Enyo Law has triumphed over White & Case in the High Court after the judge ruled that a Russian senator could continue his $2bn US lawsuit against his former associates for the proceeds of BP-Rosneft oil deal. Russian oligarch Leonid Lebedev’s billionaire associates, represented by White & Case partner John Reynolds, failed to bring an injunction […]
With just eight days to go until the Scottish independence referendum vote, concern is ramping up among leading businesses over the impact of a yes vote on the Scottish banking system. One leading Scottish law firm is among them. It has revealed to The Lawyer that it has already moved its money out of Scottish-registered […]
With just eight days to go until the Scottish independence referendum vote, concern is ramping up among leading businesses over the impact of a yes vote on the Scottish banking system. One leading Scottish law firm is among them. It has revealed to The Lawyer that it has already moved its money out of Scottish-registered […]
Not a week seems to go by without another firm revealing a low-cost centre, almost always to house document production and general support. This summer brought a whole host of announcements: if you blink, you might just miss them. Thomas Eggar centralises document production and overhauls business support Trowers launches Birmingham document production hub as […]
Not a week seems to go by without another firm revealing a low-cost centre, almost always to house document production and general support. This summer brought a whole host of announcements: if you blink, you might just miss them. Thomas Eggar centralises document production and overhauls business support Trowers launches Birmingham document production hub as […]
Locke Lord Edwards to be formed as US firms pair push forward with a letter of intent to merge in 2015. Through a joint press release, the two firms confirmed the merger, adding that the combination would produce an new firm with more than 1,000 lawyers in 23 cities around the globe. Locke Lord Edwards […]
A raft of firms including Osborne Clarke, Shoosmiths and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) have played a role in Stagecoach South West Trains’ new contract to buy 30 new trains from manufacturer Siemens. The new trains will be purchased and leased back to South West by rolling stock operating company ROSCO Angel Trains. From 2014, the […]
As we report in this week’s in-house interview, Jim Trainor steers a lean process-driven machine to ensure all five of Volkswagen Group UK’s brands are covered within the legal department’s £800,000 budget. In order to achieve that level of efficiency, processes, contracts and precedents are templated and centrally held. Meanwhile, access to the legal team […]
A leading Scottish firm with offices north and south of the border has shifted its cash out of Scottish banks for fear that a vote in favour of independence could lead to a run on them. With just over a week to go until the people of Scotland vote on whether to remain part of […]
Kirkland & Ellis and Hogan Lovells have announced a swap of two partners in their respective Hong Kong offices this week, with Hogan Lovells’ Neil McDonald hired by Kirkland and the latter’s Steven Tran headed in the opposite direction. Tran joins Hogan Lovells from Kirkland & Ellis, where he has been a partner in the […]
Chilean firm Philippi and Colombian firm Prietocarrizosa are set to merge, with Spanish firm Uría Menéndez stepping up for a 30 per cent involvement in the newly created firm, Philippi Prietocarrizosa & Uría. Slaughter and May’s Spanish best friend firm has invested in the new Latin-American merger, which has the potential to turn the three-firm […]
Stephen Goodrham has spent more than 20 years dealing with commercial disputes. He is a well-known and well-respected litigator with a reputation for fighting his clients’ corners hard but also being commercial and pragmatic when helping his clients resolve their disputes. Goodrham, where possible, likes to adopt a risk-sharing approach to fees/funding and has undertaken many […]