premium Credit Ltd is a UK specialty finance provider which provides financing for insurance premiums and a variety of annual fees, including school fees and membership subscriptions. It has two million customers, works with 4,000 intermediaries and […]
Slaughter & May has advised ITV on what is set to be its largest acquisition ever, the takeover of The Voice producers Talpa Media for an initial cash consideration of €500m (£355m) with further payments of up to €600m expected based on growth over eight years. ITV could make a maximum payout of €1.1bn to Talpa if […]
Taylor Wessing’s Singapore member firm RHTLaw Taylor Wessing is preparing to list its professional services arm on the Singapore Stock Exchange’s secondary Catalist board, with a flotation expected in the first quarter of 2016. RHT Holdings, which is currently owned by RHTLaw Taylor Wessing’s equity partners, is the umbrella company for businesses focusing on compliance, […]
Paris-listed global energy company Schneider Electric Group general counsel Peter Wexler is a big fan of individual relationships. It’s the way he manages his legal department and how he deals with external advisers. That’s why, in his in-house interview with The Lawyer this week, Wexler says he won’t put panel systems in place despite having […]
Insurance company NFU Mutual has appointed seven firms including DAC Beachcroft, Kennedys and Clyde & Co to its revised England and Wales legal panel. The panel also includes BLM, Keoghs, York-based Langleys Solicitors and London-headquartered Taylor Rose. The appointments, effective from 1 May, are for an initial three years. The firms are expected to offer […]
Firmwide managing partner Simon Davies has appointed Scott Bowie to the newly-created New York-based position of head of global US practice. Bowie, the head of Linklaters’ investment management group (IMG) practice, has also been appointed to the firm’s executive committee. He begins a four-year term as head of global US practice head effective from today (12 March). […]
Squire Patton Boggs has promoted 40 lawyers to partner across the firm with a quarter made up in the UK. Squire Patton Boggs matched the number promoted in the UK with 11 lawyers made up across its US offices. Four lawyers were made partner in Europe, two in the Middle East and two in Asia. […]