Here’s an interesting fact: between June 2013 and February 2014 the Supreme Court bench failed to deliver a single dissenting judgment . As the court enters its fifth year signs are that collegiate working is becoming the fashion in the UK’s top court. Rather than legal debate being played out in the judgments handed down […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised on the licensing by the Bermuda Monetary Authority of Watford Re, a multi-line Bermuda reinsurance company that launched with $1.13bn (£674m) of capital, as a Class 4 insurer. Arch Underwriters, a subsidiary of Arch Capital Group Ltd (AGCL), will act as Watford’s reinsurance manager, and Highbridge Principal Strategies, a subsidiary of JPMorgan […]
Kirkland & Ellis has opened up in Houston with the hire of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett M&A partner Andrew Calder. Calder will be joined by Kirkland corporate partner Benjamin Clinger, who will relocate from Chicago to Houston, and former Simpson Thacher associate Rhett Van Syoc, who left the firm in July for an in-house role […]
Latham & Watkins has further strengthened its ties to private equity giant the Carlyle Group, hiring in-house counsel Tom Alabaster as a partner in its London office. Alabaster started work at Latham’s City outpost yesterday (22 April), having relocated from Carlyle’s New York office where he held the mantle of senior counsel for three years. […]
Allen & Overy recently hosted a debate on the merits of gas price arbitrations to celebrate the launch of a new handbook — Gas Price Arbitrations — edited by partner Mark Levy. Gas Price Arbitrations: A Practical Handbook, published by Globe Law and Business, is available to purchase now. The debate was chaired by Prof […]
Jeffrey Sullivan, arbitration partner at Allen & Overy, was recently invited by the ICSID secretary-general to speak at the Energy Charter Treaty Conference, which took place in Paris on 7 March 2014 to mark the 20th anniversary of the Energy Charter Treaty. The Energy Charter Treaty is a multilateral treaty created with the aim of […]
Tim Jones from No5 Chambers has assisted in an international, inter-university arbitration moot at Belgrade University, acting as the presiding arbitrator in five moots between teams from Latin America, eastern Europe, western Europe and the US. The universities providing ‘counsel’ in the moots presided over by Jones were: Loyola University (Chicago) v Universidad Panamericana (Mexico […]
Philip Williams from No5 Chambers, instructed by Jacqui Kendall at Plexus Law, has represented the Dover Roman Painted House Trust in a damages case. Lisa Driver, who fell over a wall at the Roman Painted House in Dover in July 2007, lost her bid to claim damages. The mother of two was looking for somewhere […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Barclays Bank and JP Morgan Securities (as joint lead arrangers) and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank (as senior co-manager) on the grant of a new senior $657m (£390m) credit facility to Orient-Express Hotels, the US-listed luxury hotels group, comprising both term-loan and multi-currency revolving credit facilities. The transaction […]
Baker & McKenzie is in the process of opening a third office in Australia with the hire of two partners in Brisbane. Baker & McKenzie has hired a partner each from leading Australian firms Clayton Utz and Allens in a bid to launch an office in Brisbane in the coming month. The firm is understood […]
Clifford Chance has made up 21 partners, one more than the year before, with one third of its promotions based in Asia. Last year the firm made up 20 partners in a reduced promotions round (29 April 2013), down from 27 in 2012, with the bulk of its appointments going to continental Europe and its […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has surpassed seven offshore firms to be named Offshore Law Firm of the Year by Chambers & Partners, publisher of the world’s foremost guides to the legal profession. In its announcement of award winners, Chambers notes: ‘Conyers is acclaimed for its coverage of the Caribbean, Asia, the UK, Mauritius and the […]