US lawyers have a reputation for being more business-minded than their UK coun- terparts, and nowhere is this better illustrated than in the role of the in-house legal adviser. While many UK companies are only just coming around to the idea that employing internal counsel is a good way of cutting costs, for years, US […]
Rickerby Watterson acted for Share & Fisher in the £3.3 million sale of a Texas DIY retail store in Worcester and the £1 million sale of vacant land at its Cheltenham headquarters.>
Herbert Smith acted for Friends Provident Life Office on a £215 million bond issue by its subsidiary
Gouldens advised a syndicate of international banks on an $85 million loan facility for the Russian commercial bank Tokobank.
Memery Crystal acted for Emerald Energy on its move from the Unquoted Securities Market to the London Stock Exchange and a £7.5 million placing and a $4.3 million open offer to finance oil and gas exploration in Colombia.
Kevin Goodwin As soon as Kevin Goodwin became the new convenor of the Crown Prosecution Service section of the Association of First Division Civil Servants (FDA), he began to speak out publicly against CPS management. Shortly after, he received a letter signed by all 13 of the service’s chief Crown prosecutors imploring him to shut […]
Having read Teresa Gorman’s viewpoint in The Lawyer 10 December with a certain amount of curiosity, I was interested to see her refer to “the closed shop arrangement, whereby only solicitors or one of the other professionals can open the door to a barrister”. Perhaps she could consult with one of her numerous barrister colleagues […]
I read with interest the article headed “Legal help comes to the campus”. I am sorry to disappoint the South Wales firm Hugh James in their claims to be the first in the country to launch free campus-based legal advice clinics for students and college staff. Until October of this year, I was employed in […]
Many solicitors reading the comments of Paul Boateng regarding pro bono work will feel very offended (The Lawyer 10 December) . A large number of high street solicitors carry out a lot of such work in their local communities, and many assist clients either for no fee or a fee that is very nominal. The […]
The concept of management is often seen as less of a priority in legal offices where fee-earning is seen as the key to success. But that may have to change with the long-planned – if not long-awaited – revision to practice rule 13. Following the Law Society standards and guidance committee meeting last week, which […]