Reed Smith is to review its admin function, in a process that will entail voluntary redundancies across its network. The firm has started a firmwide project called “Connectivity Initiative” that was launched in November 2020 to examine the effectiveness of its support function. As part of the process, the firm is offering a voluntary redundancy […]
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After failing to overcome the first hurdle in its £1.5bn fraud claim against a wealth of different defendants, the Kingdom of Denmark has now been ordered to make a £46m costs payment. This was confirmed in a recent court order from Mr Justice Baker, who split the £46m sum between 26 separate parties. The largest […]
Clifford Chance is postponing the implementation of its long-term UK remote working policy, in light of potential changes in the Government roadmap. The magic circle firm has communicated internally that its policy will kick off in September rather than June. The Lawyer revealed the new arrangements in late April, which were announced as the firm […]
Inmarsat’s VP for legal affairs has taken on a new role at a business advisory company, six months after the departure of general counsel Trudy Cooke. Christian Fahey joins Washington-headquartered Ankura as executive director and associate GC for EMEA and APAC as its first international lawyer, after nearly five years at satellite company Inmarsat. In […]
This week the High Court ruled that the UK Government unlawfully awarded Covid-19 contracts to a research firm with ties to Dominic Cummings, the prime minister’s former chief aide. The news was welcomed by 11KBW’s Patrick Halliday, who challenged cabinet minister Michael Gove on behalf of The Good Law Project (GLP), a non-for-profit campaign organisation. […]
The past year has been filled with disruption for businesses and their legal advisers. In the midst of a challenging time, crisis management is paramount. As part of The Lawyer’s GCs Summit, we explored the roles that GCs and their teams have in a crisis. A recent roundtable, hosted by Cooley partners James Maton, Sascha […]
While the pandemic was an unexpected addition to GC workloads over 2020/21, how to deal with environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) concerns is an issue that lingers and continues to puzzle corporate entities. This was discussed in more detailed earlier this month at a roundtable hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, as part of The […]
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Last month’s China sanctions against a number of individuals and entities, including Essex Court Chambers, sparked a weekend of discussions for City litigators.
Last month, Cooley unveiled its first revenue dip since it opened in the City in 2015. Behind that lies a major tussle over firm strategy – and in particular, its relationship with one of the most powerful companies in the world.
Members of The Lawyer Hot 100 have just two things in common. The first is excellence. Every year, our Hot 100 covers an incredibly diverse mix of legal professionals: scrappers from the rough and tumble of criminal law; sharp-suited corporate dealmakers; intellectuals and silver-tongued advocates from barristers’ profession; the in-house counsel with the ear of […]
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Digital transformation has increased the data flowing through firms and organisations: how can technology impact on the collection, interrogation and interpretation of the data? Find out how Dentons manages its data and how its lawyer can make faster decisions from Andrew Foster, Director of Financial Information, Europe, Dentons and Felicity Starr, Regional Vice President, Tableau Europe.
In our previous Future of Work blog we looked at the concept of universal virtuality and how it will be both a driver and a result of digitization and automation in the future workplace. With a more virtual workforce, businesses will need to put greater effort into keeping their employees engaged.
Lenoy Barkai, Director, and Joseph Tarraf, Associate Director, in cyber security at S-RM, explain the critical role that general counsel play during a cyber incident, and what can be done before and after an incident to ensure an organisation’s resilience and readiness.
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Ahead of the inaugural Smarter Working Week in association with Shoosmiths event, Shoosmiths chief executive Simon Boss spoke with The Lawyer about the concept of smarter working and how that has evolved over the past year. “Many people may think smarter working is just about efficiency or productivity” and while it includes that, it’s actually […]
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Shoosmiths’ Caroline White-Robinson on finding the confidence to say “this isn’t going well” and that no, this is not “the worst thing that could have happened”.
