Minister for justice and equality Frances Fitzgerald TD addressed the inaugural meeting of the Eversheds Women’s Leadership Initiative (EWLI) at Eversheds’ Dublin office on 13 November, attended by legal professionals from Eversheds and a number of other organisations. Fitzgerald shared her insights into her career path in politics, her role models, the advantages of having […]
Eversheds has taken a leading role at this year’s Middle East, Turkey and Africa (META) Projects Conference, as well as being a sponsor for the event. As a member of the META Projects Steering Committee, partner Tim Armsby from Eversheds’ Dubai office will be joining a panel of experts in the field to discuss the […]
Michelle T Davies, head of Eversheds’ clean energy and sustainability team, has been named in the Top 100 Power People In Wind 2014 for the third year running. Davies is the highest-ranked lawyer to make the list — and is one of just two that appear in this year’s ranking. The Top 100 Power People […]
Shoosmiths is the appointed legal adviser to the UK’s only pop music genre-based literary festival, Louder Than Words. Shoosmiths has provided corporate and funding advice, drafted and negotiated agreements with sponsors and advised in relation to talent and branding matters to help the organisers in staging Louder Than Words 2014. Now in its second year, […]
The result of months of merger talks between Morgan Lewis & Bockius and Bingham McCutchen led to an unexpected outcome last week. After Bingham partners voted in favour of a merger that hinged on individual assurance to Morgan Lewis, the latter’s partners decided to steal away the cream of the crop and pick 227 of […]
In-house career progression is a well-known bugbear for lawyers, which is why, as we reveal today, EDF Energy has overhauled its career development structure. The energy giant has responded to calls from its lawyers for a more transparent system mirroring the private practice model, coming up with a new assessment structure for its in-house team […]
A raft of US firms has lined up to advise on Halliburton’s $34.6bn stock and cash takeover of key competitor Baker Hughes. The deal will combine the world’s second and third largest oilfield services companies, to take on market leader Schlumberger. Having finally reached an agreement, the next challenge for the two companies is to […]
Norton Rose Fulbright has become the latest in a string of major firms to announce a 30 per cent female partnership target by 2020. At the close of the 2013/14 financial year, 22 per cent of Norton Rose Fulbright’s partners were women, although this proportion dropped to 20 per cent in the equity partnership. London’s […]
Desmond Browne QC, James Price QC and Gavin Millar QC, royalty of the libel bar, are going head to head in what is certainly the libel trial of the year. It’s the kind of high-profile, high-stakes battle that libel lawyers yearn for but is now all too rare. If you look at the history of […]
The slowdown in China’s stellar growth may have had an impact on the entire Asia-Pacific region, but that hasn’t stopped international firms from looking east in their quest to find the next boom market. Norton Rose Fulbright is just one example. The firm is sending global energy head Simon Currie from London to Sydney in […]
EDF Energy has overhauled the career progression structure in its in-house team in order to mirror private practice, prompted by demand from its in-house lawyers. Legal head of nuclear new build Chris Hamill led the revamp this year after in-house lawyers responded to an annual internal survey with calls for clearer career development opportunities. Hamill […]
Baker & McKenzie has seen its M&A activity from Europe surpass the US for the second year in a row while the Pacific Alliance is making the firm rethink its strategy in the region. The first half of 2014 saw Bakers’ inbound activity in Latin America dominated by European work with 42 per cent coming […]