DLA Piper has been recognised as Law Firm of the Year by Who’s Who Legal in the Franchise, Real Estate and Sports & Entertainment categories. The winners were announced during an awards ceremony at the University Club in New York City on 31 March. This marks the tenth consecutive year that DLA Piper has achieved […]
Eversheds has announced new senior office partner roles for the firm’s London, Newcastle, Nottingham and Cardiff offices. The changes will take effect as of 1 May 2014. In London, financial services partner Pamela Thompson will be the new London senior office partner. She takes the reins from pensions partner Anthony Arter who has held the […]
A new study from Eversheds has revealed a significant increase in the number of large commercial disputes and, despite the fact that large corporates do not want to resort to litigation, the majority of conflicts are being resolved in court. According to the findings, whether a company wins or loses in court is determined by […]
According to Allen & Overy’s latest M&A Index, all the ingredients for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity to prosper are now in place: the availability of cheap funding, cash-rich corporates and well-performing equity markets. The first three months of 2014 showed signs of a rebound in the global M&A markets, with signs of improved confidence […]
Field Fisher Waterhouse has witnessed the departure of two further partners from its IP practice. Data protection and privacy partner Stewart Room has departed to join PwC Legal, while the firm’s trademark chief Mark Holah has exited for Bird & Bird. In his new role, Holah will be reunited with Field Fisher’s former franchising head […]
Speechly Bircham and Charles Russell will be known as Charles Russell Speechlys LLP should the merger be successful later this year. The two firms have extended the timescale on their discussions to create a £126m outfit, which were initially slated to be finalised by 1 May. If the deal goes ahead the combined firm will be home […]
Apple, Blue Ivy, North West, King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin – giving youngsters outlandish names has been all the rage over the past couple of years. Thankfully, it looks as if Charles Russell and Speechly Bircham have something more conservative planned for their own merger baby – weighing in at a combined £126m. If […]
HBJ Gateley has made up four partners to its Edinburgh and Glasgow offices, up from two the previous year. The firm has added two partners to each office across its corporate, commercial, property, insolvency and finance sectors with three out of four having trained at the firm. The firm has not continued its previous trend […]
Dutch firm Van Doorne is reopening its London office, six years after pulling out from the City, and is hiring three partners from rival Boekel de Nerée. Van Doorne said it was planning to relaunch in London “in the course of 2014”. In a statement, managing partner Hugo Reumkens added: “In 2008 we took a […]
The news that Jun He is in merger talks with Zhong Lun could mean a shake-up of the red circle, as the group of elite Chinese legal practices is known. As our reports over the last year make clear, Zhong Lun has been making ambitious moves for some time. Jun He and Zhong Lun merger […]
A year ago Tollers’ debt position put it on the brink. A year later things are looking much better. Managing partner Duncan Nicholson reveals how. This week’s cover feature, which focused on debt, included data on Northampton personal injury-focused firm Tollers. We said that according to the firm’s LLP accounts to 31 March 2013 it […]
eBay’s Singapore-based associate general counsel Steven Liew has left the online shopping giant to set up a boutique consultancy firm aiming at problems solving for technology companies. Liew left eBay’s Singapore base last week, where he served as Asia Pacific associate general counsel and head of government relations for eight years. He is in the […]