As you might expect from a legal outsourcer, value and efficiency are compulsory for CPA Global’s GC Ruth Daniels International intellectual property (IP) management business CPA Global has built much of its business by pitching IP and legal services outsourcing (LSO) direct to multinational companies. While most of the work CPA handles in the LSO space […]
DLA Piper has appointed Linos Choo as a partner in the international shipping team, part of the litigation and regulatory group. Choo was formerly a senior associate in the shipping team at DLA Piper before moving to Squire Sanders (now Squire Patton Boggs) as a partner in 2010. Specialising in all aspects of marine work, […]
DLA Piper has appointed Catherine Pogorzelski as a corporate partner in its Luxembourg office. She joins from Arendt & Medernach where she was active in the private equity and real estate/investment funds group. Pogorzelski is a respected funds lawyer with experience in advising investors and fund managers on the structuring, formation and management of alternative investment funds, particularly within […]
Gateley dispute resolution partner and experienced mediator Gerard Khoshnaw spoke at the recent London Summit on Commercial Dispute Resolution in China, which was held at Queen Mary University. Khoshnaw was among a select group of expert speakers invited to present. A range of issues were discussed surrounding legal developments in commercial dispute resolution that British and Chinese companies […]
Last week in its promotions round Taylor Wessing once again favoured Germany – just as it had in 2012 and 2013. Was this an attempt to throw the market off the scent of its bigger picture plans: its impending US launch? Having invested heavily in Europe and Asia, the firm isn’t messing around with its […]
Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith Freehills and Macfarlanes are among eight firms to have retained positions of Virgin Group’s panel following an informal review. Virgin Group launched a full audit of its legal advisory roster with the aim of assessing the existing relationships with its panel firms in November (12 November 2013). The wide-ranging […]
DLA Piper has announced that Kevin Lytle and Craig Cartwright have joined the firm’s real-estate practice as partners in the Phoenix office. Lytle and Cartwright have a diverse real-estate transactional practice focused on representing public and private real-estate investment vehicles and other commercial entities. Over the past three years, they have handled more than $4bn (£2.3bn) […]
Partner Janet Armstrong-Fox, who heads up Collyer Bristow’s real-estate team, has had her article on commercial rent arrears recovery appear (CRAR) in Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) magazine Modus. The Legal 101 article focuses on CRAR and is entitled ‘Distress over arrears reform’.
Barristers from No5 Chambers have represented the defendants in a football match-fixing case. Chann Sankaran and Krishna Ganeshan, businessmen from Singapore, and Michael Boateng, former Whitehawk FC defender, have been convicted of conspiracy to commit bribery after plotting to fix the results of football matches. Sankaran and Ganeshan have been sentenced to five years, and […]
David Howker QC from No5 Chambers has defended in a case involving the discovery of a body in the garden of a Mansfield property. Susan and Christopher Edwards have been found guilty of the murder of Patricia and William Wycherley, Susan Edwards’ parents, after shooting them and burying them in their back garden in Mansfield […]
Shoosmiths recently teamed up with RBS and KPMG for the Thames Valley Business Leaders’ Dinner in Reading. The event, held at the Hilton hotel, brought together business leaders from across the region to exchange views, share best practice and learn from each other. More than 150 guests heard from keynote speaker John Pienaar, broadcaster and […]
DLA Piper has advised NH Hoteles SA on the sale of the entire issued and outstanding share capital of Onroerend Goed Beheer Maatschappij Stadhouderskade Amsterdam BV (OGBM) to a subsidiary of Foncière des Murs, a french real estate management company. OGBM is the owner of the property in which the NH hotel Amsterdam centre is operated. Foncière des […]