How GCs can prove their worth and why the ‘zero sum game’ played with external firms should stop were hot topics at our recent summit in Portugal In association with The Lawyer’s annual General Counsel Strategy Summit, in association with Thomson Reuters, held last month in Portugal, focused more than ever on how general counsel […]
Weir Group’s Keith Ruddock honed his belief that lawyers work close to the coalface at Shell, and now applies that ethos to help the Scottish engineering conglomerate grow Keith Ruddock became Weir Group general counsel and company secretary in April 2012. At that point the company had been growing significantly through acquisition, and the privately […]
In our first in-depth look at our awards shortlisters, the private wealth contenders show how they have shined in the face of globalisation and tougher legislation The trend running through this year’s Private Wealth Team of the Year entries for The Lawyer Awards, sponsored by Duke and Rawson, is internationalisation. Of the five shortlisted entries, three are […]
GCs are in a more confident mood in our third annual survey, and the urge to shift to private practice is on the wane In association with For the full survey results, including sector breakdowns, please go here. The Lawyer’s annual General Counsel Strategy Summit in Portugal saw the third presentation of our In-House Attitudes […]
DWF has told its Liverpool-based motor fraud team that a forthcoming restructure will involve placing several fee-earner and secretarial staff into a consultation that could result in the loss of up to 37 jobs. According to a spokesperson at DWF the consultation is anticipated to begin in June but the exact timeframe is still being […]
Richard Gibbs of No 5 Chambers has represented Paul Hackney, who pleaded guilty to five counts of fraud totalling £2.3m, which made his conviction one of the top five secured by HMRC in 2013. He featured on HMRC’s new year’s rogues gallery website as a result. He was the most senior of a 17-strong conspiracy that […]
Osborne Clarke advised headphone-maker and music platform Beats on its $3bn buyout by Apple, joining a raft of stateside firms on the huge tech transaction. The sale comprises both streaming service Beats Music and Beats Electronic which produces luxury headphones and other audio devices. As part of the transaction Beats two co-founders, rapper and producer […]
Allen & Overy has announced that Jake Keaveny will join its high-yield practice as a partner in the London office. Keaveny joins from Cahill Gordon & Reindel in New York where he has spent his legal career to date, focusing on market-leading US bank and bond deals. His practice is capital markets and corporate finance, […]
Two teams from Walker Morris are taking on the Oxfam Trailtrekker Gold Challenge, which takes place in the Yorkshire Dales on 31 May–1 June 2014. The Gold Challenge involves walking 100km (more than 62 miles) in less than 30 hours (non-stop) in a circular route that starts and finishes in Skipton. Two teams of four […]
Stephen Kitts, Asia managing partner at Eversheds, has commented on news that Tesco and China Resources Enterprise (CRE) have reached a deal to create China’s largest food retailer. He said: ‘Tesco has identified two issues: first, that you cannot ignore the rapidly growing domestic consumer market that is increasing in sophistication as personal disposable income […]
Super-sleek hunting machines with serious bite – maybe law firms have more in common with the ocean’s greatest predators than we previously thought. That’s certainly the case put forward by Watson Farley & Williams’ (WFW) new co-managing partners who reckon, “law firms are like sharks – you have to move to breathe”. If that’s the […]