ABS Minster Law posted a £599,000 loss in 2012/13 after being swallowed up by price comparison site comparethemarket.com owner BGL in May 2013. According to accounts filed with Companies House the figure compares to a £3.1m profit generated by the volume personal injury (PI) firm the previous year. The firm blamed the loss of the […]
For much of the past decade, A&O has been on-record saying it would consider a US merger. And yet still nothing. Is there no perfect suitor for the magic circle firm? There are certainly signs that things might be heating up stateside for A&O. Managing partner Wim Dejonghe is spending a lot of time in […]
DLA Piper’s plans to enter the Canadian market have been put on hold after its talks with a group of lawyers from collapsed firm Heenan Blaikie collapsed yesterday. DLA Piper had been looking to hire up to 70 lawyers from Heenan Blaikie (7 February 2014) and make its first steps into the Canadian legal market, […]
ACH Shoosmiths has been appointed as one of five law firms that will provide legal advice to Scotland’s second-largest housing association, Dumfries & Galloway Housing Partnership (DGHP). The law firm is now part of a panel providing external legal services and support on social-housing matters concerning real estate; housing law, governance and regulation and charity […]
Eversheds has commented on the news that the European Union (EU) is ready to lift duty on most US goods, stating that the deal brings both opportunities and concerns. David Savage, international trade expert at Eversheds, said: ‘The removal of trade barriers between the EU and the US represents a fantastic opportunity for companies wishing […]
As a leading international offshore centre, the majority of the high-value commercial litigation that reaches the British Virgin Islands (BVI) Commercial Court is cross-border in nature. While it is not uncommon for BVI entities to feature as defendants (so that the ‘necessary or proper’ gateway for service out can be used), often the real target […]
Eversheds has appointed financial services lawyer Andrew Henderson as a partner in the London office. He joins the firm from Ropes & Gray, where he has worked since 2011 as counsel. Henderson’s practice involves advising investment advisers, fund managers and broker dealers on all aspects of UK and European financial services regulation as well as […]
On 6 February 2014, No5 Chambers and Jones Lang LaSalle held the Midlands Planning Conference: Planning for Growth, followed by a charity dinner and raffle to help raise funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care and the Samaritans. The proceeds will be split between both charities. The prizes and winning ticket numbers are below. If you […]
It seems that every bunch of deals figures to emerge so far in 2014 shows the market moving determinedly in one direction: up. Just check out last week’s UK public M&A fees feature. Even if average payouts to lawyers in the second half of 2013 were no higher than in the first half, deal volume […]
The last few months have seen many announcements in relation to changes expected in the employment law arena. With new information being received almost weekly, Walker Morris’s legislation tracker sets out the changes in chronological order and highlights the headline points together with the proposed or confirmed implementation dates. This tracker will be updated on […]
‘I believe in protecting judicial review as a check on unlawful executive action, but I am equally clear that it should not be abused, to act as a brake on growth.’ The Lord Chancellor’s opening statement in his foreword to the government’s response following its consultation on further judicial review reform (published on 5 February) is […]
Comic Enterprises established its first live entertainment venue in Birmingham in 1994 and now operates venues in Cardiff, Oxford and Nottingham. The venues are primarily used for stand-up comedy and live music. In 1999, it registered UK trademark 2200698 in relation to a number of services, including entertainment services, comedy services, the provision of live […]