Birmingham City Council is believed to have become the first local authority to use civil injunctions to protect vulnerable children who may be at risk of sexual exploitation. Lorna Meyer QC, Stefano Nuvoloni and Heather Popley, all members of No5 Chambers, represented the council at various stages in the case, which saw the naming of […]
After months of courtship, the future of Edwards Wildman is sealed. The firm’s partners voted in favour of a tie-up with Locke Lord worth $675m this week. The two firms will become one on 10 January, creating a firm called Locke Lord Edwards with around 1,000 lawyers based in 23 offices all over the world. […]
DLA Piper’s UK restructuring team has been named as the winner of the Listed Company Award at the IFT Turnaround and Transformation Awards, held on 26 November in London. The firm received the award in recognition of its role on the successful rescue of Hearts of Midlothian Football Club. It involved the takeover of the […]
DLA Piper has advised Catella Real Estate on the acquisition of a residential and commercial building in Munich. Catella acquired the property for its fund Catella MAX as part of an asset deal. This is the 12th property for the Catella MAX special fund, which is focused in Munich. The property is located in Tumblingerstrasse, […]
DLA Piper has been appointed to Royal Mail’s legal panel as part of its first comprehensive panel review since its listing on the London Stock Exchange in October 2013. DLA Piper was appointed to the panel alongside 11 other firms: Addleshaw Goddard, Bristows, CMS Cameron McKenna, DAC Beachcroft, Dentons, Herbert Smith Freehills, Macfarlanes, Michael Simkins, […]
David Young, partner and health and safety expert at Eversheds, has commented on the prevalence of campylobacter in supermarket chickens. He said: ‘There will undoubtedly be some outrage and surprise surrounding the statistics about campylobacter in supermarket chickens. We should not lose sight of the basic facts before we as consumers declare we are never […]
Simon Tytherleigh, partner at Eversheds, has commented on the recent announcement by the Smith Commission that control of the employment tribunal system in Scotland is to be devolved. He said: ‘Once control of the employment tribunals system is devolved, one of the first issues the Scottish government will want to look at is employment tribunal […]
Matrix has continued to build its media team with the hire of Doughty Street Chambers’ Gavin Millar QC. Millar starts work at Matrix tomorrow (3 December). The move follows Matrix’s recruitment last year of three media juniors from Doughty Street (7 November 2013). Matrix also hired human rights silk Richard Hermer from Doughty Street in […]
Slaughter and May has fallen behind the pack in the associate pay stakes. The firm, which once led on UK firms’ remuneration, now trails behind Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance, offering its junior lawyers the lowest pay deal in the magic circle (see full story here). However Slaughters has started on the bonus […]
Last week’s top stories saw Linklaters look at its lockstep, end-of-year surveys abound and, as usual, several pieces of major litigation. The US has always been a hard nut to crack for UK firms, and last week’s story about Linklaters’ growing acceptance that it should look at its lockstep to attract talent proved the top […]
Nabarro is understood to be in talks with a Singapore firm over the possibility of an exclusive relationship, with disputes head Jonathan Warne and construction partner James Snape leading negotiations. The firm has been eyeing a Singapore alliance for over a year but appears to be inching closer to a selection, with one firm in […]
DWF has re-elected Andrew Leaitherland as the firm’s managing partner and CEO for a fourth term. Leaitherland’s reappointment was uncontested, and approved by the firm’s equity partners. He will begin his next three-year term in January 2015. Since taking up his managing partner and CEO role in 2006, Leaitherland has witnessed DWF’s revenue grow by […]