Arcadia Group general counsel Mary Geraghty has resigned from the company after seven years as its chief legal adviser. She officially leaves at the end of the month and has not yet found a new role. Geraghty joined the retail giant in July 2007, after a stint at Harrods as legal adviser (28 May 2007). […]
For anyone who grew up watching the sci-fi classic Tron, the current cyber war is a huge disappointment. No sexy body suits or light bikes – just spam email and feeling vaguely guilty because all your passwords are LAW1234. But cyber security is a serious issue. Regular readers of The Lawyer may remember that the […]
Fieldfisher has recorded a revenue of £54.3m for the first six months of the 2014/15 financial year. The figure demonstrated an uptick of 9 per cent on its figure of £49.9m at the same point last year (13 November 2013). “We’re very, very pleased to announce our good statistics,” said the firm’s managing partner Michael […]
DLA Piper has represented iSocket, an advertising technology platform, in its acquisition by The Rubicon Project, an advertising automation company. The Silicon Valley-based DLA Piper team representing iSocket was led by partner Bradley Gersich and associate Alina Azizian, both members of the firm’s corporate and finance practice, with support from partners James Telfer (San Francisco) […]
DLA Piper advised Neothetics, a clinical-stage speciality pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for the aesthetic market, in the pricing of its initial public offering (IPO) of 4,650,000 shares of its common stock at a public offering price of $14 (£9) per share. The San Diego-based DLA Piper team representing Neothetics was led by partners Michael Kagnoff […]
DLA Piper has earned a perfect score for the seventh consecutive year on the Human Rights Campaign’s (HRC’s) 2015 Corporate Equality Index (CEI). The perfect score distinguishes the firm as a ‘Best Place to Work for LGBT Equality’. The 2015 CEI assessed the policies and practices of 971 large US employers relating to lesbian, gay, […]
DLA Piper has been jointly appointed to the panel of Green Africa Power alongside Stephenson Harwood. GAP is a facility and investment vehicle and part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group. Its mandate is to promote the development of renewable power generation in Africa, and the UK government is capitalising GAP with initial funding of […]
Squire Patton Boggs and Italian firm Bonelli Erede Pappalardo have advised Italian transmission tower operator Rai Way on its €280m (£222m) IPO this week on the Italian stock exchange. Corporate partner Massimo Galli led the US and London-based Squire Patton Boggs team representing Rai Way and selling shareholder Radiotelevisione Italiana. Corporate partner Barbara Napolitano in […]
Hogan Lovells has been appointed by Uber Technologies to conduct an in-depth review of its existing data privacy program following criticism about an Uber executive snooping on a journalist. The Hogan Lovells team will be led by Washington DC-based privacy partner Harriet Pearson, who was previously IBM’s vice president, security counsel and chief privacy officer. […]
Clifford Chance partner Jared Grubb is advising a group of bondholders seeking $2m from Ukrainian bank VAB Bank after it failed to pay out a coupon due to new Ukrainian foreign currency restrictions. The coupon was due to be paid out on 14 September but according to press reports the bank has struggled to purchase […]
Collyer Bristow has settled its dispute with Scottish football club Rangers for £24m, bringing an end to the long-running litigation over fees the firm was paid following a controversial 2011 takeover. Liquidators BDO had claimed over £50m in damages for professional negligence from Collyer Bristow in connection with its role advising venture capitalist Craig Whyte, […]
Mayer Brown has named 21 new partners across the firm and one in London for 2015, matching last year’s promotion figure. The firm’s promotions, which take effect on 1 January 2015, are US-heavy with 15 new partners distributed across New York (five), Washington DC (two), Houston (one), Chicago (six) and Charlotte (one). In London, litigator […]