Flotations
Pinsent Curtis advised lingerie group La Senza on its flotation on the Alternative Investment Market.
Reputation is everything
Coverage in The Lawyer (21 May) of the Law Society initiatives requires clarification to avoid confusion. You say: “Solicitors must be wondering what has happened to cost cutting at Chancery Lane.” There are a number of issues, of which cost is just one. Of course the society requires an all-embracing strategy to address its communication […]
UK should take the moral high ground
Emergency legislation has been a feature of Northern Ireland’s legal life since partition. If a crime is committed, those suspected of political motivation can be detained for up to seven days without charge, with no access to reading or writing materials for seven days, no access to lawyer or family for up to 48 hours, […]
Flotations
McKenna & Co acted for Vanguard Medica Group on its recent flotation on the London Stock Exchange.
Flotations
Halliwell Landau acted for ink manufacturer Reflec in its application to float on AIM.
Financings
Ashurst Morris Crisp acted for Minorco in drawing up prospecting agreements with the Ministry of Oil and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Yemen.
Partnership. Its competition time for partners
As recruitment and selection processes for trainees become ever more sophisticated, it is worth considering some of the changes which have been implemented for selecting partners from the large number of assistants who work in big firms. Where the opportunity once existed for a solicitor with five or six years of post-qualification experience to reach […]
Law reform/cpd. Firm bookings avoid disappointment
Henry Sherman’s thesis, as a construction litigator, is that a prime cause of litigation delays is the approach of some members of the senior Bar (The Lawyer 21 May 1996). He says that even in the most complex cases pleadings are still usually drafted by a junior. And he adds that access to leading counsel […]
Brief
There are few structural changes among local firms in the Northern Irish marketplace this year, where the top performers show little sign of expansion. The major change comes from outside the province with the arrival of London firm Kennedys and Dublin firm Arthur Cox. There are constant rumours that other UK firms are looking at […]
Sex is no bar to top jobs
The statistics suggest a depressing picture of sexual inequality. Of the 158 senior counsel practising at the Irish Bar, only eight are women, a mere 5 per cent. But such figures hide a transformation in what has been a male-dominated profession. Almost 30 per cent of the 1,000 practising barristers in the Republic are now […]
Nortons close Net on Euro consortium
Norton Rose has completed one of its most complex media deals to date by advising on the merger of seven European Internet service providers. The companies are forming a new group called EUNet International, which intends to seek a public listing on the Nasdaq Exchange in New York. “This was a most complicated transaction given […]
In brief: Law Society builds bridges over Atlantic
The Law Society is organising a programme of events at the American Bar Association’s Annual Meeting, taking place at Walt Disney World, Orlando in the first week of August. The programme is an attempt to facilitate contact between solicitors and American attorneys and raise the profile of solicitors in England and Wales. Events will include […]