Gatwick 5:15am. White fog. You couldn’t see a hippo if it kissed you. I shuffle into the Terminal. Join the departures’ queue. In front of me are three ladies in yellow chicken onesies (I know). I am surrounded. Behind me, three men sport brick red T-Shirts: “Barry’s 40th – Benidorm 2014.” Somehow, I feel like […]
Collyer Bristow’s employment and corporate and commercial teams are hosting an interactive seminar, based on a real-life case study, on how best to deal with threats to your business from former employees. The firm will look at why contractual post-termination restrictions commonly fail and the steps you can take to improve their enforceability. It will […]
Allen & Overy has advised Deutsche Bank, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Société Générale as mandated lead arrangers on two murabaha facilities for Mobily, a Saudi Arabian telecommunications firm. The two facilities were backed separately by Finnvera, the Finnish Export Credit Agency ($280m), and the Swedish Exports Credit Guarantee Board, EKN ($281m), with […]
With the countdown to the World Cup in Brazil this summer already well under way (it kicks off on 12 June 2014), now is the time for employers to consider the impact that a four-week showpiece international football event may have on the workplace. Are you ready? Is there any need to worry at all? […]
The last Singapore-based partner of Australian firm Allens, Marae Ciantar, has joined local firm Rajah & Tann to head its energy and resource practice. Ciantar was formerly Indochina practice head of Allens, Linklaters’ Australian ally (23 April 2012). His practice focuses on project development and corporate work in the energy and resources sectors. He has […]
The last Singapore-based partner of Australian firm Allens, Marae Ciantar, has joined local firm Rajah & Tann to head its energy and resource practice. Ciantar was formerly Indochina practice head of Allens, Linklaters’ Australian ally (23 April 2012). His practice focuses on project development and corporate work in the energy and resources sectors. He has […]
At times you might be forgiven for believing that there are only half a dozen LPC providers in the country. BPP and the University of Law (ULaw) immediately spring to mind as the big players. Kaplan, City Law School (formerly the Inns of Court School of Law), Nottingham Law School, the Bristol Institute of Legal Practice at […]
Weightmans has appointed Alison Littley, the former chief executive of public sector procurement agency Buying Solutions, as its first non-executive director. Littley’s appointment follows a lengthy search for a non-executive which kicked off last year (29 April 2013). Littley served as CEO of Buying Solutions between 2006 and 2011, having previously held management roles at […]
Sunscreen, business cards and sensible shoes are all in the bag for Neil Campbell’s first trip to Mipim. The past few weeks for us will have been no different to anyone else preparing to attend MIPIM. Hours spent furiously trying to arrange meetings, coffees, drinks and lunch or dinner with key clients and referrers, and […]
A quartet of US and offshore firms have taken the lead roles on the dual listing of Russian hypermarket giant Lenta on the London and Moscow Stock Exchanges, creating the world’s largest publicly listed British Virgin Islands (BVI) company. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Channel Islands firm Ogier represented Lenta on the IPO, while […]
What will 2018 look like? It’s a question The Lawyer put out last September, when we predicted that women would still represent less than 20 per cent of partners in the UK top 20. But firms are taking fate into their own hands, with a rising number setting partnership targets for the years ahead. Herbert […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made up 15 new partners in its 2014 promotion round, creeping up slightly from last year’s low of 14. Last year’s total (25 March 2013) was a big drop on the 2012 promotion round, when the firm added 20 partners to its ranks (28 March 2012). This year the firm has […]