On 22 October 2014, Tim Jones, planning and environment barrister at No5 Chambers, spoke at a meeting in the House of Commons on the EU Framework for National Roma Integration strategies. Jones spoke on the proposed changes to planning guidance on gypsies and travellers (for EU purposes, ‘Roma’ extends to Romani gypsies and to traditional […]
DLA Piper has advised Green Light Contractors on a new AUD164m (£90m) solar farm project in Moree in northern New South Wales. Green Light is a wholly owned subsidiary of Elecnor Australia, itself a subsidiary of Elecnor SA, a large Spanish-owned renewable energy group operating in 56 countries around the world. Green Light is the […]
No5 Chambers barrister Richard Gibbs has been elected to the 2015 Bar Council for a three-year term. Becoming an elected member of the Bar Council provides a chance to get involved in how the Bar Council discharges its representative functions and is an excellent opportunity for members of the profession to bring their views to the […]
Emma Edhem CC, barrister and deputy head of international law at No5 Chambers, has attended a state banquet at the Guildhall in honour of the president of Singapore given by the Lord Mayor and the City of London Corporation, in the presence of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester. The banquet is part of the […]
The inaugural Real Estate Summit, hosted by DLA Piper in collaboration with with BNP Paribas Real Estate, CBRE, Cushman & Wakefield, Redilco GVA, Jones Lang LaSalle and the Urban Land Institute, was held in Milan on 22 October 2014. The event organised by DLA Piper — titled ‘Quo Vadis Italia?’ — saw more than 300 […]
The UK Supreme Court has published its final decision in the long-running North East Property Buyers (NEPB) litigation case, providing crucial clarity on priority interests in land. Walker Morris represented one of the lenders. The case was heard in March and raised a number of legal issues in relation to sale-and-rent-back schemes (SARB). In particular, […]
Women make up over half the entrants into the legal profession, but nowhere near that proportion make it to partner. Do they need help from above, or should they look to themselves to build their own networks? The five associates taking law firm gender balance into their own hands Women, do it for yourselves London […]
The High Court has ruled that a dispute launched by Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Ltd’s (ENRC) over adviser Dechert’s £16m legal bill should be heard in private to prevent prejudice to an ongoing Serious Fraud Office (SFO) investigation into the company. ENRC enlisted Dechert to assist with an internal governance review following “allegations of fraud, […]
The nights are drawing in, and it’s getting a bit chilly. But has it been a particularly tough week for the City’s law firm managers? This morning brought a management move frenzy, as it has emerged that the top dogs from Slaughter and May and Pinsent Masons are due to retire and step down. At […]
Reed Smith and Danish firm Kromann Reumert advised Bavarian Nordic on a licence and supply agreement for approximately $187m to grant its Ebola vaccine exclusively to Johnson & Johnson company Crucell Holland. The agreement between Danish life sciences company Bavarian Nordic and Johnson & Johnson subsidiary Crucell Holland will see the latter granted an exclusive […]
Slaughter and May corporate partner David Wittmann is to become the firm’s practice partner on 1 January 2015. He will step into the shoes of current practice partner Paul Olney, who is due to retire from the firm at the end of the year. Olney joined Slaughters in 1983. He has been a partner at […]
The week on TheLawyer.com was dominated by our coverage of a new initiative to support women’s career progression. Last week’s feature on law firm gender balance and the five associates who have decided to do something about it pulled in the readers. Career progression was also the theme behind the second most-popular story of the […]