Eversheds has hired six regulatory compliance consultants in a bid to expand the remit of its financial services team under the leadership of partner David Saunders. Simon Chapman, Noreen Husain and Clive Summers have joined the firm from the specialist regulatory and compliance practice of Resources Global Professionals (RGP) in January. Jean-Paul Simoes and Jonathan […]
Tim Jones, member of No5 Chambers’ planning and environment group and neighbourhood plan examiner, spoke at Planning’s Neighbourhood Plans and Community Engagement Conference in London. He said the Department for Communities and Local Government needs to provide better advice on who is allowed to vote in referenda for neighbourhood plans that cover town centres. He said: “Examiners […]
One version of a lawyer’s future rolled more clearly into view today with this week’s cover story about Richard Punt’s plans for Allen & Overy’s (A&O) flexible resources offering Peerpoint. The UK contract lawyers market has shifted up a gear recently – if you don’t believe us check out the growth statistics in today’s feature […]
Marcus Marcussen, a 91-year-old retired teacher who worked at Illmington Road Comprehensive School in Weoley Castle has been jailed for nine years after being found guilty of 25 counts of indecent assault on boys. A jury at Birmingham Crown Court heard that pupils were abused during and after PE lessons, and at a swimming club, […]
Karanović & Nikolić associate Veton Qoku has held a presentation at an event organised by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Macedonia. The event, entitled “Protecting your porganisation from corruption”, introduced participants to current anti-corruption legislation in Macedonia, the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act , both of which are regularly enforced and have […]
Slaughter and May’s Iberian best friend firm Uría Menéndez has posted a 3.6 per cent increase in turnover to €192.1m (£142.4m) in 2014, thanks to an improvement in the Spanish and Portuguese economy. Uría’s activity increased in M&A, capital markets and real estate, which had been relatively dormant during the past few years. This resulted in […]
Eastbourne and Lewes Councils have appointed Pinsent Masons’ head of local government Celia Cullen to help establish a combined in-house team for the two Sussex councils. Cullen will join on 9 March along with two other lawyers as the two council teams consider how the combined entity with structure itself to offer contract legal services […]
Analysis of financial results for 2014 has revealed that global firms headquartered in the US are outperforming more domestically-focused rivals – although smaller firms are closing the performance gap. Research carried out by Citi Private Bank, with responses from 149 US firms, showed that average net income grew by 6 per cent in 2014, whereas profit […]
As many as 43 per cent of lawyers intend to work part-time during retirement to supplement their income, new research has shown. The survey carried out by Investec Private Banking found that 20 per cent of respondents would consider stepping away from the law altogether, taking on a new career once they retire from their […]
The nauseatingly phrased ‘talent pipeline’ has long been leaking women at senior associate level. The reasons for this are manifold – read: not just down to biology – and stemming the leak requires a massive shift in the way we think about client service and employee value. Try as they might, law firms cannot fix this […]
Do you blog? If your response to that is to turn your nose up and dismiss blogging as narcissists spewing out their ill-informed opinions to an uncaring internet, then you’re about a million years behind the times. Or five years anyway, which in web terms might as well be a million. Blogging has come a […]
The offshore regulatory environment can be complex and can create significant challenges for all regulated businesses. At Ogier we advise banks, major corporates, investment managers, fund administrators, trust companies and private clients on regulatory issues that impact on them and their businesses in the BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg. We are on hand […]