With 12 months to go before the Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary, Jonathan Black makes the case for justice. To the general public the word solicitor can have a tendency to conjure up an image of a Dickensian Tulkinghorn, sat stiffly behind the oak desk, with a pile of dusty papers under a brass desk lamp. […]
Maravela & Asociaţii has been named both Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) and Contract Law Firm of the Year in Romania by Acquisition International magazine. This year’s winners include Linklaters, Herbert Smith, K&L Gates, Norton Rose, Baker & McKenzie and Bird & Bird.
Government legal spend is high on the agenda, so it’s interesting to see the Ministry of Defence (MoD) – which increased its spend on external lawyers from £3m to £10m in 2012/13 – buck the cost-cutting trend by looking to expand its number of advisers. The department has set a 31 July deadline for expressions […]
US firm Greenberg Traurig has hired Dentons’ global real estate co-head Eric Rosedale to fill a new management position in London. Rosedale, who joined the firm’s London office yesterday (16 June), has taken on a new position as chair of the firm’s international real estate practice. The job essentially means he will be responsible for […]
DLA Piper, Lewis Silkin, Reed Smith and Shepherd & Wedderburn have deflated a probe into the artificial boosting of sports bra prices by the UK’s new competition watchdog. Wonderbra maker DB Apparel (DBA), John Lewis, Debenhams and House of Fraser were cleared of artificially pushing up the prices of Shock Absorber bras by the Competition […]
Opening a low-cost support centre in the UK has now become the norm amongst larger firms. Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills have launched in Belfast, Ashurst in Glasgow and most recently Hogan Lovells in Birmingham. Where next – Cardiff, Newcastle, Dundee? Alternative workstyles Out-of-London is the new London Exclusive: Herbies mulls sending Aussie […]
The movement of personnel in Australia’s legal sector has showed no sign of slowing down nearly three years after a big wave of entrants into the market. Recently, the trend has escalated, with a number of senior partners, country managing partners and office heads leaving the big global firms to seek other opportunities. Allen & […]
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is on the hunt for an expanded panel after turning its back on the idea of scrapping or reducing its dedicated roster. The department has launched its first panel review in five years after extending the term of its slimmed-down roster last year. MoD commercial lawyer Andrew Fox delayed the […]
Income at Manchester-based JMW Solicitors has risen by 14.6 per cent from £15m to £17.2m, with a 15.6 per cent rise in unaudited profits from £3.2m to £3.7m for the 2013/14 financial year. JMW posted a 26 per cent rise in turnover from £6.3m to £7.98m for the first six months of the 2013/14 financial […]
Gateley has advised on the admission to trading of German biopharmaceuticals company Biofrontera on AIM, the London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller-growing companies. Biofrontera is also listed in Frankfurt and Düsseldorf and specialises in the development of medical cosmetics and dermatological drugs for the care and treatment of skin diseases. Nick Emmerson, a corporate […]
Eversheds partner Geoffrey Mead has commented on statistics published by the UK Ministry of Justice, which confirm a sustained reduction in the number of employment tribunal claims lodged since the fees regime was introduced last year. Mead noted that the figures show a 59 per cent reduction in ‘single’ claims (those made by a sole […]
Eversheds has advised the Department for Transport (DfT) on the new Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern (TSGN) franchise, which has been awarded to Govia Thameslink Railway. The new seven-year franchise will be the largest in the UK in terms of passenger numbers, trains, revenue and staff. The franchise will deliver to passengers the benefits of […]