Dechert has promoted three partners in its London office amid 11 promotions globally – the same number as last year. Litigator Caroline Black and corporate lawyers Andrew Harrow and Patrick Lyons are the three London lawyers promoted, effective 1 January. This year two City-based practitioners made the cut among the 11 promotions, while in 2013 […]
Walker Morris has advised on the sale of Woodleigh Community Care to Care Aspirations Developments, a wholly owned subsidiary of Cambian Group plc. It is Walker Morris’ third deal in the specialist care sector in six months. Cambian Group plc is one of the UK’s largest specialist behavioural health service providers. The acquisition of Woodleigh […]
This week saw the publication of The Lawyer Global Litigation Top 50, our unique analysis of the world’s leading litigation practices. Once again DLA Piper topped the list with litigation fee income of $1.128bn, up from $1.09bn in 2013 despite a fall in the number of litigators working at the firm. It headed a list […]
Collyer Bristow has announced that artist Anne Howeson’s Present in the Past exhibition is coming soon to the law firm’s gallery. The solo exhibition of 30 drawings turns King’s Cross/St Pancras into a palimpsest. Places and fragments are appropriated from imagery hidden in London print archives — including the London Metropolitan Archives, Museum of London and the Foundling […]
James Batham, head of retail sector at Eversheds, has commented on the impact of Black Friday on November retail sales. He said that the figures are encouraging but must continue into December. Batham said: ‘Retailers hoping to end 2014 on a high needed to hit the ground running for the all-important Christmas trading period; and […]
Eversheds has appointed Hazel Tait as partner in the real-estate team. She joins as a lateral hire from Gillespie MacAndrew and advises on all aspects of property law, specialising in clean energy. Tait has considerable experience acting for both developer and landowner clients and has been involved in large- and small-scale energy projects in development […]
Patricia Gannon, senior partner at Karanović & Nikolić, has participated in the CEE Legal Matters Summit, which was held on 3 December 2014 at the InterContinental Hotel in Vienna. The event hosted the top regional legal experts from leading law firms in CEE and a select group of senior in-house counsel who discussed critical subjects […]
Penningtons Manches has announced the opening of its first non-UK office today, choosing San Francisco as the perfect place to boost its cross-border M&A practice. Corporate and technology partner James Klein and IP/IT partner Hamish Corner will lead the team in the new office, which will focus on technology. Penningtons Manches may recognise some familiar […]
Transport supplier Hitachi Rail Europe has picked Addleshaw Goddard, Ashurst, DLA Piper, Eversheds, Shoosmiths and Stephenson Harwood for its inaugural legal panel after a competitive tender process that closed in October. Legal counsel Rachel Crosier put the panel selection process in motion after joining Hitachi Rail in July 2014 from DLA Piper, where she worked […]
Penningtons Manches has announced the opening of its first office outside of the UK in San Francisco to cash in on the firm’s network of clients in the area and boost its M&A cross-border offering. Corporate and technology partner James Klein and IP and IT partner Hamish Corner will provide English law advice on corporate […]
Stephenson Harwood has signed an alliance deal with a Guangzhou firm that was set up after the UK firm closed its own base in the southern city three months ago. When it pulled out of Guangzhou in September Stephenson Harwood’s CEO Sharon White said the closure was in recognition that “the legal landscape in China […]
CMS and Pinsent Masons have taken key roles on the £224.1m acquisition of Scotland’s second-largest covered shopping centre, The Centre in Livingston, by HSBC Alternative Investments. CMS advised Land Securities on the sale of the shopping centre, which totals more than one million sq ft and houses more than 160 retailers. The CMS team was […]