German firm Graf von Westphalen and Austrian firm Dorda Brugger Jordis have both established presences in Turkey, which is fast becoming a hot spot for European firms. Graf will open an office in Istanbul at the start of October in cooperation with local outfit GSI Meridian. Dorda has expanded its best-friends network to include a […]
Litigation funding is a must-know for modern law firms. Nick Rowles-Davies reports on a market that is misunderstood and lacking competent professionals I entered the litigation funding market with Vannin Capital this year. Having been in the law for more than 20 years, I thought I knew the profession well. However, I have been more […]
Three not-for-profit organisations have joined forces to file an amicus curiae brief in support of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation of carbon pollution. European environmental lawyers ClientEarth, supported by Friends of the Earth Europe, Birdlife Europe and Transport & Environment, teamed up with America’s Great Waters Coalition and the Union of Concerned Scientists to file […]
Dundas & Wilson and Eversheds snatched the lead roles as Scotland’s richest man sold a heavy pumps maker for £750m just four years after acquiring it for £45m. Jim McColl, majority owner of Glasgow’s Clyde Blowers, bought Clyde Union Pumps in 2007. Some £40m has since been invested in the company, which was sold to […]
Betfred has turned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s competition team as the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) considers referring the bookmaker’s £265m acquisition of the Horserace Totalisator Board (the Tote) to the Competition Commission (CC). Freshfields competition partner Simon Priddis has been brought in to advise on the deal, which would result in Betfred holding 1,350 stores. […]
Olswang and Mishcon de Reya have teamed up to advise a Qatari-backed consortium on the £557m purchase and management of the Olympic Village in east London. The firms secured roles on the joint venture (JV) between investment group Delancey and real estate investor Qatari Diar. Delancey and Qatari Diar purchased 1,439 of the 2,818 homes […]
London firm Bindmans has been much in the news this year, winning a number of instructions relating to the News of the World (NoW) phone-hacking scandal and having its contact details passed out to London rioters. While the firm was unwittingly drawn into the latter debacle by far-left blog The Third Estate, which told prospective […]
As Libya ponders its future, international law firms look set to become increasingly active in the country’s economic and political landscape. Frozen assets held around the globe by the Gaddafi regime are gradually trickling through to Libya and firms with presences in North Africa are considering how they could play a role in shaping the country’s future. […]
US litigation boutique Kobre & Kim has thrown down the gauntlet to rivals, including Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, after securing a second silk for its London office. Jalil Asif QC, who is well-known for his professional negligence work, will join the firm’s City base tomorrow (6 September) from 4 New Square, where he has spent the past […]
The London Boroughs of Merton and Richmond- upon-Thames have entered into redundancy talks with their legal staff as part of the ongoing merger between the two councils’ legal departments. A spokeswoman for both councils confirmed a wave of redundancies was in progress, but said it was too early to say how many jobs will be […]
Peters & Peters has created the role of CEO and filled it with Kim Archer, who joins from Bloomsbury-based Bishop & Sewell. Archer will be responsible for driving the growth of Peters & Peters, senior partner Keith Oliver said. “We’re confident that Kim will apply her commercial and legal skills to enable us to harness […]
Olswang has overhauled its partner remuneration system and equity structure, introducing a model that has abolished the distinction between fixed-share and full equity partners. The new system, which is being implemented during the current financial year, has replaced the two categories of partner with a single partnership. Previously Olswang had A and B partners, the latter remunerated by […]