Ogier Legal has announced that four Channel Islands-based lawyers were promoted on 1 August as part of a continued investment in training. There have been three promotions to managing associate as well as a promotion from associate to senior associate. Two of these promotions are in Guernsey with a further two promotions in Jersey. In […]
Richard Gibbs’ client has been acquitted in a case where the defendant and two others where charged with a £1.7m conspiracy to evade tax on the importation of tobacco. HMRC seized the tobacco in the form of cigarettes and hand-rolled tobacco from addresses in Wolverhampton during 2012 and 2013. Shahab Ali, represented by Gibbs, has been found not […]
Reed Smith has advised alongside a raft of European firms on Swedish pharmaceuticals company Meda’s acquisition of its Italian rival Rottapharm for £1.8bn. The transaction followed a cancelled IPO by Rottapharm, which failed to achieve the valuation sought by its owner, the Rovati family. Reed Smith advised longstanding client Meda on the transaction, led by […]
The Manchester office of Gateley has raised £3,650 for the Christie charity, part of the Christie NHS Foundation Trust and one of the largest hospital charities in the UK. Every year, each of the firm’s regional offices nominates a local charity to benefits its fundraising efforts. Charity champion for the Christie Danielle Haston led fundraising […]
Alastair Harris, payment expert at Eversheds, has commented on SEPA payment regulations becoming fully operational in all eurozone countries. SEPA aims to create a true European single market for retail payments in Europe where transfers, direct debits and payments between member states are as easy and fast as the equivalent domestic transactions. Harris noted that […]
Audrey Williams, partner and head of discrimination at Eversheds, has commented on a recently issued Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report that is highly critical of the treatment of whistleblowers and a perceived failure by government to introduce effective law. The report concludes that in many cases employees do not know to whom they should report wrongdoing […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands advice to China Hongqiao Group in connection with the issue by the company of 7.625 per cent senior notes. The senior notes are due 2017 with an aggregate principal amount of $400m (£238m) with, inter alia, a guarantee given by its BVI subsidiary, […]
The contrasting experience of two technology law firm start-ups in 1994 and 2014 highlights the massive evolution of legal practice in the last 20 years. Law firm IT and regulation have both changed out of all recognition over the past two decades. The first has become a lot more flexible, better and cheaper; the other, much […]
Ogier Legal in Jersey has acted for Moorfield Real Estate Fund II (MREF II) and SEGRO in relation to SEGRO’s acquisition of the 50 per cent interest in the Logistics Property Partnership joint venture previously owned by MREF II for £95.6m. The Logistics Property Partnership was established in January 2012 by MREF II and SEGRO […]
David Mason QC, Gary Bell QC and Phil Bradley from No5 Chambers are defending in a kidnap conspiracy case after Wasim Yaqub, 37, was allegedly kidnapped outside his home in Kidderminster, held captive in a storage unit and beaten with a hammer after a business deal went wrong. Five men are on trial at Worcester […]
If there’s one thing certain to stir up the UK legal scene it’s a big new arrival. Particularly if it’s a firm with an ambitious growth streak. That looks to be the case with California-based tech firm Cooley, which numerous sources say continues to circle the London legal market. The firm is thought to be […]
The Leicester and Leicestershire Family Justice Board website has been launched with the aim of assisting people with cases in the Family Court — especially those who are not able to obtain legal representation. Members of No5 Chambers’ Family Group Laura Vickers and Heather Popley manage the website. The chairman of LLF JB, Neville Hall, […]