Manufacturers and suppliers experienced in entering into EU distribution agreements will be aware that there are limits upon the restrictions that they may lawfully place upon on their resellers — including in respect of territorial restrictions. But what about the impact of such distribution agreements on Switzerland given that Switzerland is not in the European […]
Santiago Gómez Sancha has been head of IT at Slaughter and May’s Spanish best friend, Uría Menéndez, since 2003. What’s been your biggest career challenge? To manage my team and the stakeholders affected when a disaster recovery situation happened. Something in between a complete disaster and my worst nightmare happened while I was on a weekend […]
Profits at Taylor Wessing’s UK LLP crept up 4 per cent during 2012/13 while its drawings and distributions shot up 46 per cent, according to the firm’s consolidated accounts. The firm, which posted an international gross turnover of £228m (29 May 2013), generated UK fee income of £101.6m in 2011/12, a rise of 4 per […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance are among the firms advising on Liberty Global’s £5.7bn acquisition of Dutch cable operator Ziggo. The bidder has been increasing its stake in Liberty Global over a number of months – raising its 12.65 per cent stake to 15 per cent in April 2013. It […]
Merger talks between Shakespeares and Davenport Lyons have broken down, leaving Davenport Lyons on the market for a potential deal, sources suggest. It is understood that the talks were called off earlier this week, with some Davenport Lyons insiders under the impression that discussions were still ongoing as late as Tuesday (28 January). Davenport Lyons’ […]
King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB) has swiped Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) senior associate Tom Calnan to launch its real estate practice in the Middle East. The establishment of the new practice is part of KWMSJB’s continuing drive into the region, following the opening of its associated Riyadh office earlier this week (27 January) (16 […]
If you were to take a straw poll of UK legal market specialists and quiz them on which firm had the toughest time in 2012/13, it’s a safe bet many would say Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP). Why? For starters, the year kicked off with the firm shedding 102 legal and secretarial positions in a redundancy […]
Austrian firm Schoenherr is moving to staff its Brussels office full-time, after 20 years with a representative presence in Belgium. Vienna-based partner Volker Weiss is relocating to Brussels to head up the operation and will lead a team of EU and competition specialists from across Schoenherr’s network of Central and Eastern European (CEE) offices. The […]
For Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) managing partner Neville Eisenberg one of the most frustrating things is not the extraordinary 40 per cent slump in PEP in 2012/13 or the 20-odd partner departures over 18 months, but undercutting by major City firms on pitches. “One of the things we found during that year was a degree […]
Cyber security is top of the anxiety list for many general counsel. How can you proactively manage that risk? It’s an issue The Lawyer has focused hard on over the last few months. Find out the latest thinking below Top tech GC warns in-house lawyers to tackle cyber security dangers Top City firm fights off […]
Hogan Lovells’ revenue outside the US dropped from £590.6m to £581.4m over the course of the 2012/13 financial year, according to the firm’s international LLP accounts. The drop is similar to the 1.9 per cent fall in firmwide revenue reported last year (1 March 2013), which includes Hogan Lovells’ US operations. Despite the turnover drop, […]
Magic circle firm Allen & Overy has the best brand recognition in the English legal profession, according to survey results published today. The magic circle firm topped a league table of 20 practices after researchers gauged client opinions as well as mainstream and specialist press coverage. The table – compiled by London reputation management consultancy […]