Leeds-based technology distributor Premier Farnell’s general counsel Steven Webb expresses concern over some firms’ commitment to customer service inc this week’s in-house interview. As legal chief at a business with millions of customers in 150 countries, he knows what he’s talking about. Webb says the occasional project, expanding into China for example, will render him […]
Ropes & Gray has announced that its high-profile London co-managing partners Maurice Allen and Mike Goetz are to redefine their roles for the first time since the office launched five years ago. Goetz will continue as sole managing partner of the London office while Allen becomes senior partner. As a result Goetz, who remains co-leader […]
Morgan Lewis has swooped on Edwards Wildman’s London office hiring corporate head David Ramm, in a move that will raise further questions about the future of the group. Ramm, a partner and head of the firm’s London’s business law (corporate) department, also heads Edwards Wildman’s London’s private equity and venture capital practices. His exit comes as […]
Freeths (formerly Freeth Cartwright) is targeting further mergers in a bid to become a £100m business after the integration of Oxford firm Henmans took turnover to £49.9m for the last financial year. The firm’s figures included Henmans Freeth, in which it took a stake in February 2013, for the first time (8 October 2012). Turnover […]
Lesley Farrell, partner at Eversheds, has commented on the news that UK banks are facing a full-scale Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) probe. She said: ‘The CMA considers that there are similarities in the competition issues that arise in relation to both personal current accounts and SME lending and is proposing a “joined-up in-depth review” […]
Schoenherr has represented Carso Telecom, a wholly owned subsidiary of the América Móvil group (AMX), in its successful public takeover offer of all shares in Telekom Austria not held by Carso Telecom, AMX, Telekom Austria or the Republic of Austria’s state holding company OIAG. The public offer was launched on 15 May 2014. The initial […]
Audrey Williams, partner and head of discrimination at Eversheds, has commented on the recent opinion by the advocate-general that obesity could qualify as a disability. Few legal cases have attracted wider public interest recently than that of the Danish childminder whose case has generated debate about whether obesity is a disability. While legal clarification from […]
Eversheds recently hosted its annual Technology, Media and Telecoms conference in front of a wide audience made up of personnel from some of the UK’s largest technology companies. Opening the conference, Mark Gregory, chief economist at EY, spoke about the great global rebalancing the world is witnessing as we emerge from the recession. Growth, he […]
DLA Piper has acted for Greencoat UK Wind on the acquisition of Maerdy Wind Farm, an operational wind farm project in Wales. Located in the Rhonda Valley in South Wales, the acquisition forms part of Greencoat’s strategic growth, increasing the net generating capacity by 24MW. Greencoat invests in operational UK wind farms and was the […]
Allen & Overy has advised BNP Paribas, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered Bank, as joint lead managers and bookrunners, on the issuance of $1.5bn (£880m) and €525m (£415m) bonds by ONGC Videsh Ltd (OVL), which were guaranteed by OVL’s parent Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The bonds were issued […]
Australian-headquartered construction giant Lend Lease has promoted senior legal counsel Mark Packer to the role of general counsel (GC) for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Packer took up the role earlier this month following the retirement of former EMEA GC Patrick Gloyens. Packer went in-house at Lend Lease in 2009 after five years as […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices. Benelux Luxembourg firm Kleyr Grasso has made three promotions, all taking effect on 1 July. Commercial and finance litigation lawyer Donata Grasso becomes a partner, employment lawyer Philippe Ney a counsel and litigator Henry De Ron a senior associate. Baker & […]