Queens Park Rangers (QPR) has turned to Macfarlanes and Lawrence Graham (LG) to advise the football club on its plans to develop a new 40,000-seat stadium in Old Oak. The new stadium, which would replace its current 18,000-capacity Loftus Road ground, would be a central tenet of a wider regeneration of the Old Oak area […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within firms and offices in the Asia Pacific region. Australia Gilbert + Tobin has appointed Justin Little as a partner in its energy and resources practice in Perth. Prior to joining G + T, he was a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills, where he led the mining […]
Hogan Lovells has made up 29 new partners across its global offices, with the greatest number in any single office in London. The number is up by five on last year, when the firm promoted 24, five of which were in London (3 January 2013). The firm made a bumper round of promotions in London […]
Across the country criminal barristers have shunned court today, downing tools in a protest against further legal aid budget cuts by the Government. This is one almighty row that refuses to die down, yet it is being met with an air of scepticism by the public. Perhaps that’s because, at the other end of the […]
The highest-paid partner at Nabarro took home £635,000 in 2012-13 according to accounts filed with Companies House, a rise of 31 per cent from £486,000 the previous year. The LLP accounts show that last year the firm boosted profit and turnover significantly, growing the former by 22 per cent from from £34.7m to £42.5m and […]
Squire Sanders has picked up DLA Piper competition and regulatory lawyer Martin Rees in its latest raid of the firm’s London office. Rees specialises in cartel investigations and appeals. He joined DLA Piper in 1999 and was head of competition until 2002 (28 January 2002). Having advised on competition issues associated with a range of sectors […]
A number of reforms designed to simplify certain aspects of the EU merger control process came into effect from 1 January 2014. There are three main changes. First, the scope of the simplified review procedure under the EU Merger Regulation (EUMR) has been widened. Second, the amount of information required by the European Commission has […]
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its findings into its review as to whether asset managers are effectively managing the risks relating to outsourcing. The review was stimulated by the growing number of critical activities that the asset management industry outsources to a small number of service providers. The FCA carried out its review as […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Headland Capital and CHAMP Private Equity on the $500m (£305m) privatisation of Miclyn Express Offshore (MIO), a provider of service vessels to the expanding offshore oil and gas industry, from the Australian Stock Exchange. Manta 2 Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Manta Holding (jointly owned by Headland Capital […]
Clifford Chance has established a partnership in Saudi Arabia by transferring longstanding co-operation firm Al-Jadaan’s two partner transactional practice into the firm. The joint Saudi and foreign owned law firm has opened with 30 Saudi and foreign lawyers. The new five partner team includes two partners from its longstanding co-operation firm Al-Jadaan & Partners, banking […]
The High Court will host some of the largest-value cases it has ever seen in 2014 – but only the biggest disputes will fight all the way. Today The Lawyer reveals its annual pick of the leading civil court cases of the forthcoming year, with 14 of the disputes valued above £100m and two above […]
Clifford Chance is facing a £130m negligence claim after being joined to a suit brought by JP Morgan against German transport provider BVG. The magic circle firm has turned to Clyde & Co partner Richard Harrison and Essex Court’s David Foxton QC to defend the claim in the High Court. The case will be heard […]