Freshfields may be going great guns in the US, but the magic circle is apparently losing its grip on the all-important brand equity, if the latest research by Acritas is to believed. Freshfields and magic circle rival Linklaters held the third and fourth positions last year in the Global Elite Law Firm Brand Index but […]
It often does not take much to undo a lot of good work, and over Employment Tribunal (ET) fees, the Government is in danger of doing just that. Arguably, the coalition had been doing well in achieving a balance between, on the one hand, giving business the freedom to expand and grow to the benefit […]
Magic circle firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have lost valuable brand equity over the past year, according to the latest research by Acritas. The two firms, which held the third and fourth positions in 2013, have been dislodged into fifth and sixth respectively to make way for up-and-coming brands Norton Rose Fulbright and DLA […]
Doughty Street Chambers has been forced to invest in a new website because some silver-haired hottie has tied the knot with one of its members. Yes, the Clooney effect meant that when the Hollywood star announced his engagement to Doughty Street member Amal Alamuddin earlier this year, the chambers’ website overflowed with traffic, presumably from […]
Newsweek magazine has cited the DSSH (Difference, Stigma, Shame, Harm) model, which was created by barrister S Chelvan from No5 Chambers, for proving an asylum claim based on sexual or gender identity. The article — titled ‘Gay asylum seekers forced to “prove” their sexuality’ — was published on 25 September.
Mugni Islam-Choudhury and Naomi Owen have played the parts of trial advocates in a mock tribunal hosted by Mills & Reeve in conjunction with Future Faces. The case was one of unfair dismissal by reason of gross misconduct — the misconduct in question being sexual harassment of a junior secretary by a project manager. The event […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided Cayman law advice to the buying consortium on the privatisation and delisting of iSoftStone from the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). iSoftStone provides IT solutions and business process outsourcing services to companies in China, North America, Europe and Japan, including 89 members of the Fortune 500. iSoftStone chairman and […]
On 14 October, Gateley’s corporate recovery team will be holding the next in the series of its restructuring breakfast briefings. At this event, the team will be considering: The current environment for businesses operating in the haulage industry; The outlook for the sector; The turnaround opportunities; The restructuring options; and The issues to be considered […]
Collyer Bristow is offering employment law training sessions on conducting disciplinary and grievance procedures and equal opportunities and discrimination issues. The conducting disciplinary and grievance procedures course is intended to support both existing HR staff and management in dealing with disciplinary, grievance and appeal procedures. Using an interactive presentation and case study format, the firm will demonstrate […]
When Hangzhou-based e-commerce group Alibaba listed on the New York Stock Exchange earlier this month it was a boon not only for its founder Jack Ma but for the lawyers involved too. After all, at $25bn it was the largest IPO of all time. Local firms Fangda and King & Wood Mallesons shared in the […]
Doughty Street Chambers has been forced to upgrade its website hosting arrangements to cope with a surge in traffic following the nuptials of member Amal Alamuddin and Hollywood star George Clooney. The onslaught of hits resulting from the announcement of human rights barrister Alamuddin and actor Clooney’s engagement in April caused the website to crash […]
Russian tycoon Sergei Pugachev has switched counsel from Stephenson Harwood partner John Fordham to Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson for the latest stage of his $2bn injunction battle at the High Court. The ex-senator once dubbed “the cashier to the Kremlin” was served with a UK court order in July, freezing $2bn of his […]