The sale of the ‘good’ assets of crisis-torn Hypo bank is a welcome stimulant for local firms, but the lack of young blood in the profession is a persistent problem The Hypo Group Alpe-Adria bank in the southern Austrian state of Carinthia will mean next to nothing to all but those with the most detailed […]
As Vladimir Putin beats his bare chest and contemplates slicing and dicing eastern Ukraine following Russia’s annexing of Crimea, lawyers in the west warn of potential legal wrangling over the impact of further conflict on shipping in the region. Doubtless the issue doesn’t feature in the thoughts of anxious Ukrainians on the ground, but shipping […]
The intellectual property (IP) team at Wragge & Co has won in the ‘UK Patent Contentious’ category at the Managing Intellectual Property (Managing IP) awards. The award follows several high-profile victories, including obtaining a ground-breaking Supreme Court judgment overturning a £49m damages claim from Virgin Atlantic for client Zodiac Seats UK and taking on 20th […]
A report from Eversheds, 21st Century Law Firm: Inheriting a New World, surveyed 1,800 young lawyers aged between 23 and 40 around the world to take a snapshot of the sector’s future leaders. The aim was to find out what they want from their future careers and their employers and how they see the profession 10 […]
Six men have been spared from going to jail after being part of a brawl in a convenience store. Barristers Andrew Baker and Jasvir Mann from No5 Chambers defended in the so-called ‘leaking lager can’ affray case. Wolverhampton Crown Court heard that Roger Flute, 48, of Tipton, and his brother Robert Flute, 38, also of […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised on the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands (BVI) legal aspects of the acquisition by HM MOS International of Millennium Offshore Services Superholdings (MOS). MOS is a provider of global offshore jack-up accommodation service vessels to oil and gas as well as engineering, procurement, installation and commission companies. Conyers also advised on […]
Walker Morris will be speaking and exhibiting at the LGG Weekend School 2014 at the University of York. David Kilduff, Daniel Newbound, Richard Auton, Caroline Finnett and Elizabeth Wood from the firm will be at the event. Kilduff, head of commercial projects and infrastructure, along with Newbound, an associate in the commercial dispute resolution team, and director Auton […]
Allen & Overy’s London and Moscow finance practices have collected the Finance Team of the Year accolade at the Legal Business Awards in London. Allen & Overy’s team was recognised for a high-yield deal where it advised Goldman Sachs, ING and Raiffeisen on the issue of $550m (£334m) of senior secured notes due 2018 and […]
DLA Piper’s intellectual property and technology team has been named as Global Firm of the Year at the Managing Intellectual Property (‘Managing IP’) Awards, and Best Law Firm in IP, IT and TMT at the Belgian Trends Legal Awards. The Managing IP Awards, held on 19 March at the Dorchester Hotel in London, aimed to […]
DLA Piper, in partnership with East African Development Bank (EADB), has run a regional training programme in Kigali, Rwanda, for public sector lawyers and law professors to ensure East Africa’s extractive industry supports social and economic development. The training, which is the first in a series of workshops that will bring together lawyers from Kenya, […]
CMS Cameron McKenna and Dundas & Wilson have put 60 jobs at risk following their planned merger in five week’s time. Dundas & Wilson has put 40 of its support roles under consultation and CMS Cameron McKenna could lose 20, including from its third-party suppliers Integreon, Initial and Xerox. The two firms agreed to merge […]
Whistleblowing charity Public Concern at Work has intervened in the Clyde & Co v Bates van Winkelhof appeal, which kicks off in the Supreme Court on Monday. Public Concern at Work will be represented by an entirely pro bono team in the appeal, led by Serle Court’s John Machell QC with Adil Mohamedbhai, who are […]