Businessman brothers Vincent and Robert Tchenguiz must know their way around the Royal Courts of Justice pretty well by now. Their battles with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) began in 2011 when the body conducted dawn raids on the Tchenguiz’s businesses. But the SFO dropped its investigation into the pair’s affairs in 2012 and was […]
Stephenson Harwood has reported a half-year global revenue of £64m for the first six months of the 2014/15 financial year. The figure marks a 12 per cent increase on its half-year turnover of £57m in 2013/14, which was 10 per cent up from £51.4m at the six-month point in 2012/13. The firm’s chief executive Sharon […]
Ivana Vragović, Karanović & Nikolić’s procurement expert in Bosnia & Herzegovina, has commented on the enactment of a new law on public procurement, which aims to improve current public procurement rules through key changes that will increase the level of transparency in Bosnian procurement and through more precise definitions for groups of suppliers, among other […]
There’s been a lot of change in the UK’s mid-tier recently. Today brings news of more expansion for four of the major national players – BLM, DAC Beachcroft, DWF and Irwin Mitchell. BLM announced earlier this year that it was merging with Belfast firm Campbell Fitzpatrick Solicitors (CFS). The merger has now gone live, and […]
Australian firm HWL Ebsworth is forging ahead with its national expansion plan with the launch of two offices in Australia’s Northern Territory. The firm, which currently has seven offices across the country, will open in Darwin and Alice Springs in February 2015 via the take-over of local firm Cridlands MB. The news comes after HWL […]
Irwin Mitchell has appointed DWF’s pensions head Martin Jenkins to lead its national pensions practice from London. Jenkins will joins Irwin Mitchell’s existing pensions partner Nigel Bolton who is based in the firm’s Leeds office. His appointment is part of the firm’s continuing drive to build up its business legal services (BLS) division and adds […]
Steve Meiklejohn, partner in Ogier’s trusts advisory group in Jersey, has been named as one of the top 50 most influential people in Eprivateclient’s 2015 list. The individuals included in this list are recognised by Eprivateclient as leaders in their field and providing the best advice and service for clients. Meiklejohn has also been listed […]
There’s no slacking off for litigators in the run-up to Christmas. From divorce to insolvency and investigations, contentious practices have been firing on all cylinders. See below for a selection of our litigation coverage – and keep logging on to the site to hear the latest litigation news. McGuireWoods and Stephenson Harwood file £2.2bn Tchenguiz […]
BLM has added £4m to its top line with the completion of its merger with Belfast-headquartered Campbell Fitzpatrick Solicitors (CFS) on 1 December. BLM’s global turnover was £98.3m in 2013/14, £9.3m of which was attributable to the combined turnover of the firm’s Dublin office and its legal expenses insurance claims business Connexion Partnership. Meanwhile CFS […]
DAC Beachcroft and DWF have both made team hires in Bristol, with the latter swooping on Greenwoods for a second time after Parabis closed its office in the city. The five-strong Greenwoods team is led by partner Mike Guy and associate partner Claire Gribben, who join as director and partner at DWF respectively. Meanwhile DAC has […]
Vacuum manufacturer Edwards’ EMEA senior counsel Judith Banks has moved to head up the Europe, Africa, Middle East and Latin America legal team at medical technology group Elekta. Banks started her new role at Elekta on 20 November, where she is senior counsel in charge of EMEA and Latin America for the company. She is […]
Senior associates Alex Cochrane and Gwyneth Williams from Collyer Bristow recently took part in a podcast for XpertHR entitled ‘Defamatory comments by employees (part two). They discussed what employers can do on discovering that an employee has posted defamatory or negative comments about their organisation online.