Withers has seen the exit of two partners with litigation partner Sue Medder quitting private practice to join London set XXIV Old Buildings. Collyer Bristow, meanwhile, has hired contentious IP partner Tim Bamford, who has been with the firm since 2005. Medder replaces Nicholas Luckman, who left to join Wilberforce Chambers in December. Luckman had […]
Last month, the Court of Appeal gave judgment in the long-running patent infringement dispute between Virgin Atlantic Airways (Virgin) and Zodiac Seats. Ultimately, Virgin’s bid to overturn Floyd J’s (as he then was) judgment failed, with the Court of Appeal upholding the judgment and finding that the patents in suit had not been infringed (albeit […]
Lloyds Banking Group’s (LBG) head of legal for channels and intermediaries within the retail & wealth division is leaving for Barclays. Sian McIntyre has been in senior legal roles within the retail and wealth department since 2008, initially working as head of legal for corporate and commercial. She will join Barclays as head of legal […]
Wragge & Co’s public companies team has completed the reverse takeover of AIM-quoted cloud service provider Nasstar. A team led by partner Julian Henwood advised the majority shareholders of Denara Holdings on its acquisition by Nasstar for an aggregate consideration of £13m. This comprised £9m in cash and £4m in new Nasstar shares. In order to […]
Newspapers have reported new announcements by David Cameron in relation to shale oil and gas projects in England, with measures intended to ensure that local communities see the benefits of the new shale industry in their area. The government will double the amount of tax that local councils in England can retain that is raised […]
The latest edition of Eversheds’ quarterly publication, Pensions Agenda, is out. It summarises 10 key issues that UK pension plans and plan sponsors need to be aware of and, where appropriate, address in the coming months, including preparing for the introduction of same-sex marriages, the need to produce defined-contribution (DC) governance statements and considering the […]
On 20 August 2013, the Higher Arbitrazh Court of the Russian Federation (VAS) published Plenum Ruling No. 62 of the Higher Arbitrazh Court dated 30 July 2013 on Certain Issues Related to Indemnification by Persons who are Members of Corporate Bodies on its official website. The ruling provided the arbitrazh courts with clarifications on a […]
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 imposed additional new requirements on commodity trading advisers (CTAs) and amended the definition of CTA in the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) to include any person who engages in the business of advising others on swaps. As a result, the CEA and the regulations of […]
This article sets out how you can ensure your company avoids falling foul of the competition rules on exchanging information in its dealings with competitors and other market players. Cartels set up between rival companies in order to share markets or fix prices often involve the exchange of commercially sensitive information and have always been […]
It is almost a year since former Stewarts Law partner Andrew Shaw and associate Craig Turnbull were struck off by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal following a private prosecution. Because the pair appealed the ruling details around the case were sketchy, with the SDT judgment kept under wraps pending the outcome of the appeal. On Monday […]
Hogan Lovells has opened the doors to its São Paulo office with the hire of Clifford Chance’s international capital markets chief Isabel Costa Carvalho. The move follows approval from the Brazilian Bar Association last July that Hogan Lovells could set up shop in both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. While most foreign law firms have […]
The former general counsel of Air Arabia has joined Bird & Bird’s Middle East arm as a partner, the first time the firm has hired someone to focus exclusively on aviation in the region. Anna Anatolitou will work alongside corporate partner Anders Nilsson, who recently relocated to the firm’s Dubai office from Sweden. While his […]