Jones Day, Dentons, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher and Gowling WLG are acting in British Land’s £429m sale of 12 Sainsbury’s superstores. Jones Day picked up the mandate for British Land, led by co-head of its banking, finance and securities group Giles Elliott, alongside corporate M&A partner William McDonald, tax partner Blaise Marin-Curtoud and counsel Stephen […]
Burges Salmon has made a round of partner hires ahead of the opening of its new Scotland office, which is set to open its doors next month.
Allen & Overy’s (A&O) former Dutch senior partner Sietze Hepkema will appear in court as a witness next month to answer questions about his role at SBM Offshore, the oil and gas company embroiled in a long-running corruption probe. Hepkema has been called as a witness at the District Court Noord-Holland (Haarlem) on 22 May, […]
Facebook has found a new general counsel to helm its in-house legal functions after its top lawyer Colin Stretch left the company at the end of last summer. The role has been filled by Jennifer Newstead, whose career has spanned both law firm stints and government duties. She was the first woman to head the […]
Ashurst has launched a graduate scheme within its NewLaw legal operations division, Ashurst Advance. The firm has named the scheme the Ashurst Advance Pathway Programme, or Pathway. Graduates selected for it will have the opportunity to train in areas such as legal operations, legal project management, legal technology and legal process improvement. The Pathway programme […]
A competition partner at Covington & Burling has swapped one US firm for another, joining Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s City office. Elaine Whiteford is moving to Quinn’s City operations and is a barrister with experience in contentious EU, competition and regulatory work, specialising in damages litigation. Most recently she acted on the LCD cartel […]
The Lawyer first-ever technology-focused market report aims not only to recognise the fact that the UK’s largest law firms are investing an increasing amount of time and money in a wide range of technology applications, systems and solutions, but also highlight which are using these to materially improve the way they operate. ENQUIRE TODAY In […]
WHO WON AND WHO LOST IN 2018? Unearth the most active firms and chambers in the year, gaining insight into which firms hold the greatest instructing powers. Target new sectors and areas for growth. Track market share and benchmarking. Identify trends and disrupt key relationships. Provide key insight to your business development team ENQUIRE TODAY By […]
The UK 200: Operational Healthcheck report is The Lawyer’s annual assessment of the most efficiently run law firms in the UK. The analysis is based on a number of key indicators and metrics that are collected from firms as part of the UK 200 research process. They include: property costs; borrowings; lock-up. ENQUIRE TODAY The […]
The story of the failure of KWM’s UK arm has been well documented, but little has been written about what happened next. How have its alumni fared? And did partners make the right choice in those final weeks?
We surveyed over 1,000 legal professionals for their views on Brexit, whether to revoke Article 50 and political leanings.
In the past few years, Kirkland & Ellis has recruited heavy-hitters from the likes of Linklaters, Freshfields, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Ropes & Gray. But have their associates followed?
The gender pay gap – now an annual event – throws together a whole bunch of numbers, statistics and pledges to change. But if there’s five things to take away from the results, then here they are.
Once again, The Lawyer’s Hot 100, in association with AlixPartners and LexisNexis, gathers together the standout lawyers in the UK over the past year.
These are The Lawyer‘s Top 20 cases to look out for in 2019.
The Lawyer first-ever technology-focused market report aims not only to recognise the fact that the UK’s largest law firms are investing an increasing amount of time and money in a wide range of technology applications, systems and solutions, but also highlight which are using these to materially improve the way they operate.
The inaugural BusyLamp Legal Operations Benchmarking report documents the findings of a survey of legal departments from around the world and of varying profiles. The report looks at similarities and differences across industries, legal expenditures, legal department sizes, and geographies, and explores how certain trends are impacting other factors. The survey of 21 multiple choice […]
Trusts have been around for a long time. Their use in the context of succession and wealth planning as well as philanthropy is well established. Foundations, on the other hand, are relatively new (certainly to common law jurisdictions such as Jersey) and as a result there are fewer of them. However, they are being increasingly […]
By David Asker There have been warnings from senior figures regarding the £1bn court modernisation that is now well underway. The concerns come from judges, police and lawyers and a justice select committee is conducting an inquiry into the implications of the reforms. With court closures meaning that people have to travel further to access […]
By Mathew Newman, Alex Horsbrugh-Porter, Sandie Lyne, Michael Rogers Today Guernsey dispute resolution specialists Michael Rogers and Sandie Lyne presented to the NED forum on the topic of regulatory investigations, providing advice on strategies and protocols which non-executive directors should consider when an investigation is underway. In particular, the talk highlighted why keeping board minutes […]
By Robin Henry, Jean-Martin Louw In ACL Netherlands BV & Ors v Lynch & Hussain [2019] EWHC 249 (Ch), the High Court has recently declined a party’s request for permission to disclose witness statements and other documents obtained in the course of ongoing UK proceedings. Such permission had been sought in order to comply with a subpoena […]
