Mishcon de Reya may have found the solution to any potential space problem in its newly planned Aldwych office: although it will be bringing its four offices under one roof, its lawyers may seldom set foot in the building. Managing partner Kevin Gold has approved three-day weeks and has told lawyers to take unlimited holidays […]
Southampton-headquartered Moore Blatch has joined forces with spinal injury charity Aspire to create Aspire Law, an ABS specialising in spinal cord injuries, which will launch on 3 November. Moore Blatch will deduct its running costs from the fees generated and the net profit will then be split equally between Moore Blatch and Aspire. Aspire plans […]
The 10 most-read stories on TheLawyer.com in the past week, including celebrity weddings and big-name partner departures It’s been an eventful week in the legal world, but the biggest story of the week related to news that was splashed across the front pages of every mainstream magazine and newspaper around – the wedding of Hollywood […]
Mishcon de Reya managing partner Kevin Gold is facing the firm’s biggest shake-up in a decade. Last month the firm voted through its conversion to LLP status, which will see all of its 65 fixed-share partners brought into the equity. It is also on the brink of combining its four offices into one (8 June […]
Virgin Money’s first general counsel Stephen Pearson has stepped down from his role as the company prepares for an IPO on the London Stock Exchange later this month. He is to be replaced by Virgin Money in-house lawyer Andrew Emuss,and the company has confirmed that Pearson is staying on in the company in a senior […]
Nicky Richmond is bowled away by the tapas at Barrafina, and eats a lot of garlic. Regular readers will know that I don’t queue. I hate the whole no reservations thing, there for the convenience of the restaurant rather than the restaurant-goer. Not usually aimed at my demographic, I find that life goes on fairly […]
Shoosmiths has announced that Peter Duff has been elected chairman with effect from 1 May 2015. Duff is head of the firm’s commercial practice group and an employment partner. He succeeds Andrew Tubbs, who will step down from the role at the end of April 2015 following the completion of four terms as chairman. Duff […]
DLA Piper has advised Playtech Group on the acquisition of the Italian and Swedish video lottery businesses of the Aristocrat group, one of the main gaming suppliers globally. Partner Giulio Coraggio led the transaction, with assistance from senior associate Danilo Surdi, together with colleagues from DLA Nordic. The acquisition will allow Playtech Group to specialise […]
Proposals for a new offence of failure to prevent economic fraud will be a catalyst for a debate which has been a long time coming. The proposals, announced last month at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, represent a potential seismic shift in the application of criminal law to corporations and white collar workers. Corporate prosecutions […]
Ogier has appointed three new partners across the Jersey and Luxembourg offices. The appointments are effective from 1 October 2014 and the new partners are Fabien Debroise in Ogier’s Luxembourg office and Niamh Lalor and Bruce MacNeil in Ogier’s Jersey office. Debroise has special expertise in syndicated lending and leveraged acquisition finance, as well as […]
A soldier, Corporal McNeil, was found brutally murdered with his neck broken in three different places in a suspected revenge attack from Corporal Richard Farrell. Christopher Hotten QC from No5 Chambers, prosecuting, said that significant force had been applied to the neck that killed NcNeil. DNA evidence recovered from Farrell’s top and shoes matched those […]
On 1 October 2014, Karanovic & Nikolic relocated its Skopje, Macedonia office. It is now located in Bulevar Partizanski Odredi No.14, 1000 Skopje. All telephone and fax numbers will remain unchanged.