British Medical Association (BMA) group legal director Jonathan Waters has resigned from the professional body to set up a healthcare, HR and legal consultancy. Waters told The Lawyer that his move after 24 years working in-house (25 March 2013), which coincides with significant changes in the UK healthcare sector, was borne both out of a […]
Swedish automotive safety systems manufacturer Autoliv has named China-based Asia legal head Anthony Nellis as interim general counsel, succeeding Lars Sjöbring who is joining Transocean as general counsel. Nellis is currently the vice president for Asia legal affairs based in Shanghai, the headquarters of Autoliv’s China operation. He will take on the role as the […]
DLA Piper has unveiled a major overhaul of its management structure in Asia in a bid to increase the integration between the Asia offices and its US partnership. The firm has installed a newly created Asia advisory committee, consisting of global co-chief executive officer Terry O’Malley and Americas co-chair Jay Rains, both based in San […]
Is the Law Society in a no-win situation when it comes to challenging the Government over legal aid cuts? Yesterday more than 500 lawyers gathered at Chancery Lane to pass a vote of no confidence in its management, complaining that the negotiations with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) over budget cuts had been, at best, […]
HMRC salaried partner changes send shockwaves through LLPs HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) last week published draft legislation dealing with ‘disguised salary’ of LLP members, partnerships with individual and company members, and further anti-avoidance measures. While HMRC has clearly listened closely to consultation responses, and amended some of the proposals to reflect this, we fear […]
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Hogan Lovells joint CEOs Warren Gorrell and David Harris are stepping down in June 2014. The firm has not opted for the post-merger dual headship but has nominated US litigator Steve Immelt as sole leader. Is it a US power shift? Hogan Lovells leadership team to step down in June Lovells, Hogan leaders give green […]
After holding the top spot for two consecutive years, Linklaters has fallen into 13th place in the 2013 UK M&A rankings. The figures, which are compiled by Thomson Reuters, encompass all deals launched between 1 January and 16 December 2013 that involved a UK party. Linklaters’ deal value fell by 72 per cent over the course […]
DWF has made up ten new partners in its latest round of promotions, with the insurance group taking the bulk of promotions. In total, six of the ten promoted will join the insurance partnership. They include non-practising barrister and catastrophic injury specialist Amanda Emberton who joined DWF from Plexus Law in 2011 (26 September 2011), advanced recovery […]
E-commerce start-up Powa Technologies has turned to internet giant Yahoo for the hire of senior in-houser Manu Kanwar as chief legal officer. Kanwar, who is currently head of corporate and commercial affairs at Yahoo, will start work at Powa on 13 January. He is the second in-house legal hire for Powa, which provides an e-commerce […]
What do you get when you put a US firm in Northern Ireland and mix it up with the makers of Game of Thrones? No, not another reality TV show. In this fantasy, dragons have been replaced with senior HBO lawyers and the fictional world of Westeros swapped for the University of Ulster. The battle […]
Expert witnesses often play a very important role in dispute resolution. Their opinion on an issue may be the most important part of a case. It is therefore vital for parties to a dispute to choose their expert witness wisely. The recent decision in Proton Energy Group SA v Orlen Lietuva [2013] All ER (D) […]