Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Macfarlanes have taken the lead roles for Stagecoach and Virgin on their joint-venture company’s deal with the Department of Transport (DfT) to secure the franchise for the re-privatised East Coast mainline. Stagecoach, owner of 90 per cent of joint venture company Inter City Railways, was represented by HSF corporate partners Ben […]
Persian cookery. I’ve always been a little bit captivated by it, since I was first introduced to it at boarding school, where there were a number of Persian pupils, their parents having been persecuted during the Iranian revolution and whose children had been packed off to England, for safety. It must have been a bit […]
In this week’s leadership interview, Linklaters managing partner Simon Davies talks about a magic circle branding crisis, saying that the name no longer holds a spell over the US market – or in fact any market at all. Davies argues that this identity crisis has not affected Linklaters, as the firm sees itself as “one […]
Eversheds has announced its sponsorship of the Trinity Charity Fashion Show, a prestigious and progressive fashion event that has become a firm fixture on Ireland’s annual fashion calendar, supporting the work of the Samaritans and donating to the Movember men’s cancer awareness campaign. Eversheds is Ireland’s only full service international law firm. Its Dublin office, […]
This week Linklaters’ governing bodies, long-defended lockstep and US game plan came under scrutiny from partners in the first bi-annual partner meeting in six years. Is the firm at a crossroads of identity? Managing partner Simon Davies says it is the magic circle suffering the branding crisis, not Linklaters. “There is a point about longevity […]
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has turned to Dentons to defend it against a £30m claim from Cooke Young & Keidan (CYK) client property developer Property Alliance Group over Libor-related misselling allegations. The bank is the third to have faced Libor-related claims, following the Guardian Care Homes case against Clifford Chance client Barclays which […]
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, […]
A project advised on by Eversheds has been awarded Healthcare Deal of the Year 2014. The deal involved advising the International Finance Corporation on a $37m (£23.5m) hospital PPP for the Cross River State government, Nigeria. The project encompasses the design, build, finance and long-term maintenance of the 105-bed facility in Calabar. Upon completion in March 2015, […]
Eversheds Saladžius’ head of marketing Aušra Jefremovienė and attorneys-at-law Nerijus Zaleckas and Arnoldas Jokūbaitis will be delivering a presentation at National Careers Week. National Careers Week is a celebration of careers guidance and free resources in education across Lithuania. The initiative is held by the president of the Republic of Lithuania Dalia Grybauskaitė.
Osborne Clarke has seen its revenue increase by 17 per cent in the first half of the 2014/15 financial year, up from €77m (£61m) to €89.1m (£70.6m). In the UK, the firm saw an increase of 13.5 per cent from £42.1m to £47.8m, ahead of new managing partner Ray Berg taking up the reins in […]
Diversity has been on the radar of several firms in the UK recently, with a number announcing that they are aiming for 30 per cent of their partners to be female within the next few years. Although independent European firms often have lower diversity statistics than their Anglo-Saxon counterparts, the issue is very much live […]
Royal Mail has finished its first panel review since the company’s IPO last year, sending DAC Beachcroft and CMS Cameron McKenna acceptance letters but dropping Bond Dickinson from its 15-strong roster (see the story here). Regular corporate adviser Slaughter and May, which last year advised on Royal Mail’s IPO, was also named on the new […]