DLA Piper has suffered three more partner departures in Asia Pacific, two in Hong Kong and one who recently transferred from Hong Kong to Singapore. Jolyon Ellwood-Russell has left for Simmons & Simmons, Giovanni Marino has moved to US firm Winston & Strawn and Ben Sandstad, who joined DLA from Mayer Brown JSM a year […]
The Supreme Court has boosted the potential for investors to recover money taken in bribes and secret payments from insolvent agents who breached their client duties in a ruling handed down yesterday (16 July). Hogan Lovells client FHR European Ventures LLC was handed the win when the court ruled that a €10m secret fee taken […]
DLA Piper has added two partners and two associates from RPC to its real estate practice, including head of non-contentious construction and projects Stephen Malley. Malley has been at RPC for eight years, specialising in development and development finance. His leaving date is yet to be confirmed. The rest of the group started at DLA […]
Clifford Chance Bucharest partner Perry Zizzi has rejoined Dentons, almost seven years after quitting legacy Salans for the magic circle firm. Zizzi will lead Dentons’ Romanian banking and finance team and will also be part of the firm’s real estate team. He advises on a broad range of finance and real estate finance issues. Zizzi […]
Allegations of phone hacking put the spotlight on Rupert Murdoch’s UK media empire into the spotlight. While former News International legal chief Tom Crone entered a war of words with the media magnate, his former NI colleagues were busy hiring lawyers to defend criminal charges. A few years on and former NI chief executive Rebekah […]
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has switched lead counsel in one of its biggest ever cases, instructing Blackstone Chambers’ Pushpinder Saini QC in place of Serle Court’s Dominic Dowley to lead the defence of a £300m claim from the Tchenguiz brothers. The SFO has also added One Essex Court’s Charles Graham QC to its team. […]
At a recent EU conference, Karanovic & Nikolic partner Patricia Gannon highlighted the many opportunities available to investors in the sustainable energy sector in the Balkans. Gannon said that despite the many political and regulatory hurdles facing investors, it is clear that a sustainable policy needs to be developed for the region as it accedes […]
Allen & Overy has advised CORESTATE on the sale of a real-estate portfolio comprising approximately 8,200 units to ADLER Real Estate by way of a share deal. The sale is the largest yet in the property investor’s history. The portfolio comprises more than 7,700 residential and 490 commercial units located all over Germany, with main […]
Allen & Overy has acted for the lenders on a $1.3bn (£760m) prepayment facility in favour of Glencore Energy UK for advance payments for crude oil purchases from the national oil company of the Republic of Chad, Société des Hydrocarbures du Tchad (SHT). Facility proceeds were applied by SHT, for the purposes of financing its […]
More insurance companies with a physical presence and long-term plans to grow are forming in Bermuda, creating new jobs and opportunities for the industry, according to Conyers Dill & Pearman. Michael Frith, a director at the law firm’s Bermuda office and a specialist in corporate insurance and regulatory law, said new insurance registrations were ‘steadily […]
Lawyers from the Wierzbowski Eversheds’ banking and finance team have advised the City of Warsaw on obtaining financing from the European Investment Bank of PLN1bn (£190m) for projects in the areas of transport, education, healthcare, social services and public spaces. At Eversheds, the project was headed by Dr Krzysztof Haładyj, the partner in charge of […]
Stephenson Harwood litigators will be celebrating this week after edging Shearman & Sterlingoff the £300m courtroom battle between the Tchenguiz brothers and the Serious Fraud Office (SFO). Partner Sean Jeffrey has doubled his workload, taking on Robert Tchenguiz’ case as well as his brother Vincent’s. Bad news for Shearman & Sterling partner Josanne Rickard, who […]