Clifford Chance’s private equity team is looking depleted and with the global corporate chief role still wide open, it looks like it could use a half time pep talk. The football window may have closed but the CC transfer window remains resolutely open as another funds partner defects to a rival team. The departure of […]
Russian powerhouse Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners triumphed at The Lawyer’s fifth European Awards last night, taking home the title of European Firm of the Year. Egorov Puginsky, which was also named as Russian Firm of the Year and European Corporate Team of the Year and was shortlisted in the Ukraine & CIS and Managing […]
Clifford Chance dealmaker and partner Guy Norman is on the verge of being named new corporate chief following an uncontested election. The partner is set to take the corporate crown from Matthew Layton when the corporate vote ends next week. Norman is understood to have been the only contender after putting his name in the […]
What do you get when you put 250 lawyers from some 20 countries in a room together? The Lawyer European Awards, is the answer. Last night’s ceremony, in a fairy-light strewn ballroom at the Marriott Hotel in London’s Grosvenor Square, proved that European lawyers love a chance to get together for some quality networking and […]
As Europe begins, slowly, to emerge from recession – with the latest statistics putting EU GDP growth at 0.4 per cent for the last three months of 2013 – the first turnover figures from Continental European firms are also coming out. It’s early days yet, with most firms still to report, but the signs are […]
Pittsburgh-based Vince Cordo is the director of client value at Reed Smith having joined the firm in June 2013. He was previously the director of value and project management at Squire Sanders. What’s been your biggest career challenge? Time. When you are good at what you do, put in the time and hours, and deliver […]
By Bhavika Badola A recent case highlights the potential ease for employee concerns in multiple emails about health and safety to amount to a protected disclosure under whistleblowing legislation and for employees to gain unfair dismissal rights as a result. Workers and employees who have made a protected disclosure are protected from being subject to […]
By Chris Dolan and Cara Beveridge As a general rule, positive obligations relating to land do not run with it — essentially they do not bind future owners of it. A limited exception to this rule is that a person cannot enjoy a benefit without accepting a burden that goes with it and for this […]
By Antonia Blackwell Employer seeking to dismiss employees without notice for acts of gross misconduct should be mindful of recent case law in this area. Generally, to terminate an employment contract, an employer will need to give the requisite period of notice or risk a claim of wrongful dismissal. However, in circumstances where the employee […]