It’s no secret that the “big four” accounting firms are trying to push into the legal services in the UK. Today, The Lawyer revealed that Ernst & Young is now extending its legal ambition to Singapore, a regional hub and a gateway to South East Asia’s rapidly growing economies. It’s well known that the “big […]
DLA Piper has acted for Knightsbridge Student Housing (Knightsbridge) on its acquisition of additional student accommodation comprising of 224 beds in Lincoln to supplement the existing site of 1,329 beds in the city. This acquisition by Knightsbridge, part of the Oaktree Capital Management Group, follows on from its recent purchase of the former Bristol Magistrates’ […]
DLA Piper has announced that Mariah DiGrino, an associate in the Chicago office, has been named as outside counsel of the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Chicago’s food bank. DLA Piper lawyers have served as outside counsels since the depository was founded in 1979. DiGrino replaces DLA Piper partner Norman Leon, who served as outside counsel […]
DLA Piper has advised the shareholders of Garwyn Group Ltd, a specialist liability adjuster, on its acquisition by insurance claims service provider Davies Group Ltd. Garwyn will join forces with Davies’ existing liability business to form a full-service liability and specialty offering in both the UK and Ireland to complement Davies’ property claims management businesses. […]
Anthony Potter of No5 Chambers has prosecuted Cedric Brown, 46, who has been jailed for five years after carjacking a mother’s car with her two chidren inside. In April last year Brown was escaping the scene of an attempted burglary when he threatened Lucy Lawton with a knife and told her to get out of […]
Eversheds has appointed Giles Salmond, an indirect tax litigation director at Deloitte, as a partner in its London tax team, where he will lead the VAT disputes and indirect taxes practice. An indirect tax litigation specialist, Salmond has represented a wide variety of companies across all sectors including multinationals and UK plcs. After being called to […]
James Doyle of No5 Chambers has defended James Barber, 31, of Smethwick, who has been cleared of dangerous driving. Barber denied a charge of driving his Peugeot along Chapel Street in Kidderminster town centre in a dangerous manner when he hit brothers Ricky and Luke Stokes, who were out drinking. Ricky and Lee Stokes were […]
From day one of the Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) combination on 1 October 2012, the firm has always marketed itself as a fully merged firm with a single global profit pool. But the devil is in the details. If read more closely, “a single global profit pool” means that the two legacy firms will pool […]
Costs clarity is the way forward for arbitration An engineer changed my approach to arbitration. I was acting for a party and asked him for an expert report. He wanted to know first the limits of cost and time. He’d complete the work to whatever level of sophistication was possible within those parameters. That may […]
Clayton Utz’s board has appointed litigation partner Robert Cutler to succeed Darryl McDonough as the firm’s next chief executive partner. Based in Sydney, Cutler’s appointment will take effect from 1 July 2014. He joined Clayton Utzin 1991 and became a partner in 1998. He served as partner in charge of the Canberra office from 2000 […]
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has raided Akin Gump in Moscow for a two-partner real estate team to bolster its practice in Russia. Akin Gump real estate head Vladislav Sourkov and former colleagues, counsel Rustam Aliev and senior associate Dmitry Maltsev, will join the firm in January. Aliev and Sourkov will both join the firm as partners. Sourkov […]
With David Cameron’s visit to China last week, the PRC is even more in the spotlight for business. Here’s just a small selection of some of the biggest China stories of the last couple of months. For more of the latest Asia Pacific news, analysis and deals, then sign up to our weekly email. Top […]