Zhong Lun has appointed Dechert’s Hong Kong managing partner Basil Hwang as a partner in its Hong Kong associate firm Boughton Peterson Yang Anderson (BPYA). Hwang was previously the managing partner of US firm Dechert’s Hong Kong office, which he helped launch in 2007 (3 December 2007). He moved to Dechert for the Hong Kong […]
Eversheds’ Swedish office has advised Virtusa Corporation, which has, through its Dutch subsidiary, acquired Swedish company TradeTech Consulting Scandinavia. The acquisition expands Virtusa’s position within the banking, financial services and insurance industries by increasing its asset management and treasury services domain and technology expertise. The acquisition will also result in an expansion of Virtusa’s footprint […]
German multi-disciplinary firm Rödl & Partner has strengthened its presence in Italy with the hire of the Milan office of local M&A firm BLF Studio Legale. Led by partners Daniele Bonvicini and Alessandro Borelli, the move adds six lawyers to Rödl’s Italian operations. Rödl already has four offices in Italy, in Bolzano, Padova and Rome […]
Michael Conroy Harris, construction expert at Eversheds, has commented on the latest indicators on the health of the UK construction industry. Harris said: ‘After a seemingly endless winter, the RICS [Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors] survey suggests that the construction industry is now going to work without an overcoat, confident that the cold snap is over. […]
Collyer Bristow has announced that it has recruited intellectual property (IP) specialist Tim Bamford from Withers, where he had been a partner since 2005. Bamford is the latest in a series of four partner-level hires to join the firm in the last three months. His new role commenced on 2 January 2014. He is an established IP litigator with […]
It’s rare that a general counsel’s departure is not flagged well in advance. So the sudden departure of Royal Dutch Shell’s Peter Rees QC, which emerged late on Friday night, will cause waves in the energy sector. Rees, who only last November spoke to The Lawyer about his role reorganising Shell’s legal team since his […]
Over the last few years the balance of power between in-house and private practice has shifted and the need for outside advice has changed substantially. The news this week that Balfour Beatty has done the legal work on the £154m transformation of the Olympic stadium itself merely confirms that the change is for good. Balfour […]
Hogan Lovells has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former Asia IP/IT and TMT head Mark Parsons as a partner in Hong Kong. Parsons will join Hogan Lovells at the end of January. His practice has a particular focus on complex commercial transactions and regulatory matters in the TMT sector. Parsons’ appointment comes after recent departure of […]
Trowers & Hamlins and Kennedys have become the latest top 100 firms to launch consultations with their partners over their response to HM Revenue & Customs’ (HMRC) proposed changes to the partnership tax regime. The new rules seek to clarify the definition of LLP membership by determining whether fixed-share or salaried partners should be classified […]
Lawyers from across the spectrum are today recognised by The Lawyer for their innovative and inspirational work as we unveil this year’s Hot 100. An equal number of men and women are named in this year’s list, which includes transactional and contentious lawyers, management figures, barristers and those involved in campaigning for change in their […]
Louise Cartwright Irwin Mitchell Irwin Mitchell associate Louise Cartwright worked on several massive real estate deals last year. Perhaps most significantly, she acted on Wells Fargo’s acquisition of a £4bn commercial real estate loan book from Hypothekenbank Frankfurt – one of the largest European commercial real estate debt transactions ever. Cartwright was lead associate on […]
Alison Bond Pinsent Masons Alison Bond has been a partner at Pinsent Masons since 1994 and moved into a client relationship management role in 1996. Since 2012 Bond has been leading the team behind Pinsent Masons’ freelance network Vario, which launched in February 2013. Bond runs Vario with a team of three dedicated staff and […]