Doughty Street is feeling a draught once again as another public silk walks out of the door, with Paul Bowen QC quitting for Brick Court Chambers. The defection follows the departure of five public law barristers to Monckton Chambers just months before. The set has been suffering over recent months from cuts to legal aid […]
Dentons has hired a partner and four associates from King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB)’s Paris office in an effort to strengthen its restructuring team, following the departure of two partners earlier this year. KWMSJB partner Nicolas Theys is joining Dentons along with a team of four lawyers. In January, Dentons saw the loss […]
Ben Jones, partner and tax expert at Eversheds, has commented on moves by the US government to make it harder for companies to use foreign mergers to reduce their US tax bills. He said: ‘The perceived US tax benefits of the recent series of high-profile corporate mergers involving US corporations have received significant scrutiny in […]
For several years, HBJ Gateley has been providing legal advice to Point and Sandwick Power for its planned wind farm at Beinn Ghrideag, near Stornoway on Lewis. Last week, the company announced it had successfully raised the necessary finance. Using three Enercon turbines, it will be the largest community wind farm to date in Scotland, […]
Gateley has announced that the next series of legal updates on recent planning case law, policies and legislative changes will take place during autumn 2014. The law firm’s planning experts will be discussing the following topics: Changes to the Environmental Impact Assessment regime The National Planning Practice Guidance; the NPPF in decision making Community Infrastructure […]
No5 Chambers has sponsored Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau’s (CAB’s) annual general meeting (AGM), which was held on 18 September at the Birmingham REP Theatre. Abid Mahmood, barrister at No5 Chambers, gave a presentation at the AGM, telling attendees about No5’s sponsorship of the event and also paying tribute to the work of the CAB, which […]
Barrister Henry Pitchers from No5 Chambers has represented the family of Evelyn Smith who died from bacterial tracheitis last year, aged seven. Pitchers represented the family at the inquest on 5 September 2014. Evelyn was sent home from A&E, and twice from a GP’s practice in the last 36 hours of her life. The suspected […]
If there’s anything that the large number of panel reviews this year has shown, it’s that clients are getting tougher on their advisers. Many companies have slashed the number of firms they use in a bid for greater efficiencies. Although brewer Molson Coors has not yet announced a panel review, it is also understood to […]
Slaughter and May and Hogan Lovells were key advisers on Mothercare’s £100m rights issue which was announced yesterday (23 September). Slaughter and May advised Mothercare on the deal, alongside New York-based Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, which advised on the US aspects. Hogan Lovells advised HSBC, JPMorgan Cazenove and Numis Securities as joint bookrunners […]
Addleshaw Goddard’s head of fraud, regulatory and corporate crime has become the latest partner to exit the firm, resurfacing at King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB). Ian Hargreaves spent 20 years at Addleshaws, where he specialised in civil fraud and asset tracing. He also headed up the firm’s West Africa practice group, building connections […]
Nabarro’s position on brewer Molson Coors panel is understood to be under threat, with sources saying the company is searching for a replacement debt and competition adviser over the next two months. Sources said the firm, which was put onto the panel in 2011, was in danger of being thrown off the roster for good […]
Wonga’s first-ever general counsel Lucy Vernall has left the company for internet lender Funding Circle, months after Wonga was forced to pay £2.6m in compensation for sending debt collection letters from fake law firms. Vernall was taken on in July 2011 and left the company during the summer to take up a general counsel role […]