DLA Piper white-collar corporate crime partner Jo Rickards, who represented former News of the World (NotW) editor Andy Coulson in the recent phone-hacking trial, is leaving the firm to join Kingsley Napley. Rickards was originally instructed by Coulson to act in his legal fees battle against News Group Newspapers (NGN) and subsequently represented him in […]
Clyde & Co has racked up two major hires in the international arbitration space this week. Not content with adding Eversheds’ Middle East chairman Christopher Jobson in the Abu Dhabi office – he’ll be joining the firm in September – the firm has also confirmed it has hired Clifford Chance’s arbitration boss in China, Patrick […]
Latham & Watkins projects development and financing partner Bill Voge, based in London, has been elected as the firm’s new global chair and managing partner. He will succeed Robert Dell, who is retiring from the firm after 20 years in its top management role (14 November 2013). Voge, who joined Latham & Watkins in 1983, […]
A former Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) partner has joined the line-up of partners that have launched a Brisbane office for Baker & McKenzie. Mining and energy specialist Philip Christensen, who became a partner at legacy firm Freehills in 1988, joins Clayton Utz energy and resources partner Darren Fooks and Allens regulatory partner Jo Daniels as […]
Is Asia-Pacific growth out of vogue with UK national firms? This year’s partnership promotions suggest so. DLA Piper has turned away from bulking up its Asia Pacific partnership, focusing instead on home-grown growth. According to The Lawyer’s cover feature this week, DLA Piper’s Australian partnership has been rapidly shrinking over the past three years. There […]
Clifford Chance’s China head of litigation and arbitration Patrick Zheng has joined Clyde & Co as Beijing office managing partner. Zheng, who is set to play an active part in developing Clyde’s presence in China and Korea, is the firm’s second high-profile litigation and arbitration lateral hire this week. Yesterday it was announced that Eversheds’ […]
Landmark Chambers’ barristers boosted their combined fee income by 21 per cent over the 2013/14 financial year, from £26.3m at the end of 2012/13 to £32.5m. The turnover increase came at the same time as the set cut overall contributions by 2 percentage points, from 17 to 15 per cent in 2013/14. The boost in […]
Rulefinder Cross Border Data Transfer (CBDT) is the latest service in the suite of online subscription services provided by Allen & Overy’s affiliate Derivative Services. CBDT provides an instant point of access to the analysis of global data protection, secrecy and outsourcing laws affecting cross-border transfers. Rulefinder CBDT currently covers 56 jurisdictions of the 60 […]
On 2 July 2014, the secretary of state issued his decision on two appeals against the Wychavon District Council’s refusal of planning permission for two large housing schemes. The first (Appeal A) was brought by Barberry Droitwich, represented by No5 Chambers’ Jeremy Cahill QC and Victoria Hutton, and was for up to 500 dwellings and […]
Allen & Overy has announced the appointment of Amsterdam arbitration partner Marieke van Hooijdonk as a member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration for the Netherlands. Van Hooijdonk becomes Allen & Overy’s second member of the court. The ICC International Court of Arbitration is composed of members from almost 90 countries, who are appointed […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer may have dominated the M&A landscape in the first half of 2014. But, when it comes to the mid-market, Thomson Reuters has calculated that Jones Day is the law firm ruling the roost. That may not come as a surprise to many – after all, 348 of Jones Day’s total 369 M&A […]
Eversheds partner Simon Jones has commented on the recent UK new car registration numbers. He said: ‘The record-breaking first-half car sales highlight just how important the resurgent automotive industry is to the UK economy. And how important it is for the UK component industry to take advantage of this opportunity by continuing to build further […]