Professional sport – especially football – can more often be frustratingly mundane than great, as anyone who has spent time at an English ground will grudgingly relate. But regardless of how exciting the competition itself is, the legal deal to bring Champions League games to BT Sport is nothing short of remarkable for its audacity. […]
Lewis Hamilton’s father, Anthony, is in court today for the fourth day of his wrongful dismissal case against Scottish race driver Paul di Resta. Fox Williams partner Gavin Foggo has instructed Brick Court’s Charles Hollander QC to lead the case for Hamilton who alleges wrongful termination of contract and loss of earnings after being dropped by Di […]
American Express (AmEx) has named managing counsel Tim Heine as its interim general counsel as it rejigs its internal reporting structure. In a staff memo the credit card giant confirmed that Heine would be standing in for current GC Louise Parent, who is joining Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton as of counsel next spring after […]
”The latest batch of young people lack any drive or desire to work – largely thanks to the warm, punch-drunk, sedated feeling of being permanently online to their friends on the internet,” according to Will Davies, founder of property maintenance company aspect.co.uk, London’s leading property maintenance firm with a turnover of £12m. “The iPhone is […]
Benelux firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek is joining German best friend Hengeler Mueller with an office in Shanghai, its second Chinese base. The news follows yesterday’s announcement by Hengeler that it was moving into Shanghai (4 December 2013). De Brauw launched in Beijing alongside its UK and Iberian best friends Slaughter and May and Uría […]
Typically used by lawyers when conducting due diligence, VDR’s ensure that highly sensitive documents are kept secure when making the following transactions:· Corporate- M&A· Property- Sales and leases, restructuring asset backed loans and mortgages· Corporate Finance-Private placement and debt financing· Intellectual Property- Exchange/ share documents on joint ventures, licensing agreements, fundraising, financing· Litigation-Restructuring and insolvency […]
Leading legal expenses insurer, DAS has appointed Dr Thomas Jannakos as their Chief Finance Officer and board director. He takes over from the recently retired CFO Paul Gibson. Dr Jannakos joins DAS from parent company, Munich Re in Munich, where he was head of department corporate performance management. He has worked for Munich Re since […]
Alarming new research from EDM Workspace, formerly Filing Plus, reveals that two in five (41%) of employees admit to binning confidential work related paper that should be shredded. Seven per cent do this ‘all the time’, while a further 15% admit to doing it ‘quite often’ and 19% ‘sometimes’. Alarming new research from EDM Workspace, […]
Bond Pearce’s final year before its merger with Dickinson Dees saw turnover rise to £51.8m – £1.5m more than first reported, newly-released LLP accounts have shown. The Bristol firm’s audited turnover rose from £46.5m in 2011/12 to £51.8m last year, an increase of 11.4 per cent. The firm previously reported turnover of £50.3m (5 August […]
King & Wood Mallesons’ global head of disputes resolution Beau Deleuil is joining Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Sydney office. Yesterday KWM confirmed that Deleuil was leaving the firm (4 December 2013). Quinn Emanuel has now announced that he will join its Sydney office in April 2014. The move comes just a month after Deleuil’s […]
Some merger talks end happily; most barely get off the ground. The last 18 months have seen a number of serious discussions that didn’t make it over the finishing line. Were they doomed from the start? Dentons merger with McKenna called off Field Fisher and Osborne Clarke abandon talks over £200m merger Withers/Speechly merger: Why […]
Wragge & Co’s corporate team has advised Huhtamäki Oyj on the acquisition of UK-based BCP Fluted Packaging Ltd in a deal worth £16m. Huhtamäki is a manufacturer of consumer and specialty packaging. BCP specialises in corrugated packaging for the food service, confectionery and cosmetics markets. Julian Henwood, partner in Wragge & Co’s corporate team and […]