DLA Piper has cut 69 staff from its document production team as part of an on-going review of the business. The firm announced a root and branch review of its business in the summer of 2012 (1 June 2012) shortly after former Linklaters managing partner Tony Angel joined DLA Piper as senior partner (26 October […]
Today’s focus on the 2014 Hot 100 highlights lawyers in sectors where individual brilliance really counts: family, the bar, IP/commercial, and management. And let’s not forget the campaigners – the lawyers working in the beleaguered legal aid sector. The Hot 100: Family The Hot 100: Campaigners The Hot 100: The Bar The Hot 100: IP/commercial […]
The Law Society’s top spin doctor is bailing out in a sudden departure that reignites speculation over the organisation’s communications and relationship with practising solicitors. It emerged earlier this week (15 January) that Graham Capper – Chancery Lane’s head of corporate communications – will leave his post today (17 January). His move follows a bitter […]
Nabarro has added a Hogan Lovells senior associate and former GDF Suez energy counsel, Adrian Wong, as a partner in its Singapore office as it continues expanding in the region. The firm moved to a new office in Singapore in November 2013 after first setting up there in 2010 (20 September 2010) in what was […]
DLA Piper has signed agreements with three African firms, expanding its Africa group network into Algeria, Burundi and Namibia. Algerian firm BL & Associés, Burundi’s Rubeya & Co Advocates and Namibian outfit Ellis Shilengudwa all joined the network late last year, the firm confirmed today (17 January). The additions bring the number of firms in […]
It’s got lots of awards, has Kai. Not only a Michelin star, but, according to its website, it was the highest ranked Chinese restaurant in the Sunday Times Food List 2012; Best Chinese restaurant in London in the Hardens Guide; Best Chinese restaurant in something called “Zagat survey” though it doesn’t say when, or what […]
Osborne Clarke has been dropped from the Citibank panel following a restructure that saw its roster reduced from 21 to 19. The Lawyer revealed in October that the bank had put in place plans to scrap its two-tier advisory system that was first implemented in May 2010. In its place the bank was preparing to […]
Betfair legal director Justin Hubble has left the gambling company just months after company secretary Martin Cruddace resigned. Hubble joined Betfair as head of legal in October 2003 and, a decade later, was promoted to legal director, understood to be the group’s most senior legal role. It is not clear if his promotion was linked […]
Legacy Mallesons Stephen Jacques’ sole London partner Robert Hanley has left King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin’s (KWMSJB) London office, two months after the two firms formally merged. Hanley joined Seyfarth Shaw’s London office last week as a partner in the firm’s international department. He has more than 25 years in corporate and M&A practice, […]
DWF has raided Lawrence Graham for employment partner Helga Breen to lead the London employment team. It comes ahead of LG’s planned merger with Wragge & Co, which is expected to go ahead in May. The deal was voted through by both firms at the end of last year (18 November 2013). Breen joined LG […]
The slow-burn impact of HMRC’s looming changes to partnership tax are starting to be felt. Not yet in anyone’s pocket – you’ll have to wait until 6 April for that – but in the growing number of firms that have launched consultations with their salaried members. You’ll recall we first covered this story in December, […]
French firm Gide Loyrette Nouel has added a pair of restructuring partners from Dentons to its Paris restructuring practice, in a continuation of a several months-long hiring spree. Dentons partners Gabriel Sonier and Caroline Texier are the latest in a string of partners to join the firm. In October, Gide announced it was hiring a […]