The case of a ‘house husband’ being granted leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal over a financial settlement in divorce proceedings has re-opened the gender argument in family proceedings. Rupert Nightingale a freelance photographer and stay-at-home husband and father was awarded a lump sum of £300,000 together with £50,000 a year maintenance as […]
It’s official. Clients are becoming oblivious to law firm branding, as they turn their focus to expertise, quality of service and relationships instead. Evidence of this change was present in Acritas’ 2015 US law firm brand index, which showed Skadden at the top of an increasingly crowded list for the fourth time. The same trend […]
Baker & McKenzie has appointed a three-person leadership team for its global services centre in Belfast, one of whom was part of the leadership team that established Allen & Overy’s (A&O) shared service centre. The firm has hired former A&O legal services centre team leader Brian Monroe as director of finance and operations. He will […]
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) will open a new office in Singapore this spring after being granted a foreign law practice licence by the attorney general. The firm’s Singapore practice will focus on international funds, energy and resources and China inbound and outbound work. The team, headed up by global managing partner Stuart Fuller, will […]
Bryon Rees and Christopher Jones, managing associates of Ogier, were called to the Guernsey Bar on Monday 2 February 2015. Rees and Jones have successfully completed the Guernsey Bar exams and the Certificat d’Études Juridiques Françaises et Normandes, which requires three months’ study at Caen University in Normandy. Rees joined Ogier in 2005 and […]
Walgreens Boots Alliance has made former Alliance Boots legal counsel and chief administrative officer Marco Pagni executive vice president (VP) and global chief legal and administrative officer of the newly combined business. The company was created through the combination of Walgreens and Alliance Boots in December 2014 (7 August 2014). Alongside Pagni’s promotion yesterday (2 […]
Travers Smith was paid £2.2m for its work on an independent inquiry into the Bank of England’s alleged foreign exchange (forex) fixing claims. In total, the inquiry cost the bank £2.93m, of which 68 per cent was paid to Travers. One Essex Court’s Tony Grabiner QC, who was appointed in March 2014 to oversee the […]
The combination of US-European Dentons with China’s Dacheng will create the world’s biggest law firm. On paper, that’s a lot of global reach – as long as integration issues are tackled. For more on Dacheng and a close analysis of Chinese firms, check out our China Elite. Dentons chair on the Dacheng merger: “Like Halley’s […]
Allen & Overy has kick-started its Asian ambitions with the roll-out of flexible resourcing division Peerpoint to Hong Kong this week. The firm is testing the waters in China with the hope of proving that Peerpoint can work effectively outside the London market. Peerpoint will continue to rely on A&O alumni, who will be called […]
Pinsent Masons has bulked up its global energy group with the addition of Bond Dickinson oil and gas specialist Paul McGoldrick in London and corporate partner Osama Hassan in Dubai. McGoldrick joined Pinsents’ London office last month with legal directors John McSparran and Jane Chester and solicitor Katie Rich. He was a partner in Bond […]
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is at the top of Acritas’ 2015 US law firm brand index for the fourth year running, despite heightened competition from other US firms. Results published today (2 February) showed that Jones Day, in second place, managed to narrow the 36-point gap from the year before to a 13-point difference. […]
BLM’s 200 partners have unanimously reappointed senior partner Mike Brown to the role or a second three-year term. As senior partner Brown is in charge of leadership, development and promotions at the firm. He is also chair of the firm’s executive and partnership boards and leads BLM’s strategy and policy as well as heading up […]