The publication of the Law Commission report in October 2013 and the Pensions Regulator’s DC Code of Practice and regulatory guidance in November 2013 indicates an increasing focus on defined-contribution (DC) investment issues. The Law Commission report looks at DC pension fund trustees’ fiduciary duty to invest in the interests of beneficiaries and problems in […]
Irwin Mitchell isn’t standing still. Along with its keen competitor Slater & Gordon, it has become one of the most acquisitive firms in the market. This month it opened its ninth office in the UK, in Southampton. Where all be the tenth? Irwin Mitchell to launch Southampton office Irwin Mitchell acquires PI specialists MPH Solicitors […]
It’s only two years since South Korea opened up its legal market to foreign firms. In that time, about 20 international firms have set up a foreign legal consultant office (FLCO) in the market. But Bird & Bird’s entry today, via a non-exclusive association with local firm Hwang Mok Park, could be the most significant […]
Welcome to DLA Piper’s European Acquisition Finance Debt Report 2014. This report, now in its fifth year, presents detailed results of a survey of more than 250 debt providers, advisers, sponsors and corporates active in the European acquisition finance debt market. It also includes extracts from interviews with numerous senior dealmakers. 2013 was a busy […]
Sidley Austin has put its Frankfurt office under review after a spate of partner exits left the base with a handful of lawyers and just one partner. The US firm confirmed that its Frankfurt base, its only office in Germany, is being reviewed by the firm’s management. The office opened in 2006 with legacy Lovells […]
Blackstone Chambers’ Pushpinder Saini QC will represent West Brom striker Nicolas Anelka at a disciplinary tribunal into his alleged anti-Semitic ‘quenelle’ salute later today. Saini will lead Tom Mountford also of Blackstone Chambers having been instructed by Brown Rudnick partner Neil Micklethwaite for the footballer. The Football Association (FA) has instructed New Park Court Chambers’ […]
Clifford Chance has elected Guy Norman as its new corporate chief following an uncontested election. The partner became an early contender for the top role when he put his name forward before Christmas (29 January 2013). He succeeds outgoing corporate head Matthew Layton who was elected new managing partner at the end of 2013 (28 […]
Bird & Bird has signed a cooperation agreement with South Korean firm Hwang Mok Park, blazing a new trail for international firms to tap into the market. Bird & Bird (2Birds) has become the first international firm to tie-up with one of Korea’s top 10 firms by lawyer numbers, although the strategic alliance is on […]
Allen & Gledhill has become the latest Singapore firm to establish a presence in Myanmar, after launching an associate firm in Yangon. Allen & Gledhill has entered the emerging South East Asian market through establishing an associate firm branded as Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar). Located in Yangon, Allen & Gledhill (Myanmar) will be headed by […]
Clifford Chance, Skadden Arps Meagher & Flom and Australian firm Gilbert + Tobin have taken lead roles in Shell’s $2.6bn deal to offload its Australia downstream business to Vitol. Clifford Chance Royal Dutch Shell on the binding agreement to sell its Australia downstream businesses to Vitol, including Shell’s Geelong Refinery, a 870-site retail business and its […]
Bird & Bird is about to flap its wings and fly into Seoul. But instead of opting for opening up its own foreign legal consultant office, which 20 odd other UK and US firms have done, the firm is blazing a new trail by entering into a cooperative agreement with one of the country’s largest […]
Dechert is understood to be in the process of hiring O’Melveny & Myers’ (OMM) Singapore partner Dean Collins as part of the firm’s plan to open an office in Singapore later this year. Collins is qualified in England and Wales and is a partner in OMM’s fund formation practice. He has been with the firm […]