The Gibraltar Court of Appeal (CoA) has handed down a judgment throwing out the Marrache’s brothers’ appeals against conviction and sentencing for fraud, ruling that judge Mr Justice Grigson acted correctly throughout the lengthy and “unique” case. The judgment, handed down on Friday (14 November) follows the CoA’s dismissal of lawyer Benjamin Marrache’s appeal against […]
Trinity Mirror’s group legal director Paul Vickers has been made redundant after working at the company for 22 years, following a management reshuffle. The legal head, who has worked at Trinity Mirror since 1992, is currently on a 12-month contract. As a result, the company will settle the terms of employment, plus pension contributions, with […]
Karanovic & Nikolic has hosted a gathering of competition policy experts at its eighth Annual Focus on Competition Conference in Belgrade, which was organised on the occasion of the launch of the 2014 edition of the Karanovic & Nikolic publication Focus on Competition, in co-operation with the Belgrade office of Friedrich Naumann. The event was opened by […]
The corporate team at Walker Morris has won the ‘Law Firm of the Year’ award at the Insider Dealmakers Awards. Head of corporate John Hamer and corporate partner Debbie Jackson accepted the award from Peter Heckingbottom from Pearson Jones. The team has been involved in a number of deals throughout the year, including advising Servelec Group on its […]
Eversheds Saladžius, in co-operation with Vilnius LIONS club, recently invited students from Vilnius ‘Versme’ School to visit the law firm’s office. The essence of the initiative was to introduce students from the secondary school to Eversheds Saladžius and its activities. Eversheds Saladžius lawyers shared information and thoughts about the law profession, the law firm’s traditions, values, […]
Littleton Chambers has hired 3 Verulam Buildings’ (3VB) senior practice manager Paul Cooklin as director of clerking. Cooklin will join Littleton in the New Year. He will become the most senior member of the set’s clerking team, working alongside commercial director Nigel McEwen who has an outward-facing role at the chambers. McEwen joined Littleton in […]
Tomas Jakubauskas, attorney-at-law at Eversheds Saladžius, will deliver a presentation on practical aspects of the law on competition at the eighth annual Contract Law 2014 conference, which will take place on 21 December 2014. The conference will be attended by Lithuanian contract law legal experts who will share their experience and practical advice.
Eversheds has advised the independent directors of Waterlogic on the proposed £122.6m takeover by Poseidon Bidco. Waterlogic is a vertically integrated designer, assembler, distributor and provider of point-of-use drinking water purification and dispensing systems and associated services and is quoted on AIM. Poseidon is wholly owned by EPIC, a Luxembourg-based private equity fund that had […]
James Batham, partner and retail expert at Eversheds, has commented on the latest British Retail Consortium (BRC) retail sales figures, stating that experience will be as important as product in attracting shoppers this Christmas. Batham said: ‘A number of British retailers have struggled with declining sales as a result of the warmer-than-average weather this autumn. […]
DLA Piper has appointed corporate lawyer Iñigo Gomez-Jordana as co-senior partner in Spain. Gomez-Jordana joins the firm from Allen & Overy where he was senior partner of the Madrid office. He will work alongside the firm’s incumbent senior partner in Spain, Juan Picon. Gomez-Jordana has more than 20 years’ experience advising on debt and equity capital markets […]
Financial advisers such as Lazard and Rothschild are becoming an increasingly regular feature on London’s main list IPOs. In fact, a quick flick through the prospectuses for all new listings between 1 January and 31 August 2014 shows how common they’ve become – popping up on 14 of the 49 transactions. The advisers don’t just […]
DLA Piper has advised Sigma Capital Group, a residential and urban regeneration specialist, on its strategic partnership with the UK’s largest listed residential property owner and manager, Grainger, creating a vast private rental sector (PRS) portfolio across a number of key cities outside London. This is the largest UK PRS deal aimed at the development […]