Troubled Belgian firm Bogaert & Vandemeulebroeke has lost a large proportion of its IT and telecoms team to DLA, including department head Patrick Van Eecke. The departures come after the firm removed itself from the Landwell network in June because of changes to legislation due to take effect in October, which place severe restrictions on […]

Deacons’ Hong Kong court action against White & Case and two of its former partners ended last week. The parties are now waiting for Deputy Judge Gill’s decision, expected next month. Deacons alleged that the US firm’s approach to four of its partners breached a confidentiality and non-solicitation clause from a 1999 merger agreement between […]

The legal chief of Gateshead Council is tipped to become the local authority’s next chief executive. A special appointments panel has recommended that Roger Kelly, strategic director of legal and corporate services, take over from longstanding chief executive Les Elton. Elton, who is also a qualified solicitor, has been chief executive at Gateshead for 20 […]

Partner fall-out at Osborne Clarke has spawned a new niche corporate firm in Bristol.Bruce Roxburgh, Osborne Clarke’s Bristol head of corporate until his departure in February, has launched Roxburgh and Milkins LLP together with a senior corporate lawyer from the firm, Jason Milkins.Roxburgh has worked with Milkins for many years and the two share a […]