Following calls from David Cameron for formal talks with China on the issue of cybersecurity, Paula Barrett, international head of privacy and information law at Eversheds, said that cybersecurity ‘remains a global threat for businesses’. Barrett said: ‘While there has been a lot of attention in recent weeks and months on cybersecurity in relation to […]
Andrew Terry, media expert at Eversheds, has commented following news that users of Twitter and Facebook will be warned about the dangers of committing contempt of court in new advisory notes from the UK attorney general. Terry said: ‘We are all publishers now. And with that comes great responsibility. Recent examples have shown the power […]
Pamboridis has announced that its managing partner, Yiota Kythreotou, has been appointed as a district court judge with effect as of December 2013. Kythreotou read law at Oxford University and obtained a master’s degree in private international law at Oxford Brookes. She completed her articles with Watson, Farley & Williams, London. A qualified solicitor in England […]
Davis Polk & Wardwell and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have secured lead roles in the $2.5bn (£1.5bn) IPO of China Cinda Asset Management, Hong Kong’s biggest global offering so far this year. Davis Polk, fielding Hong Kong partners Bonnie Chan and Antony Dapiran, provided Hong Kong and US legal advice to the issuer. Beijing-headquartered Cinda is […]
Allen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst and Clifford Chance have advised on German drugs and chemicals group Merck’s £1.6bn acquisition of AZ Electronic Materials. The transaction for the chemicals company – manufacturer of the chemicals used in electronic devices including smartphones, flatscreen TVs and iPads – is among the largest bids of 2013. AZ is incorporated […]
The world is grieving today over the loss of Nelson Mandela. Chief among those mourners, we suspect, will be legendary advocate Sir Sydney Kentridge QC. The 90-year old silk, a tenant at Brick Court, defended the South African leader in 1958 when he was charged with treason and played a core part in seeking justice […]
Kellogg’s EMEA legal head Orla Muldoon is leaving to join agricultural processing giant Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) in January. Muldoon has been chief counsel and director for Europe, the Middle East and Africa since joining the Kellogg Company in 2007. Before moving to the food giant, she spent time in-house at Atlantic Industries – a […]
The Court of Appeal has ruled that a children’s centre did not discriminate against a former Christian employee by requesting that she work on Sundays. The decision was a victory for the London Borough of Merton, which turned to its newly-formed legal arm, the South London Legal Partnership (4 October 2013) to represent it. Lawyer […]
McDermott Will & Emery (MWE) has picked up Ashurst partner Nikolaus von Jacobs to lead its private equity practice in Germany. Von Jacobs, who is based in Munich, was previously head of Ashurst’s German private equity team. He is the latest high-profile corporate and private equity loss for Ashurst this year. Earlier this week (3 […]
Flesh and Buns. It wouldn’t be my first choice for a restaurant name. Had I not known it was the sister restaurant to the very lovely Bone Daddies, the noodle bar in Soho, I wouldn’t have given it a second look. Having had one of the very best bowls of noodles that I have ever […]
Legendary advocate Sir Sydney Kentridge QC has now gone part-time at the age of 90. In the early part of his career in South Africa he was on the defence team representing Nelson Mandela in the 1958 treason trial. He later represented the Biko family of the inquest of the black consciousness leader. […]
Aside from the Jackson reforms, chambers outside London are bracing themselves for the impact of the cuts to legal aid funding. Those that have have a robust mixture of work are likely to withstand the changes, but sets that are dependent on high-volume and low-value work face uncertain times. Special report: the regional bar – […]