LAWYERS at Denton Hall are celebrating winning two high-tech contracts concerning satellites and pornography on the Internet. The firm advised the US satellite company Intelsat on setting up regional support centres in London, Singapore and Bombay, and the practice hopes to win more work from it. Meanwhile, two of Denton Hall’s Internet lawyers have been […]
A LIVERPOOL firm has launched a High Court action against a former partner it accuses of attempting to “spirit away” clients. Paul Rooney & Co alleges that Mike Hogan breached his contract after leaving the firm in August to join the practice of another former Rooneys partner, Paul Crowley. Mrs Justice Ebsworth, sitting in Liverpool […]
Amhurst Brown Colombotti has transferred its Italian law department to an Italian firm following the retirement of its Italian law specialist. Studio Legale Sutti of Milan has taken over the department formerly led by Salvatore San Marco, who was with the firm for 25 years. Amhursts senior partner Carlo Colombotti said an Italian firm would […]
With the activities of the IBA’s high-profile Section on Business Law attracting most attention, other IBA activities have been somewhat sidelined. But one area in which the IBA has a respectable track record – human rights – is fighting back with the establishment last December of the Human Rights Institute. “A global lawyers’ organisation had […]
Matt Andrews, of Kennedys, is ambushed by Mark Atkinson and Mike Butler, of McKenna & Co, during the Law Society Sevens rugby tournament. More than 30 law firms competed for the Freshfields Bowl in this, the 21st tournament, sponsored by bankers Rea Brothers. A triumphant Herbert Smith team carried off the trophy after beating Simmons […]
THE GOVERNMent is tampering with a fundamental human right for the sake of a “piddling” sum of money, according to public opinion research on legal aid conducted by the Law Society. But there was widespread agreement that people should have to pay a fee to stop them bringing weak cases, although £10 to £20 was […]
It is received wisdom that the global legal landscape will be dominated by a few mega players, but more detailed predictions are scarce. The smart money seems to be on firms like Clifford Chance, Linklaters & Paines and Freshfields in the UK, and Baker & McKenzie, White & Case and maybe Skadden Arps in the […]
BIG firms with a powerful presence overseas turn over half as much again as those without, according to a survey of the world’s 50 largest law firms. The survey, published by the International Financial Law Review (IFLR), also found that firms which have partners and associates permanently based in foreign offices are more successful than […]
Academic intelligence still ranks as the most important requirement for selecting trainee solicitors, according to a survey carried out by the Trainee Solicitor’s Group. In a poll of training managers, 60 per cent of respondents said academic record was the most important criterion for selecting trainees, with common sense the most popular second choice. The […]
The IBA is a little like the United Nations,” says one insider. “It’s got to have a Third World representative from time to time and, if the right candidate comes up, then he will be chosen.” This is an interpretation that Desmond Fernando, the Sri Lankan lawyer who replaces Professor Ross Harper as IBA president […]
International law firm Rogers & Wells has appointed Charles Stewart as counsel at its Frankfurt office. Stewart joins the firm from the Frankfurt branch of another US firm, Mallet-Prevost Colt & Mosle, where he was also counsel. He provided general legal services to German and non-German firms involved in cross-border transactions.
Simon Chalton, head of the IBA’s computer and database committee and a consultant at London firm Bird & Bird, is adamant about the need for the organisation to get involved with Internet services. “The reality is that the Internet is here and it would be foolish for the IBA to bury its head in the […]