Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has become the latest firm to move into Myanmar through a tie-up with local firm Legal Network Consultants (LNC). The Yangon-based firm is headed by Khin Mar Aye and the relationship is part of BLP’s newly-launched Asia network, which it will use to join up with other local firms across the […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has unveiled plans to boost gender diversity across the firm by targeting a 30 per cent female partnership, setting an interim goal of 25 per cent within the next three years. The target was put forward by the firm’s management committee with the aim of widening the ‘talent pool’ from which […]
Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance, Latham & Watkins, Norton Rose Fulbright and White & Case have successfully renewed their Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP) licences in Singapore, but Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has decided not to re-apply. Find out more below Singapore renews five QFLP licences as Herbert Smith Freehills opts out Can Herbies succeed […]
Slaughter and May best friend Uría Menéndez has reported the strongest figures of all the big four Spanish firms, hitting a revenue rise of 2.9 per cent for 2013. The firm has reported revenue of €185.46m (£155.2m) for the last year, up from €180.2m in 2012 (1 March 2013). The growth came with no change […]
South African firm Werksmans has recruited two finance partners from Baker & McKenzie, two years after the duo were among a team that left the firm for Dewey & LeBoeuf. Chris Moraitis and Astrid Berman were part of an eight-partner team who left Werksmans for the US firm in late 2011 (4 January 2012). Moraitis […]
11KBW has picked up another role on the postponed judicial review to determine the final resting place of Richard III, with barrister Andrew Sharland instructed for Leicester City Council. Sharland joins set mates Anya Proops and Heather Emmerson on the case, which will be heard before Lady Justice Hallett and Mr Justices Ouseley and Haddon-Cave […]
By Chandni Rani The latest figures show that an increasing number of young children are savvier about the internet than their parents and easily circumvent internet filters that have been put in place by their parents. Baroness Howe’s Online Safety Bill goes some way in addressing this problem by proposing to impose compulsory internet filters […]
China’s eagerly anticipated amendments to its trademark law come into force on 1 May 2014. This new legislation aims to modernise and streamline the trademark process, strengthen trademark enforcement and make trademark squatting and counterfeiting more difficult. But it can also yield opportunities for trademark hijackers. Here are the top five steps to take now […]
Trade unions are increasingly using a relatively unknown provision in the Trade Union Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 (TULRCA) in negotiations with employers over changes to collectively agreed terms and conditions of employment. With three tribunal cases in less than 12 months, involving potential compensation in the hundreds of thousands, employers need to be aware […]
Shoosmiths has advised the sellers on the £40m sale of digital marketing agency Realise to St Ives, a UK provider of marketing solutions and publishing services. Realise has been acquired on a cash and debt-free basis, for £21.7m on completion, satisfied by approximately £18.4m in cash and approximately 1.7 million St Ives shares. Further consideration […]
When sports retailer Nike made clear it was after a one-stop shop for legal advice, Dutch firm Kennedy Van der Laan internalised the brand’s famous slogan and Just Did it. Unsurprising, given that the brand churns out $25bn in annual global revenues. But nothing is ever as easy as just doing it, especially given that […]
Heavyweight One Essex Court silk Tony Grabiner QC has been appointed to lead the independent investigation into allegations of forex manipulation at the Bank of England (BoE). The BoE’s oversight committee has tasked the silk with looking into whether any bank officials were involved with rigging the forex rates between 2005 and 2013. The silk […]