Schoenherr has invited Christoph Haid, a partner in the firm’s EU and competition department, to join the firm’s equity partners. Haid’s practice focuses on merger control and cartel proceedings as well as competition law advice throughout the entire CEE region, where he also helps guide Schoenherr competition lawyers in their respective jurisdictions in expanding their […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Dong Fang Container Finance II (SPV) Ltd, a BVI restricted-purposes company, on its $159m (£101.5m) series 2014-1 asset backed notes offering. Conyers previously advised Dong Fang on a $200m series 2013-1 asset-backed notes offering, which won Marine Money’s 2013 Securitisation of the Year. The Conyers team was made up of […]
Conyers Dill and Pearman acted for Axalta Coating Systems Ltd, a Bermuda exempted company, in a secondary IPO that was listed on NYSE on 12 November. A total of 50 million shares were offered by certain affiliates of The Carlyle Group, with the underwriters being offered a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 7.5 million […]
Transport supplier Hitachi Rail Europe has become the latest company to launch an inaugural legal panel, picking six firms for its roster (see story here). The appointment of Addleshaw Goddard, Ashurst, DLA Piper, Eversheds, Shoosmiths and Stephenson Harwood comes less than six months after the company hired DLA Piper lawyer Rachel Crosier as its first […]
Sidley Austin has made up two lawyers to its London office in its boosted 2014 promotions round, which saw 32 lawyers added to its ranks including four in Europe. Antitrust lawyer Patrick Harrison and finance lawyer Aparna Sehgal have both been made up in Sidley’s London office. The bulk of the promotions were in the […]
Clifford Chance partner Simon Davis has branded the Financial Conduct Authority “seriously inadequate” in his published report into the leak on a FCA life insurance industry probe earlier this year. The partner was asked by the FCA to lead an investigation after the body leaked an announcement of a pension market probe to the Telegraph […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has named retail sector group head Claire Wills as co-head of its financial institutions group (FIG) to replace banking partner Sean Pierce. Pierce is standing down after six years at the helm of the group. He was appointed co-head of the FIG group following the departure of Perry Noble in 2008 (13 […]
Hitachi Rail Europe’s first formal panel comes just six months after the company appointed former DLA Piper associate Rachel Crosier as legal counsel, so little surprise to see DLA Piper among the six firms on the the roster. Addleshaws, Eversheds and Stephenson Harwood have all picked up a mandate for the first time, while Ashurst, […]
Technology boutique Kemp Little has launched a service dedicated to advising startup businesses. The service, named FlightDeck, will provide clients with advice and guidance on issues such as employment, tax and IP and will give free access to a range of documents commonly needed when establishing a business. Corporate partner Andy Moseby said: “Law firms […]
The House of Lords Constitution Committee has determined that the Lord Chancellor’s role does not have to be filled by a qualified lawyer, although a background in law would be “a distinct advantage”. The committee’s report on the role of the Lord Chancellor, published today (11 December), said that while the Lord Chancellor and the […]
The Lawyer published its first interrogation of debt levels at the UK 200 in April, revealing some unexpected insights into the true debt profile of the UK’s mid-tier. Meanwhile, Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders were briefly entertained by a play from Dentons during their tie-up talks and Gordon Dadds came to the rescue of ailing […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices. Benelux Clifford Chance EU public policy head and competition partner Oliver Bretz is to leave the firm in the New Year to set up an independent competition law boutique (8 December 2014). Bretz will set up the boutique in 2015, 16 […]