The LCIA is changing, but is it moving quickly enough? Arbitration: ”Expeditious where the law is slow, cheap where the law is costly, simple where the law is technical, a peacemaker instead of a stirrer-up of strife.” (The Law Quarterly Review) The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) was set up in 1985 with that […]
Norton Rose Fulbright’s global planning head Nigel Hewitson has departed to join 20-partner Oxfordshire firm BrookStreet des Roches. The Abingdon-based firm is currently dominated by commercial real estate expertise, but Hewitson will establish and head up a complementary planning practice after his arrival on 1 April. The partner has been at Norton Rose Fulbright since […]
How do you find out what deals your competitors are advising on? By checking out our regular deals round-up, that’s how. With corporate work on the up, there’s plenty to discover Deals round-up January 2014: Battle of the broadbands A&O and Freshfields scoop lead roles on Liberty Global’s €6.9bn Ziggo takeover All clear on M&A […]
Clifford Chance has toppled six spaces in this year’s global project finance rankings as Allen & Overy (A&O) rises to pole position with $94.9bn worth of deals. Last year Clifford Chance beat its competition in a three-year low for deal volumes and values to come out top. The firm outperformed its rivals in 2012 with […]
Olswang has bolstered its Brussels and Paris offices with the hire of former Linklaters TMT head Sylvie Rousseau. Rousseau, who was a managing associate and head of the TMT practice at Linklaters, left the firm in April 2013. She is registered at both the Brussels and the Paris bar and will operate from Olswang’s offices […]
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Shearman & Sterling have been drafted in as Chinese social media company Sina Weibo prepares for a $500m IPO in the US. The Twitter-like micro-blogging service provider recently filed an application with the Securities & Exchange Commission for its global offering of American depositary shares in the US. Sina […]
The National Grid has kicked Irwin Mitchell off its debt recovery panel and replaced it with Shakespeares ahead of a full-scale review to take place this summer. The firm has been ejected from National Grid’s debt and damage panel a year before the company puts in place a new full roster in April 2015. A […]
Private equity house HgCapital has shaken up its panel, adding White & Case to its roster for the first time. The addition makes White & Case the third firm on the sponsor’s formal panel, alongside existing members Weil Gotshal & Manges and Linklaters. It is thought that Hg initiated the panel review in response to […]
Imagine you’re the general counsel of London-based private equity investor BC Partners. You’re sipping on your coffee, hashing out the details of your imminent £382m investment into UK-based business publishing company Mergermarket. Historically, you’ve turned to Dickson Minto as your external borrower’s counsel, and the firm has been instructed again this time round – arranging […]
Last year was all about energy and guess what? This year is shaping up to be more of the same. Today’s new that the Atlanta and Washington DC-based firm Sutherland Asbill & Brennan is entering the UK market through a merger with London commodities boutique Arbis confirms the continuing attractions of London as a centre […]
Taylor Wessing has strengthened its relationship with Brentford Football Club, advising on its successful planning application for a new 20,000 seat stadium. The deal secured planning permission for the football club to develop a new home at Lionel Road South, including more than 900 new homes, a hotel, and improved public transport and community facilities. […]
Eversheds partner Richard New has commented on potential announcements to be made on business rates in the 2014 UK Budget. New said that while the doubling of the cap would be welcomed by smaller traders as a stop gap before more sweeping reform, there will be serious reservations as to the significance of any impact it may have […]