A year and a half ago David Stewart was re-elected as Olswang chief executive, a term that was supposed to last three years. But halfway through that term, Stewart has suddenly resigned. It is clear that this has taken a lot of people by surprise internally. Stewart has been temporarily replaced by Michael Burdon, the […]
Olswang’s senior partner Mark Devereux said outgoing CEO David Stewart is still deciding whether to stay with the firm after resigning mid-way through his second three-year term. Speaking to The Lawyer, Devereux said Stewart had not yet decided if he was retiring from Olswang. The firm announced his resignation this morning (6 October 2014). Devereux […]
Olswang’s chief executive David Stewart has stepped down to be replaced by European patent litigation head Michael Burdon with immediate effect. The firm said in a statement that elections for a new permanent CEO would be held “in due course”. It is not clear what prompted Stewart’s resignation, or what his next move will be. […]
Belfast has become a magnet for international firms wanting to site their low-cost operations; think Herbert Smith, Allen & Overy and Baker &McKenzie. But it’s also become popular with firms wanting to expand their legal offerings. Pinsent Masons, Kennedys and most recently BLM have all merged with local firms. BLM merges with eight-partner Belfast firm […]
Edwards Wildman Palmer corporate partner Niall McAlister has joined Olswang as a partner in its life sciences practice. McAlister joined the firm from his three-year role as co-chair of life sciences at Edwards Wildman. A number of Edwards Wildman partners have left the firm’s London office in recent months amid intense speculation about the future […]
Eversheds has appointed real estate finance head Simon Mead as London head of banking following David Boyd’s transfer to Eversheds Agile, the firm’s contract lawyer business. Mead will also continue as head of real estate finance and reports to the firm’s head of finance Simon Waller. Boyd is moving across as a partner into Eversheds’ […]
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Our revelation last week that Gibson Dunn had landed former Ashurst senior partner Charlie Geffen is one of the biggest corporate stories of the season. In many ways, it’s more impressive than the firm landing former Lord Chancellor Charlie Falconer QC in 2008, dismissed by the wider market as a vanity hire by a US […]
Accountant will not form standalone law firm, but build legal into its offering KPMG became the second of the Big Four accountancy firms to be granted an alternative business structure (ABS) licence last week, and it is taking a bold approach to communicating its belief in integrated professional services. Not satisfied with the implicit message […]
US firms are growing deep roots in London by hiring and promoting local talent, data from The Lawyer shows. Which firms are growing their own and which are still intent on buying in laterals? US firms that were once alien to the UK legal market are now very much embedded in the City, as they […]
Supermarket’s lawyers man the tills to rebuild company’s reputation after blunder Tesco’s in-house lawyers have been told to stock shelves and serve customers as part of the company’s Feet on the Floor scheme, which will involve 4,000 employees. CEO Dave Lewis has decided to ramp up the company’s hands-on approach after the company revealed a […]
Law firm leaders must show a high degree of self-awareness in managing partner dissatisfaction or their firms could be at risk As we saw from the recent Scottish referendum, partnerships that appear from the outside to be longstanding, successful and secure can be riven with internal dissatisfaction that, at the extreme, threatens their existence. Law […]