Networks are becoming more enterprising and bold in their pursuit of key in-house counsel – the ‘white whales’. Should indies take the plunge with them? Since the recession many in-house counsel have seen their budgets cut and their resources dwindle. With greater accountability for what they spend and the quality of work, corporate counsel in […]
Commercial disputes are often – indeed, normally – fraught affairs, with the parties on both sides more interested in tearing out each other’s throats than sitting down for a nice cup of tea. Historically, the judiciary has actively or passively condoned that confrontational behaviour. But a recent English Queen’s Bench Division ruling is being hailed […]
Hogan Lovells has represented UK-based mobile payments group Monitise on a seven-year global resourcing deal with IBM. The deal was announced yesterday (28 August) as part of IBM’s move to increase its cloud solution portfolio on a global scale. The strategic deal, which is the first instruction from Hogan Lovells from Monitise, will mean that IBM […]
Gerda Diniūtė, senior associate at Eversheds, is participating in the third annual Baltic Private Equity & Venture Capital Associations’ Symposium, which is due to take place in Lithuania on 27–28 August. A number of private equity and venture capital industry professionals, practitioners, specialists and amateurs are expected to gather to share their knowledge, experience and […]
DLA Piper has announced that Baltimore partner Ian Taylor has been selected to The Daily Record’s list of ‘Very Important Professionals’. The annual VIP list recognises Maryland leaders across various industries who have achieved significant professional accomplishments and are committed to community involvement. The list consists of 40 individuals under the age of 40 at law firms, hospitals, […]
Irwin Mitchell, Jones Day and Kirkland & Ellis have played key roles in the sale of 144 Travelodge hotels, owned by the company’s biggest landlord Prestbury, to Goldman Sachs, GoldenTree Asset Management and Avenue Capital. The £520m deal places the property portfolio in the hands of the consortium that owns Travelodge having bailed the company […]
Rugby-based Brethertons has replaced CEO Mike Dibbon with commercial litigation and recoveries partner Shaun Jardine to help cement the firm’s growth after a 28 per cent hike in annual revenue. The firm’s CEO swap comes after a boost of 28 per cent in revenue from £9.03m to £11.1m in the 2013/14 financial year. That followed […]
Australian firm Minter Ellison’s new chief executive Tony Harrington is a man with a mantra. His three-word centred plan for the firm to succeed in the domestic and international markets is simple and concise – collaborate internally to deliver results to clients; innovate with broad-based solutions; and, the hardest challenge of the three, inspire. In his […]
Birketts has been exposed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as the subject of a scam after members of the public received emails purportedly from the UK Border Agency advising them to send money to the firm. Recipients of the email were asked to contact Niamh Carrick in relation to applications for employment in the […]
Bonuses, court battles and Belfast – the last week on the web has prompted plenty of comments as the legal news keeps coming in. The story receiving the most hits last week was the sad news of the death of Bates Wells Braithwaite’s Stephen Lloyd in a boating accident. A number of people left tributes […]
Taken to a world-famous Italian restaurant she’s never heard of, Nicky Richmond is distinctly underwhelmed. It is Friday morning at 10 am. I text my client, G, as we are meant to be meeting for lunch on the Monday and nothing has been booked yet. Where are we eating and are you booking something? I […]
Minter Ellison’s newly installed chief executive Tony Harrington is clear on how the Australian firm can succeed: it has to turn words into action. And he means three words in particular. “We’re building our culture around three verbs: collaborate, innovate and inspire,” he muses. “We have to collaborate within the firm to bring the best […]