Criminal law solicitors have redoubled their attacks on the Law Society – ramping up calls for senior resignations – after slapping the organisation’s leadership with a vote of no confidence earlier this week. Liverpool-based lawyer James Parry – who led the revolt against Chancery Lane – said the society failed to meet its immediate post-vote […]
Walker Morris employees have donated more than 150 gifts to Leeds charity Zest Health for Life in its annual gift donation — its highest number to date. Each year, Walker Morris employees are asked if they would like to make a voluntary donation of a Christmas gift to a nominated charity. This year, Walker Morris is […]
The Hong Kong office of Eversheds has advised BOCI Asia in connection with the HKD1.09bn (£86m) initial public offering (IPO) of Consun Pharmaceutical Group in Hong Kong. Consun Pharmaceutical Group — which was successfully listed on 19 December 2013 — is an integrated pharmaceutical company principally engaged in the research, manufacturing and sale of modern Chinese […]
Gateley has been granted an ABS licence for its English offices, making it the second top 50 firm to have been awarded one after Irwin Mitchell in 2012. The firm has made the move in order to bring non-lawyers into the partnership and will begin by making up the head of its finance team Neil […]
Emma Edhem, a barrister at No5 Chambers, has been re-elected as the first female chairman of the Turkish British Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TBCCI) for a second term. She will work alongside her newly elected vice-chairman Nick Glover, chief executive of BAE Systems in Turkey, and the re-elected second vice-chairman, Ahmet Iplikci, investment adviser […]
Simon Rice-Birchall, partner at Eversheds, has said that after discussion over the potential abuse of zero-hour contracts, employers should expect some change to come. Birchall, who was commenting after the government published a consultation into the use, and potential abuse, of zero-hour contracts in the UK workplace, said that the major problem faced by the […]
By Sean Hecker, Andrew M Levine and Philip Rohlik On 26 November, the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Department of Justice announced settlements with Weatherford International and its subsidiary, Weatherford Services, involving a wide variety of FCPA violations in Africa, the Middle East and Europe occurring from 2000 to 2011. The settlements — involving a […]
Conyers Dill & Pearman has acted for Turbine Engines Securitization in relation to a pool of 32 aircraft engines and the issuance of $275m (£170m) series 2013-1A fixed-rate notes, $30m series 2013-1B fixed-rate notes and an e-certificate. The transaction was backed by leases to 15 airlines in eight countries and is Conyers’ second Bermuda Aviation ABS […]
By Lindsay Joyce and James Morse In honour of the current Ashes cricket series (and given that, at the time of writing, there has just been a resounding victory by Australia in the First Test), DLA Piper has elected to focus this edition of Legal Notebook on a decision from the High Court of England […]
By Carlos R Valencia Barrera, Miguel B de Erice Rodriguez and Kelly Tubman Hardy The energy reform proposed by Mexico’s Peña Nieto administration has been approved by the Mexican Congress and, in rapid succession, by a majority of the Mexican state legislatures. This sweeping historic reform amends the Mexican constitution, clearing the way for foreign investment […]
Newcastle-headquartered Ward Hadaway has picked up the majority of the work in progress (WIP) from the recently defunct corporate boutique EOS Law in Manchester. A significant proportion of EOS Law’s WIP was transferred to Ward Hadaway before the partnership entered into administration on 4 December, it has emerged today. The remaining WIP was transferred to […]
I hate this time of year. People in the real world, ie one outside law, are all winding down nicely for booze-sodden lunches, without having to cancel at the last minute or keep their mobile devices somewhere that they can actually feel them. Yanked back to the office after only my starter at Café Murano […]