After a memorable 12 months, marked by exceptional work, The Lawyer Awards promise to be more hard-fought than ever In association with Each year The Lawyer’s editorial team sifts through the hundreds of entries we receive for the annual The Lawyer Awards in association with Travelers. With the high number of entries, the stellar judging […]
In the midst of a worldwide recovery, promotions in the UK hit a three-year peak Domestic partnership promotions are on the rise, hitting a three-year high of 142 for The Lawyer UK Top 20. The figure represents a 27.9 per cent increase on 2013, when just 111 new promotions were made in the UK (that […]
They’re officially hitched, but CMS and Dundas still have some wooing to do A year after CMS Cameron McKenna crossed the threshold of Dundas & Wilson with a tantalising proposal, the merger between them has gone live. What comes next will be an intense tussle over banking and energy clients as the two firms play […]
How Davenport Lyons was swallowed up by a firm half its size The mood at Davenport Lyons was as low as it could be. Staff were told at the end of last month that the firm was going into administration. Those offered a job – mostly partners – were called one by one into a […]
This is the 20th year of The Lawyer Awards, and the 2014 shortlist is brimming with excellence. The Lawyer Awards, in association with Travelers, is the biggest single night in the legal calendar for two very good reason: quality and inclusivity. Any given year, the winners could include magic circle partners, global law firms, local […]
If shale gas can cut the UK’s energy dependence, we must jump hurdles to do it Hydraulic fracturing (commonly known as fracking) is back in the headlines – an infrastructure bill will be included in the Queen’s speech that will allow energy companies to frack for shale gas under private land. Domestic energy production is […]
Move of the week Centaur Media has hired Grainne Brankin as general counsel and company secretary. Brankin arrives from Exterion Media (formerly CBS Outdoor), where she was also general counsel. Her in-house background includes time at Yahoo! and she has held private practice roles at Clifford Chance and Bird & Bird. UK London Latham & Watkins has hired former Carlyle Group in-house […]
Abandoning private practice, James Hulsken went to work on a farm in the office of Brookfield Rose, a consortium of consultancies that’s spreading – organically, of course – across Europe and beyond Just six years qualified, James Hulsken has found himself at the head of Brookfield Rose, a rapidly expanding consortium of consultancies with an […]
Ex-Freshfields star Jan Paulsson is the latest arbitrator to set up a boutique practice. They’re small and perfectly formed – but are these firms the future? Arbitrators are feeling restless and their itchy feet are leading them to the boutique firms springing up across Europe. Boutiques have long been the answer for conflicted arbitrators seeking […]
Eversheds has announced the promotion of 21 lawyers from around its international operations to the firm’s partnership, as part of the 2014 promotions round. A further seven lawyers have also been appointed as legal directors, four as counsel and one as operations director. The law firm’s company commercial practice group promoted seven new partners and […]
No5 Chambers sponsored Birmingham Law School’s recent Postgraduate Mooting Cup. LLM student Richard Murtagh claimed victory. The moot problem this year concerned the crime of theft. Murtagh had to argue that accepting a valid gift from a person with full mental capacity should not count as an ‘appropriation’ of property under the Theft Act — […]
No5 Chambers has welcomed Heather Popley, Claire Howell, Laura Vickers and Katie Miller to the Family Law Group. Popley, Howell and Vickers have joined with immediate effect from 2 New Street, Leicester. Miller, formerly of New Walk Chambers in Leicester, will be joining from 6 May. All four new arrivals will continue to serve clients […]