Serbia has had a dramatic year, with landmark elections followed by devastating floods A couple of months ago Serbia went to the polls for early parliamentary elections. A rift in the Progressive Party and Socialist Party ruling coalition created a trip to the ballot box sooner than anticipated. For the first time in over a […]
A rebasing has elevated Nigeria as the top African economy and brought to light new business potential Thanks to its first economic rebasing since 1990, Nigeria this year overtook South Africa to claim the title of largest economy on the African continent. The process, which most countries carry out every five years, saw Nigeria calculate […]
By now, many of you will already be bleary eyed from only the first few World Cup football matches beamed live from Brazil. All the rowing over the millions of pounds spent building grounds in the middle of the rain forest – just so Gary Lineker can say: ‘Gosh, Alan, look at all those trees.’ […]
Paul Worth, head of financial institutions at Eversheds, has commented on news that the incoming deputy governor of the Bank of England is to drive through changes to foreign exchange and other benchmarks. The anticipated regulatory changes to benchmark controls are part of a much wider review into wholesale markets that the chancellor has announced. The Fair and Effective […]
Gateley will be holding a gala dinner to celebrate the launch of the JHMT Inspire Awards, which have been set up by the Joe Humphries Memorial Trust (JHMT) in order to help young people flourish across a variety of community, sporting, entrepreneurial and creative arts activities. The JHMT is a charity set up in memory of Leicester […]
Agriculture in Yorkshire is showing a strong recovery compared with other regions, according to research by insolvency trade body R3. William Ballmann, chair of R3 and partner at Gateley, said it is encouraging to see signs that in Yorkshire, where many livelihoods still depend on the land, farming enterprises are starting to recover. Figures for […]
Shoosmiths has been recognised for its impact in the south east of England as part of Business in the Community’s Responsible Business Awards. The Responsible Business Awards are the UK’s longest-running corporate responsibility awards set up to champion and raise awareness of the best examples from across the UK of business making a positive difference. […]
Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co has advised investment firm MxP Partners on its £80m private equity buyout of Amber Taverns. MxP Partners, a founding shareholder of the business, acquired Amber Taverns from Legal & General Capital in a buyout jointly backed by Bluebay Asset Management. Owing to the unusual and complex nature of this transaction, […]
Collyer Bristow has announced that Janine Alexander has been promoted to partner, bringing the number of partners in the firm’s financial services disputes group to three. The firm said that Alexander is well known for her command of technical issues relating to derivatives and has been involved in many disputes relating to interest rate and credit derivatives and the […]
Allen & Overy Amsterdam has introduced a series of breakfast meetings called ‘Early Birds’, which has been organised by the firm’s Amsterdam financial regulatory team and is targeted at financial regulatory and compliance experts. In these meetings, new legislation will be discussed, with a focus on its interpretation and the consequences for clients’ organisations and possible solutions. In […]
Allen & Overy is hosting a regional competition law day on 12 June in its Warsaw office, for which competition counsel from 18 law firms from across Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) are attending. The day will focus on issues inherent in the retail sector with an emphasis on hub and spoke arrangements, leniency programmes functioning in CEE […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has named Hong Kong-based Julian Copeman as Greater China managing partner, a month after predecessor Justin D’Agostino’s appointment to global disputes head. Copeman is a senior commercial litigator and a solicitor-advocate in the English courts. He relocated from London to Hong Kong in April (14 April 2014) following an initial six-month […]