Tesco has settled its court battle with Visa over allegations it charged anti-competitive credit card fees. 8 Dec: WHSmith joins retailers suing Visa and MasterCard 18 Jan: The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2016
Nabarro slashed its pension deficit in half, from £31.9m to £12.2m in the last financial year, the firm’s LLP accounts reveal. 10 Oct: Nabarro and Olswang to disappear as CMS merger talks confirmed
Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira former co-managing partner Diogo Perestrelo has left the firm with a team of five lawyers to join rival Portuguese firm PLMJ.
White & Case has hired Macfarlanes competition head Marc Israel as its hiring spree in London continues.
Cooley is searching for a second European base in Munich to expand its footprint outside of London, The Lawyer has learned.
Latham & Watkins has hired its second Allen & Overy (A&O) partner this year, recruiting corporate and TMT heavyweight Ed Barnett. Barnett joined A&O in 1996 and worked in its New York office between 2001 and 2003.
The growth of international arbitration is a seemingly unstoppable force, and London has been among the biggest beneficiaries of its increasing popularity with big business.
Last week The Lawyer’s editorial team was putting the finishing touches to this year’s Global Litigation 50 report. When the news of Donald Trump’s election victory broke. Most of the conversations we had from last Wednesday onwards with New York-, Washington DC- and California-based lawyers were muted, to say the least. Several sounded like they […]
White & Case chairman Hugh Verrier has implored the firm’s staff and lawyers to “come together” after the election of Donald Trump as US president.
Insurance firm BLM has launched a redundancy consultation to cut 21 lawyers and staff from its Leeds office, The Lawyer can reveal. 11 May: Leeds and Sheffield worst hit as DLA cuts 200 UK jobs
King & Wood Mallesons’ UK, Europe and Middle East partners have until 21 November to agree to 12-month lock-ins in order to receive financial support from China.
Addleshaw Goddard is poised to acquire all of Gateley’s Scottish offices, The Lawyer understands. 16 Feb: Addleshaws and Maclays call off merger talks 8 June: Gateley lists on London Stock Exchange