Bird & Bird consolidated its debt into one single unsecured facility in November 2014 just as the balance on two sizeable loans was due for repayment. The firm, which had four bank loans at the end of the 2013/14 financial year, made the move after its net debt figure, which is adjusted to reflect how […]
In these days of growing cross-border activity, independent firms are having to think creatively to compete with their international rivals for work. The tried-and-tested route involves referral relationships. But even with these networks there are many ways of operating, from a loose, non-exclusive referral partnership, through the ‘best friends’ model, to more structured relationships. Last […]
Schoenherr has advised AIM Software Group on investment by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. The firm advised on the receipt of an investment from and transfer of a majority interest to US-based private equity firm Welsh Carson Anderson & Stowe (WCAS). AIM is a provider of data management software products to the financial services industry. AIM’s […]
Reed Smith and barristers from 8 New Square and Hogarth Chambers have successfully defended the rights of international pop star Rihanna in a battle against a t-shirt bearing her image sold by high street retailer Topshop. The Court of Appeal in London upheld a ban on the store selling the garment featuring a photo of […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices. Baltics Baltic firm Sorainen has appointed Toomas Prangli and Laimonas Skibarka as co-managing partners. The duo will also continue to lead the firm’s M&A and private equity practices in Estonia and Lithuania respectively. The firm has also promoted Sergej Butov to […]
Publishing giant Pearson is set to launch its first global panel at the end of this quarter, following a swathe of internal reforms implemented by general counsel Bjarne Tellmann. Publishing giant Pearson is set to launch its first global panel at the end of this quarter, following a swathe of internal reforms implemented by general […]
Male and female general counsel have different priorities when buying legal services, according to new research by Acritas. Men working in-house are about two-and-a-half times more likely than women to say that their level of trust in a firm would sway their decision to spend more with them in future. Conversely, women tend to place […]
Manchester firm Gunnercooke has signed a deal to provide office space, regulatory, insurance and back office support services to two-man start-up firm Ignition Law. Ignition, which provides corporate, commercial and employment advice to SMEs, start-up businesses and entrepreneurs, mainly in the field of tech, media and energy, will use the firm’s London and Manchester offices […]
Greenberg Traurig Maher has hired Sidley Austin corporate partner Dorothee Fischer-Appelt to join its London office, following the growing trend of US to US partner laterals in the City. Fischer-Appelt had been at Sidley Austin since 2011, where her main practice was in capital markets. She has worked on a range of European and international […]
11 Stone Buildings has a core team of barristers specialising in succession and trusts work. The team is experienced in administration of estates, charities, Court of Protection work, estate planning, Inheritance Act claims, probate, settlements, trusts and wills. Click here for more information. This information was sourced from the 11 Stone Buildings site.
The Legal 500 has recommended 11 Stone Buildings as a leading set for sport, with individual barristers also featured for many years. Barristers are members of the Premier League disciplinary panel, as well as sitting on other sports tribunals. Our clients are many and include participants, agents, administrators and governing bodies. The type of work […]
Members of 11 Stone Buildings have expertise in many types of real estate litigation. These include include lenders’ disputes and mortgage-related claims; property disputes including trusts of land, co-ownership disputes, land registration issues, conveyancing, easements, restrictive covenants, options, Party Wall Act proceedings and boundary disputes; landlord and tenant disputes, both commercial and residential, including claims […]