DLA Piper has achieved a settlement in favour of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in a housing discrimination lawsuit originally brought against the town of Huntington, New York, more than a decade ago. The firm handled the case on a pro-bono basis. The case alleged that the town of Huntington […]
DLA Piper has advised a range of stakeholders on the sale of the entire issued share capital of DORC to Montagu Private Equity. Stakeholders included Rabo Capital, Van Lanschot Participaties, Oftavinci, the management team and Stichting Personeels participatie DORC Holding. The sale of DORC was a high-profile transaction in the Dutch M&A market considering its […]
London-based law firm Collyer Bristow has announced that it has recruited experienced family law practitioner Sue Breen from Hodge, Jones & Allen. Breen is a member of the association of lawyers for children and specialises in handling complex family cases including adoption, surrogacy, special guardianship, leave to remove and issues arising from same-sex relationships. She […]
Allen & Overy has announced the promotion of 16 lawyers to partner across its global network in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North America. This includes the promotion of Bilal Ahmad (international capital markets), Michael Diosi (banking) and David Foster (corporate) to partner in the Dubai office. Across the global practice groups, international […]
Has Eversheds bitten off more than even its eager mouths can chew with the three-region extension to its fixed-fee mandate with airline trade association, International Air Transport Association (IATA)? The new deal overrides the terms of the former contract and brings coverage for all 158 countries in Eversheds’ remit under a single new agreement, with […]
The financial reporting season for US firms is well underway. Already there are significant variations across firms. What’s clear is that this is not going to be a vintage year. Steady as she goes… K&L Gates London revenues up 23 per cent as global PEP drops Global turnover and PEP nudge up at Latham for […]
Why has Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) decided to walk away from the Singapore qualifying foreign law practice (QFLP) scheme? Singapore’s Ministry of Law (MinLaw) last week announced the highly anticipated results of the renewal process to extend the six qualifying foreign law practice (QFLP) licences it first granted in 2008 (28 February 2014). The most surprising […]
Eversheds has secured a multi-million pound contract with the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the airline trade association, rolling out its existing mandate to include Europe, North Asia and Asia Pacific. The extended contract gives Eversheds sole responsibility for IATA’s legal project management in 158 countries, adding 93 countries to the initial remit. Eversheds secured […]
After scooping a prize at The Lawyer Awards for the rescue of Northern Rock, the merged Virgin Money in-housers are now on a mission to rewrite the banking best-practice rulebook If you’re not keen on red, you’re going to be in a world of trouble at Virgin Money. The upstart bank’s refurbished headquarters in Newcastle is festooned […]
Pinsent Masons 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 four years. Employment partner Linda Jones is leading the ‘project sky’ initiative aimed at boosting access to flexible working, altering parental leave arrangements and […]
Last month PwC Legal got an ABS licence, which will allow it to own its legal arm at last. PwC, readers will hardly need reminding, is an organisation rich in resources with a distribution network second to none. There are huge opportunities for the accountants to use their networks in emerging markets, which will pose […]
Slaughter and May has increased its lead in the rankings of total stock market clients, after closest competitor Pinsent Masons saw its total drop from 96 to 93. Slaughters’ total number of listed clients remained static at 120, while Allen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst, Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills, Stephenson Harwood and Travers Smith saw their […]