Ex-Mishcon partner jailed for five years over fraud
A former Mishcon de Reya property partner has been jailed for five and a half years for his part in a €22m (£18.4m) loan scam.
IP barrister struck off after admitting to deceiving court
An IP barrister has been struck off after a disciplinary tribunal found him guilty on six charges of professional misconduct.
Clifford Chance's retention rate falls to 76 per cent
Clifford Chance’s latest newly qualified (NQ) retention rate has dropped to 76 per cent for March 2012.
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Win for Pinsents strikes blow to ongoing professional negligence claim
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Sweden's Vinge names new managing partner
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Court of Appeal dismisses West Tankers dispute
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China's Yingke continues expansion with launches in Poland and Turkey
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Italian and German firms unite for Libya launch
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Top-earning Nabarro partner took home £484,000 in 2010-11
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Gide and Cleary act as Google faces court challenge from Twenga
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Linklaters and SNR Denton lead on Petroplus administration
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Eversheds wins role on Leveson's phone-hacking inquiry
Halliwells: picking at the carcass
The battle to claw back monies from ex-equity partners has put creditors and former fixed-share partners at loggerheads.
Insult to injury
What will happen to personal injury claims in the Coalition’s war on ’compensation culture’?
Retired and emotional
Seldon age discrimination case could prove Supreme acid test for compulsory retirement
Number crunching: Addleshaw Goddard
Earlier this month Addleshaw Goddard announced that managing partner Paul Devitt would continue for a second term in the role. Devitt breezed back into office in an uncontested election, even though the firm has had a tough downturn.
The Lawyer business: Kemp Little
Siddhartha Mankad joined technology and digital media firm Kemp Little as its first chief operating officer (COO) last summer. Mankad joined as a fixed-share partner and a member of Kemp Little’s management board.
Judgment call: 23 January 2012
Bezier Acquisitions Ltd, Re (2011) EWHC 3299, 6 January 2012. Chancery Division, Companies Court. Norris, J.
Focus: A Farr fetched alliance
With the one-stop shop increasingly de rigueur and cross-border alliances looking like yesterday’s model, is it time for Willkie Farr and Dickson Minto to consign their tie-up to the scrapheap?
Politically correct
Efficiency is the watchword for Treasury Solicitor Paul Jenkins, as he and his team keep their government clients on the legal straight and narrow
Campbell Johnston Clark
Boutique shipping law outfit Campbell Johnston Clark recently celebrated its one-year anniversary following its launch in autumn 2010.
Thriving in adversity
With clashes predicted relating to the Lisbon Treaty, heightened regulation and banks calling in debt, litigators will be rolling up their sleeves in 2012
Three into one
Consolidation is continuing in the Baltic states as firms respond to businesses’ requirements for a one-stop shop service across the region
Clifford Chance's retention rate falls to 76 per cent
Clifford Chance’s latest newly qualified (NQ) retention rate has dropped to 76 per cent for March 2012.
Freshfields appoints first-ever US COO
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed its first chief operating officer for its US practice, with the hire of Andrea Locklear.
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On The Lawyer.com
On Friday’s TheLawyer.com:
Eversheds wins a role on Leveson’s phone-hacking inquiry, advising the Mayor’s Office of Policing and Crime.
Elsewhere, Allen & Overy, Herbert Smith and Weil Gotshal & Manges land roles on the potential sale of The College of Law. According to bankers, the sale, expected to be agreed by the end of February, could fetch around £150m to £200m.
Linklaters and SNR Denton pick up lead advisory roles on the administration of UK-based Petroplus Refining & Marketing.
On the money: Nabarro and Taylor Wessing’s top-earning partners take home £484,000 and £703,000 respectively.
Norton Rose appoints local 'champions' as go-to people for partners around the world if they need someone to work on a deal with. The scheme forms part of an effort to ensure global integration following mergers in Australia, Canada and South Africa in the past two years.
Don't miss this week's excellent opinion pieces - from age discrimination to the Coalition's war on 'compensation culture.'
Plus: read the fascinating case study by Markus Hartung and Jakob Weberstaedt of Bucerius Center on the Legal Profession on how Deutsche Bank deals with its outside lawyers.
Outgrowing your friends
I yield to no one in my delight that Nabarro has secured another alliance member, in the shape of Spanish firm Roca Junyent.
Corrigan's Mayfair
I am meeting Irvine Sellar, the extrovert and flamboyant Chairman of Sellar Property and creator of the Shard, for lunch at Corrigan’s of Mayfair.
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Blood on the tracks
Disputes over procurement policies are on the rise as contractors fiercely fight to secure contracts. Nowhere is this more evident than in Alstom Transport’s legal battle with Eurostar International over the train operator’s decision to hand a fleet building contract to Siemens.
The New Data Protection Regulation – An Opportunity Missed
On Wednesday 25 January we saw the European Commission’s proposal for updating the European Union’s data protection regime in the form of a new Data Protection Regulation.
Editor's weekly: Three cheers for January
As we look forward to the annual round of “isn’t January depressing, woe is me” stories we have some positive news in the form of two further scholarships announced by the College of Law, this time for its Bar Professional Training Course.
China whirl
Not content with having its own version of Twitter (Weibo) and Facebook (Renren) China has decided that it needs its own version of Baker & McKenzie.
Podcasts
#WithoutPrejudice 17: The Jury – European judges meddling – More weird cases
Welcome to the first Without Prejudice of 2012.
