Next time you’re enjoying a family favourite Fab lolly on that annual seaside break, pay some more attention to the view. It might look like any old infinity pool, Tiki cocktail and bamboo beach hut at first glance, but look a little closer and you’ll spot an unusual creature grazing among the palm trees – […]
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin’s (KWMSJB) Rudiger Knopf has stepped down from his post after 16 years as German managing partner. Knopf intends to return his focus to client activity, within his specialist area of M&A. He will be replaced by a pair of co-managing partners, Sonya Pauls, who leads the firm’s international funds […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) has launched in Barcelona with the addition of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Antoni Valverde. Valverde, who specialises in M&A and advises major banks and corporates headquartered in Barcelona, will be responsible for building the new office – understood to have been on the cards for a number of years – from […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) South-East Asia litigation chief Maurice Burke has become the latest partner to quit the firm after being poached by Hogan Lovells. The departure leaves HSF with 12 partners in Singapore, following a string of exits in the jurisdiction. The office will now be home to just one litigation partner in Singapore, Alastair Henderson. […]
British pensions administrator Suffolk Life has picked Birketts, Bond Dickinson and Thrings for its first formal legal panel. The trio committeed to a “menu of fees” for a spot on the roster, with the aim being to lower fees for clients when it comes to property acquisition and disposal advise. It is not known how […]
Three days into the Chinese New Year and legacy SJ Berwin has given legal anoraks a firecracker: its financial results, pre-merging with Asia-Pacific giant King & Wood Mallesons. We said it was a scorcher. The results, which do not take into account the firm’s $1bn merger, reveal that Asia Pacific brought in the smallest chunk […]
The Lawyer is consistently first with the news on panel reviews, from sectors as varied as energy, financial services, entertainment and government. Get up to speed on the latest panel news below Bakers dropped as McLaren turns to Norton Rose Fulbright for legal advice Keoghs joins BLM, DAC Beachcroft and DWF on revamped Allianz claims […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan legal titan John Quinn tells The Lawyer why each associate is being handed $2,000 to spend a week working anywhere in the world. Clue: it’s not to unwind. Associates at litigation machine Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan got a nice surprise last Friday (31 January 2014), when CEO John Quinn […]
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has batted off a £10m professional negligence claim stemming from the global financial crash. The firm turned to Clyde & Co partner Sarah Clover to defend the case, which was issued as a counterclaim by Itzhak Ostrovizky, who instructed Matthew Arnold & Badwin partner Jonathan Sachs. The dispute, which […]
DLA Piper International’s net debt dropped by 32 per cent in 2012/13, according to the firm’s latest LLP filings. While the firm’s cash at bank reduced by 14.9 per cent from £35.1m to £29.9m, borrowings also dropped by 37 per cent resulting in a £15m decrease in net debt from £47.5m to £32.4m. The LLPs […]
Serjeants’ Inn has snared a team of four barristers from rival set Outer Temple Chambers. The addition of members David Morris, Anthony Haycroft, Alan Jenkins and Charles Foster follows that of Caroline Hallissey, who also joined the set from Outer Temple in September. The four barristers first joined OUter Temple as a team from 6 Pump […]
Fladgate has advised the owners of Camden Stables Market and Camden Lock Village on its £230m refinancing deal with Japanese investment bank Nomura. The deal marks the next step in the redevelopment plan for the area alongside the Regent’s Canal once devastated by the infamous Camden fire in 2008. The group of companies held by […]