A trial date has been set in the multimillion-pound professional negligence claim involving Howard Kennedy, with the law firm recently failing to obtain further disclosure in the High Court. Following the first case management conference (CMC) in a dispute brought by a real estate developer, it was confirmed that a 20-day hearing will take place […]
The Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) has appointed a DLA Piper real estate litigator as its first ever general counsel. Alasdair Thomas takes on the GC role at the CGMA, which runs New Covent Garden Market, the UK’s largest fresh produce market, and reports to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Thomas […]
Eversheds Sutherland has changed the limited liability partnership (LLP) of its German offices, the outcome of preparations made early last year ahead of the Brexit transition period. Effective from January 2021, the firm transferred the business of its German LLP to a new local entity called Eversheds Sutherland (Germany) Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Solicitors Partnerschaft mbB, which […]
Two employment partners from Osborne Clarke and Addleshaw Goddard have left their respective firms to join forces for a new boutique. Osborne Clarke partner Andrew Chamberlain and Addleshaw Goddard partner Jamie Hamnett have set up an employment-focused firm called Chamberlain Hamnett. Chamberlain recently concluded a two-year stint at Osborne Clarke. He joined in 2018 from DWF, […]
A trial date has been set in the multimillion-pound professional negligence claim involving Howard Kennedy, with the law firm recently failing to obtain further disclosure in the High Court. Following the first case management conference (CMC) in a dispute brought by a real estate developer, it was confirmed that a 20-day hearing will take place […]
The Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) has appointed a DLA Piper real estate litigator as its first ever general counsel. Alasdair Thomas takes on the GC role at the CGMA, which runs New Covent Garden Market, the UK’s largest fresh produce market, and reports to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Thomas […]
Eversheds Sutherland has changed the limited liability partnership (LLP) of its German offices, the outcome of preparations made early last year ahead of the Brexit transition period. Effective from January 2021, the firm transferred the business of its German LLP to a new local entity called Eversheds Sutherland (Germany) Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Solicitors Partnerschaft mbB, which […]
Two employment partners from Osborne Clarke and Addleshaw Goddard have left their respective firms to join forces for a new boutique. Osborne Clarke partner Andrew Chamberlain and Addleshaw Goddard partner Jamie Hamnett have set up an employment-focused firm called Chamberlain Hamnett. Chamberlain recently concluded a two-year stint at Osborne Clarke. He joined in 2018 from DWF, […]
Addleshaw Goddard and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are among the firms acting on MGM Resorts’ £8.1bn blockbuster bid for Ladbrokes owner Entain. The firms are jointly acting for FTSE 100 listed betting and gaming group Entain, which has rebuffed the offer, stating that it “significantly undervalues the company and its prospects”. Entain, formerly known as GVC, […]
The Higher Education sector is in big trouble. As we reported last month, universities are struggling to fill places on their undergraduate courses – not least for law degrees. Many are in financial distress. Tuition fees for home students have been capped at £9,250 since 2017 and are falling well behind what is profitable, but […]
Associate retention is one of the biggest bugbears for law firm leaders, as competitive salaries and the promise of greater opportunities lure rising stars away. Added to this, a firm’s biggest cost is its people, but that didn’t stop Freshfields last year pledging to up its trainee intake from 90 to 100 from 2025. Should […]
Of the UK Top 50 firms, just 16 have no overseas offices, and of the remaining 34, more than half (19) were bigger outside the UK last year. Internationalisation is a hallmark of a Top 50 firm, but for many it is the UK that keeps the investment pipelines pumped. For firms with international offices, […]
The upcoming UK200 has welcomed its sixth employee ownership trust (EOT) member. Altrincham’s Myerson Solicitors joins Yorkshire’s Ison Harrison and the West Midlands’ Talbots Law in embracing employee ownership, having converted from a limited liability partnership (LLP) to a 100 per cent employee-owned company last week. The EOT model allows all employees to take a […]
Over the last decade, the UK’s Top 50 firms have trialled a variety of tactics to satisfy an incessant demand for revenue growth. Consolidation has been a feature of the decade, with ‘critical mass’ becoming a key term used by managing partners as they push forward their growth agendas. Internationalisation too is a hallmark of […]
NatWest’s former chief executive officer is stepping into a new role at Mishcon de Reya, well over a year after leaving her post at the bank. Alison Rose joins Mishcon as an adviser following a 23-year long career at NatWest, where she started as managing director for leveraged finance before rising through the ranks in […]
33 Chancery Lane is undergoing a mass operational overhaul and rebrand, hiring its first chief executive, three new barristers and moving premises. The 19-barrister set, led by Kennedy Talbot KC, has hired Outer Temple’s practice director Sam Carter as chief executive and director of clerking to help guide the chambers through its new chapter. Carter […]
Eversheds Sutherland has anointed its next co-CEOs for the international and US sides of the business, as Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman prepare to step down. Eversheds Sutherland partners have decided that managing partner Keith Froud will take the reins from Ranson, while Austin-based global energy co-head Lino Mendiola will replace Wasserman in the US. […]
Kennedys has appointed its first chief knowledge officer, who has moved across to the UK insurance firm from US powerhouse Paul Hastings. Having previously developed Paul Hastings knowledge management strategy at a global level, Catherine Goodman will now be in charge of heading Kennedys knowledge strategy. Goodman was director of innovation and knowledge management at […]
A solicitor has been fined by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) after appearing on an antisemitic TV show that “took the form of a wide-ranging attack” upon Mishcon de Reya. Mohammed Akunjee, who has over 30,000 followers on X, has been fined £6,500 and ordered to pay £30,000 in costs after appearing in a TV […]