The multi-billion pound case vigorously pursued against Addleshaw Goddard client Mukhtar Ablyazov by Kazakhstan’s JSC BTA Bank is set to take a new turn when it reaches the Supreme Court later this year. Three Supreme Court justices, Lords Mance, Sumption and Hughes, have granted an appeal to Hogan Lovells’ client BTA Bank, which requests that […]
In any job, building something from scratch is a challenge. One in-house lawyer who’s in the middle of this process at her company – and indeed in her legal market – is Adefunke Adeyeye, group head of legal at Silverbird Group. Silverbird is one of Nigeria’s largest media companies, with a portfolio that includes beauty […]
The $6bn legal battle between Kazakhstan’s JSC BTA Bank and its former chairman Mukhtar Ablyazov is heading to the Supreme Court, where for the first time the justices will examine the standard form freezing injunction. The legal pursuit of Addleshaw Goddard client Mukhtar Ablyazov, the former chairman of Kazakhstan’s JSC BTA Bank, has been ferocious […]
One Essex Court’s Laurence Rabinowitz QC and Weil Gotshal & Manges have defeated HM Revenue & Customs in a billion-pound litigation for retail giant Littlewoods. In a ruling handed down on Friday (28 March) Mr Justice Henderson held that the catalogue and home shopping group’s claims, worth in excess of £1.2bn “succeed in full”. Weil […]
Who is Andrew Tucker? The Irwin Mitchell partner has today been unveiled as the firm’s new group chief executive officer succeeding John Pickering. Those are big boots to fill. Between 2007/08, when Pickering was first promoted from personal injury (PI) head to managing partner, and 2012/13, Irwin Mitchell has pushed revenues up by more than […]
Morgan Cole is on the brink of closing a 14-strong redundancy consultation in Swansea following the offloading of its claims group to DAC Beachcroft and Berrymans Lace Mawer (BLM) last year. The consultation, which closes this month, comes after the firm’s merger announcement with Blake Lapthorn to create a £72m combined firm on later this […]
Dentons has made its second US merger play in under a year, entering Washington lobbying firm Patton Boggs and Squire Sanders’ tie-up talks. Just three months after the firm called off discussions with US firm McKenna Long & Aldridge (27 November 2013), a spokesperson confirmed it “has made a serious overture to Patton Boggs leadership” […]
Irwin Mitchell group chief executive John Pickering is to stand down after 37 years at the firm it has been announced today. Pickering will leave Irwin Mitchell after a transitional period and plans to pursue his ambitions to hold non-executive director positions within other businesses. The firm’s chief executive for personal legal services Andrew Tucker […]
Eversheds’ German arm Heisse Kursawe Eversheds has launched a Berlin office, ahead of a possible full merger between the firms. The new office will be headed by employment partner Stefan Kursawe and will cover all areas of commercial law, particularly public law, procurement and real estate. It will be staffed by around 10 lawyers, a […]
There’s no doubt that energy specialists are in demand, and energy clients are the hottest in town. So when the likes of BP do a panel review, law firms scramble BP launches panel review as current roster expires Scottish Power head of legal: Power steering Exclusive: Energy giant Shell names UK legal chief in top […]
NetNames is preparing for its first-ever review of its external legal services providers, with a reduction of firms used by the internet domain names registrar looking likely. Currently NetNames instrusts around a dozen firms across the eight international markets in which it is present. In the UK it currently works primarily with Dentons, K&L Gates, […]
A group of four former Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters lawyers have teamed up to launch the latest in a string of Dutch boutiques. Orange Clover Law was launched on 1 March by Machiel Galjaart, Alex Gonzalez, Reijnoud Homveld and Thédoor Melchers. Galjaart and Gonzalez were both most recently counsel and co-heads of investment […]