Film lover Richard Brousson is the perfect casting for the role of BFI GC, whose script includes the legalities of the London Film Festival and rubbing shoulders with stars and directors Richard Brousson’s career at the British Film Institute (BFI) began with what must be the longest-running client secondment in history: he spent nine years […]
Move of the week Linklaters is expanding its London real estate practice with the partner hire of Simon Price. Price, who joins from Herbert Smith Freehills, specialises in structured real estate investments, and acts for private equity funds and overseas investors. UK London Duane Morris has recruited partner Saionton Basu to its corporate practice group […]
Regulators are ramping up the pressure in the aftermath of recession, leaving firms to compete for compliance and restructuring work As Austrian firms pull out of the worst of the recession they are having to adjust to a new climate, with changing leverage and headcount. Austria-headquartered Wolf Theiss tops the table for revenue for 2013, […]
The advance of boutiques and the emergence of regional centres such as San José and Singapore are putting the capital’s primacy to the test Arbitration seems to be the preferred option over litigation. What is fuelling that and what centres are proving most popular for arbitration? Christopher Pugh, head of litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer: In […]
If you’ve had a bad week in the office, it’s probably wise to shut your eyes and count to 10 rather than taking to Facebook to slam your employer. The latest curated top legal briefings of the week Collyer Bristow explains that if a defamatory comment published on a social media site clearly identifies your […]
Specialist corporate lawyers at Walker Morris have advised Westhouse Securities on the share placing by cloudBuy to raise £4.3m. Following a secondary fundraising in September 2013, on which Walker Morris also acted for Westhouse Securities, this further fundraising was announced on 2 October 2014. Westhouse Securities acted on the fundraising by the company by placing […]
DLA Piper’s restructuring team is celebrating double success after being named ‘Insolvency Law Firm’ and ‘International Firm of the Year’ at the 2014 Insolvency & Rescue Awards, hosted by Insolvency Today. Restructuring partners Michael Fiddy and Amy Jacks collected the awards at the presentation ceremony, which took place at the Lancaster Hotel in London on […]
New graduates and students from Middlesex University and Goldsmiths, University of London, will be showcasing their work in a curated exhibition at the Collyer Bristow Gallery, a bespoke space in central London. One artist will be selected by Emma Dexter, director of visual arts at the British Council, to receive the new Collyer Bristow award […]
Slaughter and May has advised Wonga on the agreement with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) that wrote off £220m of debt from approximately 330,000 customers this week. Wonga and the FCA announced the voluntary agreement reached between two parties earlier this week, which also involves the loans company paying compensation of over £2.6m for unfair […]
Soprano Sarah Gabriel will be singing with the Bar Choral Society in November. She decided to check them out in advance… Certain ideas appear to be so obvious that it’s surprising they didn’t emerge sooner: wheels on the bottom of suitcases, tin openers, mixer taps, that sort of thing. The Bar Choral Society (BCS) is […]
A trial date of June 2016 has been set for the £2.3bn battle between Guy Hands’ Terra Firma Capital Partners and Citigroup, with Clifford Chance and Mishcon de Reya taking lead roles on the six-week hearing. Bloomberg News reported that Mr Justice Flaux fixed the trial date at a case management conference this morning, agreeing […]
Paul Hastings has hired Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy’s key Goldman Sachs and Bank of America relationship partner Peter Schwartz for its corporate practice in London. The Milbank partner is switching to Paul Hastings after four years at the firm (1 November 2010). Schwartz, who specialises in high-yield bonds, leveraged loans and general securities advice, including […]