S Chelvan from No5 Chambers has been announced as the winner of the Legal Aid Barrister of the Year at the Legal Aid Lawyer of the Year Awards 2014, organised by the Legal Aid Practitioners Group. According to the testimonial, Chelvan is known as a lawyer, academic and activist, who has been instrumental in winning […]
Eversheds has hired Sara-Jane Pluke as a partner and head of intellectual property (IP) in South Africa. She is joined by Lilia Bordelieva-Baptista and Natalia Androliakos, who join the IP department as associates. The team has joined Eversheds following the integration of SJ Pluke Attorneys into Eversheds South Africa. Pluke is a specialist in the […]
Scottish law firms Thorntons, Murray Donald and Steel Eldridge Stewart are to merge later this year to create the largest law firm in eastern Scotland. The expected £20m firm will be headed up by joint Thorntons managing partners Craig Nicol and Scott Milne and be known as Thorntons. No jobs will be lost in the […]
Once again, Slaughter and May has topped the charts in terms of the number of stock market clients on its books, according to the latest stats from Adviser Rankings. That said, Pinsent Masons, which lagged behind the leader to the tune of 27 clients during the last financial quarter, did manage to close the gap […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within firms and offices in the Asia Pacific region. Australia Allens has promoted three lawyers to its partnership, Ho Chi Minh City-based Linh Bui, Melbourne based Peter Haig and Kate Towey in Sydney. Bui advises companies on foreign investment matters in Vietman with a focus on food […]
DLA Piper has advised Royal Bank of Scotland on its agreement to sell ALM Media, owned by RBS and Apax Partners, to Wasserstein & Co. ALM, based in New York, has a portfolio of more than 350 print and legal publications, including The American Lawyer, The National Law Journal, New York Law Journal and Law.com. […]
Allen & Overy will be holding a seminar on the topic of successfully managing cross-border investigations, which involves overcoming numerous legal and practical challenges. The seminar will set out the landscape and direction cross-border investigations and regulators are currently taking and will explore the elements common to all investigations, regardless of jurisdiction. Having reviewed recent […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised on the Bermuda aspects of the financing for Signet Jewelers’ $1.4bn (£834m) acquisition of Zale Corporation, including a $400m unsecured note issuance, credit facility amendments and an issuance under the group’s ABS programme. Martin Lane of Conyers’ London office advised on the matter, working alongside Weil, Gotshal & Manges.
Conyers Dill & Pearman has acted as Cayman counsel to HKT Group Holdings (the guarantor) and provided Cayman legal opinions and condition precedents confirmation in respect of the bilateral facilities by each of the 11 participating banks to Hong Kong Telecommunications (HKT) (the borrower) on 21 May 2014. The aggregate amount of the bilateral facilities […]
Eversheds principal associate Geraldine Ahern has said that the Middle East’s e-commerce retail market still has structural obstacles to overcome, such as a cash-dominated economy and a shallow pool, despite its doubling in size over the past two years. Aherm said that the increase of e-commerce as a retail option is an ‘exciting growth area’ […]
David Feist, real-estate litigation partner at Eversheds, has commented on the expected announcement in the Queen’s Speech ending the requirement to notify homeowners of drilling under their properties for shale gas. He said that the proposals to permit drilling for shale gas and oil under people’s homes and properties, even if they object, will ‘bring the trespass laws […]
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