Allen & Overy is a major contributor to a new book which offers guidance on how best to manage professional firms. The Professional Partnership Handbook argues that many managing partners “have not always had the opportunity to acquire the range of skills required to run a successful business”. Published by Tolleys, the book tackles human […]
Australian international firm Mallesons Stephen Jaques has closed its Taiwan and New York offices to cut back on costs. But Mallesons’ London partner Greg Hammond emphasised that its London office was staying open. “We have just reviewed all our overseas operations and the decision was taken to close the New York and Taiwan office but […]
STEPHENSON Harwood has become the first UK law firm to form an association with a Croatian firm since the independent state was born five years ago. The five-partner Zuric & Partners, founded in 1992, when private law firms were first allowed, has become one of the leading firms in Croatia. Based in the capital Zagreb, […]
It may be known historically as the granite city, but more recently, Aberdeen’s fortunes have been oil-related both directly and indirectly. The oil industry and its international dimension is one of the aspects that differentiates it from Glasgow and Edinburgh as a legal marketplace. And one of the larger firms, Ledingham Chalmers has also been […]
Behind the unassuming Georgian frontage in a genteel part of Edinburgh which was once home to Sir Walter Scott, is a bespoke information technology system which plays an integral part in the management of £180 million of investment funds. Murray Beith Murray WS was established in Edinburgh in 1849, and like other Scottish law firms […]
A team of lawyers from Manchester firm Donn & Co is taking on the US Army in Atlanta this week. Senior partner Raymond Donn, partner Hilary Meredith and legal executive Nicky Hunt are fighting for compensation after UK soldiers were involved in a fatal crash in 1993. One soldier was killed and 13 others were […]
Nelson Mandela’s deputy minister of justice has called for training help from UK lawyers. The deputy minister, Dr Mantobazana Tshabalala-Msimang, visiting England for Mandela’s state visit, spoke to members of the British South African Lawyers Association at the Law Society on 8 July. “My message to you,” Tshabalala said, “is do not be hesitant in […]
As more controversial legislation caught parliamentary interest, the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995 passed quietly into law and has been in force since the turn of the year. But the 1995 Act, with its far- reaching reforms of privity of contract and privity of estate, has also failed to capture the interest of the […]
The head of a legal department at a major stock market company commands a total pay package of around £95,000, according to a survey compiled by recruitment advisers Taylor Root. Remuneration for a top in-house legal averages £80,000 basic salary and £15,000 in perks and their pay has risen by 4.82 per cent. The market […]
A TEAM of Chinese judges from the city of Wuhan attended two conferences on English commercial, civil and criminal law this week as part of a legal fact-finding tour of Manchester, Wuhan’s twin city. The conferences were hosted by Mason’s partner Edward Davies. The delegation, headed by Yu Cuzhong, vice-director of the Wuhan Intermediate People’s […]
A former partner at Hammond Suddards has chosen to move to a much smaller Leeds firm, Nelson & Co. Ian Shuttleworth, a partner at Hammond Suddards for 18 years, approached nine-partner Nelson & Co himself and joined as a partner last week. A specialist in commercial property and construction law, he plans to build up […]
City firms continue to scoop millions of pounds in fees from infrastructure contracts award-ed to consortia for projects in countries as far flung as India and Peru. International project finance has been booming for several years, although some partners report a levelling off of activity in recent months. But criticism of the the UK’s private […]