Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is one of three firms advising on Pret a Manger’s purchase of rival eatery EAT. The Skadden team was led by London corporate partners Richard Youle, Katja Butler and Linda Davies, who represented Pret and its owner JAB Holding. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Alex Potter, advised on antitrust aspects […]
ITE Group’s Andrew Watkins is the events company’s first in-house lawyer – a position he has found himself in twice before. He says the first 100 days in the role are the most vital
An Essex Court silk has ordered Taylor Wessing to review a slew of documents relating to a family’s personal data in the latest development in a six-year long lawsuit. The firm will now be required to review a host of paper documents linked to a dispute over several trusts in the Bahamas, as well as […]
There are eight firms in the running for this year’s Energy and Infrastructure prize at The Lawyer Awards, in association with Travelers. Here are the deals that merited them a place on the shortlist. Norton Rose Fulbright saw through the financing of innogy SE’s £2bn 860MW Triton Knoll Wind Farm. As one of the world’s […]
Over the past two years, a number of firms pledged to invest in new technology as part of a transformation journey around how legal services are delivered. At The Lawyer’s GC Strategy Summit in Alicante, Spain, two Norton Rose Fulbright delegates opened up on how change has been embedded into the texture of the firm, […]
The full shortlist for The Lawyer Awards 2019, in association with Travelers, has been released, celebrating the best of private practice, in-house and the Bar. This year, over 60 judges from across the industry debated entries from law firms, companies and barristers chambers. Our judging panel includes BT general counsel Sabine Chalmers, Rosenblatt CEO Nicola […]
Indispensable insight for your firm ENQUIRE TODAY 1. Discover and examine the growth of independent European firms on the continent. 2. Investigate where the opportunities lie; which local firms to compete with, to partner with and to acquire. 3. Reveal the growth of international firms in European legal markets. The Lawyer’s European 100 is the […]
ENQUIRE TODAY This years’ US Top 50 annual report focuses on growth and how the leading US-headquartered firms in the UK market aim to achieve it. Certainly, so far several are managing this pretty well. Last year, as part of the UK 200 report, The Lawyer produced the first-ever ranking of the largest US and […]
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 […]
Which firms have NEDs on their boards? And who are the most junior UK-qualified partners on leadership teams? The Lawyer’s first boardroom audit displays key trends in gender diversity, seats of power and the role of business services professionals.
David Pollitt is transforming DACB thanks to his style of cheery communication coupled with strict financial discipline.
Break-ups of law firms are rare on the Continent. So when not one, but two Swedish firms suffered losses in Stockholm last year, it sent convulsions across the Nordic region.
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?
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?
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.
By Verity Bowles The FCA recently published its Business Plan for 2019/2020 setting out its priorities for protecting consumers, ensuring market integrity and promoting effective competition. As expected, one of the key cross-sector priorities is to continue delivering protection for consumers through a focus on culture, accountability and governance of firms. Over the years, the […]
By Christian R.Luthi, Graham B.R. Collis The European Union has removed Bermuda from Annex 1 of its list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (the ‘blacklist’), effective 17 May. The EU’s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) met on 17 May and voted to remove Bermuda from its blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes. […]
By Imogen Halstead Section 4 of the 1975 Act provides that an application for an award under the Act “shall not, except with the permission of the court, be made after the end of the period of six months from the date on which representation with respect to the estate of the deceased is first […]
By Ursula Rath Market snapshot Recent activity How would you describe the general state of equity capital markets in your jurisdiction, including notable recent activity and deals? Austrian equity capital markets activity was somewhat subdued in 2017 and 2018, with only one successful initial public offering (IPO) on the Vienna Stock Exchange (VSE) in 2017 […]
By Justin Savage In this article we address how the landscape for the structuring of offshore investment funds established in the Cayman Islands is changing—and how this change is being driven by the evolving relationship between investors and investment fund managers and, in particular, how the balance of power has in many cases shifted from […]
