Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s new heads of corporate, litigation and employment are looking stateside in a bid to hang on to the lead created by former litigation head Christopher Pugh and corporate head Ed Braham. Pugh, Braham and employment head Nick Squire are all stepping down at the end of the year and are being replaced […]
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin is set to scrap ‘SJ Berwin’ from its name on 1 November, as the firm celebrates the first anniversary of its record-breaking merger. Asia Pacific firm King & Wood Mallesons combined with legacy SJ Berwin on 1 November 2013, creating a $1bn law firm headquartered in Asia (31 October […]
McDermott Will & Emery finance partner Pierre Brochet has left to join Greenberg Traurig Maher’s (GTM) London office as a partner in the firm’s corporate and securities practice. Brochet worked for McDermotts for six years, after being hired from White & Case in 2008 alongside Dewey & LeBoeuf counsel Abesh Choudhury (15 May 2008). This […]
Slaughter and May and Linklaters partners have been listed as prominent LGBT allies by diversity networking organisation OUTstanding. Of the 20 business leaders listed, three are partners at law firms, although Fiona Woolf of CMS Cameron McKenna was listed eighteenth for her work as Lord Mayor of London. The allies list accompanies a compilation of […]
At a hearing on 8 October 2014 concerning the decision by the president of the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE) imposing a fine of PLN8m (£1.5m) on Telekomunikacja Polska SA (now Orange Polska), the Supreme Court of Poland denied the cassation appeal by the telecommunications regulator. Wierzbowski Eversheds represented its client Orange at all stages […]
William Ballmann, partner at Gateley, has commented on the latest research by R3, the insolvency trade body, which has revealed that the Yorkshire and the Humber region is performing well across most sectors. In September, Yorkshire and the Humber had the lowest level of manufacturing firms with a higher-than-normal risk of insolvency, with just 16.8 […]
The sports group at Walker Morris has been shortlisted for a Football Business Award 2014 in the Best Professional Service Business category. The awards recognise the best in football business excellence and celebrate successes and reward innovation off, rather than on, the pitch. The awards will be presented on 6 November at Stamford Bridge, home […]
On 8 October 2014, No5 Chambers’ Abid Mahmood spoke at an event organised by CILEX, the Law Society and the Bar Council. The event was held at the offices of St Philips Chambers and was attended by barristers, solicitors and legal executives. Mahmood talked about his personal experiences and the background of the application process that […]
Walker Morris has strengthened its intellectual property (IP) group by appointing Rupert Bent as a partner and as the head of IP. As former head of IP litigation for the regions at Pinsent Masons, Bent has advised on a range of contentious IP disputes, including patent, trademark, copyright, design-right and passing-off disputes, as well as […]
On 10 September 2014, more than 20 African attorneys attended the ‘Seminar on the Law in Sino-African Investment and Trade’, held at Beijing Foreign Studies University. King & Capital was one of the co-hosts of the event. The attending attorneys came from 13 African countries, including South Africa, Nigeria, Republic of Uganda and Zimbabwe. Seven […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co’s contentious trusts team has won The Legal 500’s Private Client Specialism of the Year award. The win follows a great overall result in The Legal 500 firm rankings, which highlights the success of the merger and its resultant increase in global reach and expertise. This award acknowledges the cross-sector team’s […]
Shoosmiths is celebrating success following the announcement of the recoveries services practice group’s ‘top-tier’ Legal 500 rankings. The directory consulted clients and industry professionals for references, and results show that the recoveries services practice group headed by partner Waine Mannix is at the top of its game. Shoosmiths’ debt recovery work has been ranked top […]