Net debt at Reynolds Porter Chamberlain (RPC) has increased by £2.8m according to the firm’s latest LLP filings, from £2.3m to £5.1m. Last year RPC increased its bank loans by £1.8m, repayable in monthly instalments until 2017 at 2.5 per cent plus Libor, to £4.8m in 2012/13. The firm also added £420,428 to a short-term […]
Former Pannone Connect2Law chief executive David Jabbari has joined Parabis to launch a regional network of firms. Jabbari officially took up the role yesterday having left Pannone in December following news of the firm’s tie-up with Australian-listed Slater & Gordon (28 November 2013). Jabbari joined Pannone in 2012 from Clyde & Co, where he held […]
Which international general counsel have got new jobs? And what does it mean for nervous private practice lawyers? Do your prep by reading our latest stories Fox International Channels appoints Asia Pacific general counsel Travis Perkins hires Lafarge’s Grimason as GC Travel group Tui raids Terex for general counsel CBRE promotes internally for new EMEA […]
Pinsent Masons , Memery Crystal and Carey Olsen retained their podium places at the top of the overall Aim rankings as the market experienced a significant uptick at the end of 2013, according to the latest results from Adviser Rankings. During the quarter running to 8 January 2014, Aim saw 33 new admissions – more […]
Fladgate has continued its recent run of lateral hires with a pair of partners from Dentons and Ashfords. Teresa Cullen, a family specialist who was managing partner of Rochman Landau between 1990 and 2011 prior to its merger with Ashfords, and Dentons capital markets specialist Neil Vickers both joined effective 3 February. Vickers’ hire is […]
Turkish firm Bener Law Office has recruited two partners and promoted a third, boosting its partnership from eight to 11. Partner Selale Kartal joins Bener from Cerrahoglu Law Firm, where she was head of litigation. Kartal will lead Bener’s dispute resolution team. Meanwhile Bener has also tempted back real estate partner Funda Ozsel. Ozsel previously […]
The Bowman Gilfillan Africa Group (BGAG) has announced a merger with Madagascan firm John W Ffooks & Co as it continues its expansion across sub-Saharan Africa. The merger will take effect, subject to regulatory approval, on 1 March, and brings the number of countries in which BGAG has a presence to seven. The group most […]
Stephenson Harwood is set to cut an undisclosed number of support staff, following a review of its secretarial and document production services in London. The firm intends to undertake a “significant reorganisation” of its support teams, with a view to cutting costs. A spokesperson said: “Regrettably the proposed reorganisation will entail a reduction in secretarial […]
The Ogier Group has announced that the partners of Ogier Fiduciary Services have agreed terms to complete a management buy-out of the Ogier Fiduciary Services business from the Ogier Group. The deal closed on 1 February 2014 with final completion being subject to the usual regulatory approvals. The management buy-out of Ogier Fiduciary Services is […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has provided British Virgin Islands (BVI) advice to HudBay Minerals on its $173m (£106m) equity offering of 20,930,000 common shares, which included the exercise in full of the over-allotment option granted to the underwriters, for gross proceeds of CAD172.7m (£96m). Co-led by GMP Securities and BMO Capital Markets, a syndicate, the offering included RBC Dominion Securities, […]
It’s been a long time coming but it’ll soon be all change at the top of DLA Piper. Confirmation came today that UK-based co-CEO Nigel Knowles is to replace former Linklaters managing partner and current DLA Piper global co-chairman Tony Angel in that role in January 2015. The US the firm’s new streamlined management model […]
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