The Crown Estate has appointed in-house solicitor Rob Booth as its new head of legal, replacing Alex Peeke who is set to exit for Land Securities. Rob Booth will step into his new role once Peeke exits in July, reporting into the Crown Estate’s director of business operations and general counsel Vivienne King. In his […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices. Benelux Accountancy and consulting giant EY has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Richard Norbruis to lead its global transaction law practice (3 June 2014). Norbruis has been a partner in Freshfields’ Amsterdam office since 1999. For the last three years he […]
Reed Smith’s global managing partner Alexander “Sandy” Thomas has been re-elected following a contested election. Thomas took over as head of the US firm late year, after long-time incumbent Greg Jordan quit mid-way through a three-year term (3 October 2013). A spokesperson at the time insisted that Thomas had “stood unopposed” for the managing partner […]
Corporate and finance lawyers from Walker Morris have advised Finance Yorkshire on its £400,000 investment in a distributor of detergents and fabric softener. SNG Commercial, which began trading last year, will use the investment to scale up and develop customer awareness and confidence in its Muvo brand and product range. The business was established in 2010 by […]
Audrey Williams, partner and head of discrimination at Eversheds, has commented on the European court considering for the first time where obesity sits in legal terms and whether it should be considered a disability in the case of Karsten Kaltoft v Billund Kommune. The outcome could prove significant for employers, triggering potential obligations to make reasonable adjustments […]
DLA Piper’s Sydney office has officially relocated from 201 Elizabeth Street to new premises at No.1 Martin Place in Sydney’s business and financial community. Following one of the largest leasing transactions in the Sydney CBD last year, DLA Piper now occupies four floors in the landmark high-rise building, which is owned by No.1 Martin Place Trust and the Charter Hall […]
Is it a bird, is it a plane? Today at the Court of Appeal it was both, or more accurately, 2Birds and one plane. Bird & Bird came crashing to earth today after losing an appeal for airline Jet2.com over whether it should pay compensation to delayed passenger Ronald Huzar. 2Birds’ hopes might have been […]
Liz Fitzsimons, legal director at Eversheds, has commented on the two-week window companies have in which to protect data from a global malware network. Fitzsimons said: ‘Protection against the impact of GameOver Zeus and Cryptolocker should be considered imperative by all bodies handling personal information and commercially valuable data. These companies must ensure they have assessed […]
Michael Conroy-Harris, construction expert at Eversheds, has commented on the latest construction PMI figures. He said: ‘It’s amazing how quickly we adapt to what we think is the new normal — the years of bad figures and gloomy outlooks were soon washed away by a year of growth figures and an expectation developed that growth […]
Eversheds has advised the sellers of Dutch aircraft fleet management company AerData Group on their sale of the group to Boeing. Based in the Netherlands, AerData provides integrated software solutions for lease management, fleet planning and technical services for aircraft and engine operators, lessors, and maintenance, repair and overhaul companies. AerData has approximately 120 employees […]
Wierzbowski Eversheds and Deutsches Kompensations Forum (DKF) are holding a conference that includes networking meetings and B2B sessions with international defence contractors and security industry representatives. The conference is designed for management-level representatives of Polish industry interested in establishing and developing international relations in the defence and security sector, with an emphasis on business issues […]
DLA Piper has appointed Peter Jones as partner in its intellectual property and technology (IPT) group, effective 2 June 2014. Peter joins the firm from Gilbert Tobin where he was also a partner in the TMT and project services team, and will remain based in Sydney. He has a long-standing reputation in the technology and […]