Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided Cayman legal advice to Giant Interactive Group on the $300m (£185m) privatisation by way of a merger with Giant Merger, a wholly owned subsidiary of Giant Investment. Giant Interactive Group is an online game developer and operator in China with a focus on multiplayer online role-playing games. Christopher Bickley, […]
The winner of the Collyer Bristow Student Award 2014 is Middlesex University graduate Chis Alton for his project ‘EDL’, or English Disco Lovers. With its ‘Don’t Hate! Gyrate!’ message, Alton’s work, which is based around the internet and social media ‘bombing’, is intended to tackle racism by drawing on the positivity of the disco music […]
Our 10 biggest stories last week included flexible working, shock resignations and the collapse of Tods Murray. The way lawyers work affects everyone within the profession, and so the news that Mishcon de Reya is implementing three-day weeks and “unlimited” holidays drew in the readers and the comments last week. Opinion was divided over whether […]
Today is World Mental Health Day. You’ve probably heard the stat that one in four people in the UK will experience a mental health problem at some point in their lives, while a survey this week by insurance firm Friends Life revealed that 40 per cent of those asked had concealed depression, anxiety or stress […]
Mishcon boss Kevin Gold attracted a lot of attention last week in our regular Leadership Interview when he declared that the firm’s lawyers could take as much holiday as they feel they need. It’s controversial and it’s certainly creative. But will it catch on? “Work three-day weeks and take unlimited holidays”: Kevin Gold’s revolution at […]
It’s been a busy week for Baker & McKenzie. Around 800 of its partners began descending on London last weekend for the world’s largest law firm’s (11 August 2014) annual global partners’ conference, colonising three major hotels in the process. As you read this the week’s events are still trundling on. Back at the […]
An appeal against the appointment of the judge who heard the trial of the three founders of collapsed law firm Marrache & Co is to be taken to the Privy Council after being thrown out by the Gibraltar Court of Appeal this week. Following the trial and sentencing of Benjamin, Solomon and Isaac Marrache earlier […]
Do eat at The Sportsman in Kent, but don’t stay in a beach hut, advises Nicky Richmond. I rang the hotel reception. Do you think that you can have a word with the couple in the next hut? We’ve only been here a couple of hours and they’ve had sex twice and I can hear […]
YouView’s general counsel Tony Vitale has joined insurance company BGL Group in a new role as head of legal. The move follows the departure of previous legal head David Downie, who left the company in June 2014 to be CEO of agricultural services company Agrii. He had been in his role as group director of […]
Just two weeks to go until The Lawyer Management (TLM) conference and awards on 22 October and here’s some news for those planning to attend the evening’s festivities – comedian Ed Byrne can now be revealed as the host. Cue a collective ‘yay”. One of Byrne’s most famous routines is his ripping apart of Alanis […]
Audrey Williams, head of discrimination at Eversheds, has commented on the latest figures surrounding the representation of women in UK boardrooms. She said: ‘These latest figures show that the voluntary approach in the UK, driven by Lord Davies’ recommendations and annual reviews, is delivering progress. It allows companies the freedom to remove barriers to female […]
DLA Piper has recruited Mark Riera as a litigation partner in its Los Angeles office. Riera is a trial and appellate lawyer with experience in a range of industries, including motor vehicles, banking, pharmaceuticals and transportation. Riera has successfully defended clients against allegations of price fixing, wage and hour violations and securities fraud. He has […]