Shoosmiths has expanded its family law team with the appointment of Chris Longbottom, who will head up the family practice in Manchester. Longbottom joins from Aaron & Partners and specialises in advising separating couples. He will lead the Manchester team in advising private clients, with a focus on the high-net-worth market.
About five years ago I developed and began co-facilitating a special one-day workshop for brand new managing partners to help them prepare for taking on the enormous role of becoming their firm’s leader. This opportunity came about as a result of my having beeen engaged back in 2004 by a long-time client, an AmLaw 100 […]
The manufacturing sector in Yorkshire is continuing to perform strongly, once again showing a more robust recovery than in any other region, according to research by insolvency trade body R3. According to William Ballmann, chair of R3 in Yorkshire and partner at Gateley LLP, this ‘encouraging’ research bodes well for employment in the region. The […]
Eversheds has appointed two new partners in Hong Kong: Stephen Hopkins, head of global client development, and Adam Ferguson, partner in the competition team, have joined the firm’s Asian operations. Hopkins is closely involved with some of the firm’s largest clients, including Tyco. He is known for his ground-breaking approach, which recently won him the […]
Taylor Wessing has announced a 5.5 per cent rise in global turnover at the six-month mark of the 2014/15 financial year, with UK revenue rising 7.3 per cent. The results follow a 6.4 per cent rise in turnover for the full year 2013/14, with revenues increasing to £241.2m and £112m in the UK (2 June 2014). […]
DLA Piper has announced the appointment of two real-estate lawyers to its partnership. Eagul Faigen and Tim Mathers join the firm from Norton Rose Fulbright and Herbert Smith Freehills respectively, and will commence in the firm’s Perth and Brisbane offices on 2 February 2015. Faigen advises on large-scale capital transactions, real-estate developments and complex high-end […]
Dominic Lacey, partner and infrastructure expert at Eversheds, has commented on recently announced plans for significant development of the UK roads network. He said: ‘The government’s announcement of the £15bn “roads revolution” is the long-term financial commitment of the Roads Investment Strategy [RIS]. The changes heralded by the Infrastructure Bill [including the RIS] aim to […]
Robin Johnson, co-chair of the cross-border M&A team at Eversheds, has commented on the recent M&A figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). He said: ‘The ONS figures don’t show the whole story and could potentially do with a revamp. ‘Deal activity in the second half of 2104 has meant very significant investment, but […]
Third-party litigation funders who bankrolled the $1.6bn claim brought by Clifford Chance client Excalibur Ventures are gearing up to bring a professional negligence claim against the firm, following defeat in the High Court last year. Withers partner Christopher Coffin is understood to be representing the Lemos family, one of the claim’s funders, in the professional […]
Eversheds has advised The Co-operative Bank on its £157,500,000 disposal of Illius Properties to Salmon Real Estate. Illius, which manages a portfolio of residential properties, was established by Britannia Building Society and subsequently became part of The Co-operative Bank following its merger with Britannia in 2009. The disposal of Illius is in line with The Co-operative […]
Law firms are making a lot of noise about diversity these days, and rightly so – many firms’ statistics remain woeful. So it’s good to see a celebration of those lawyers who have managed to successfully balance their work and home lives. A total of eight lawyers, all women, are named in today’s Part Time […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has advised Sky on the sale of its betting business to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners in a deal valued up to £800m. HSF corporate partner Mark Bardell, tax partner Howard Murray and TMT partner Amanda Hale led on the deal for Sky Bet, the company’s bookmaker. Freshfields corporate partner […]