A Doughty Street Chambers barrister has resigned from the set amid allegations that he was connected to a Twitter account that harassed people involved in the Labour antisemitism issue. In a Twitter thread posted by Doughty Street human rights barrister Adam Wagner, it is revealed that his former Doughty Street colleague Daniel Bennett has resigned […]
Dentons has appointed a ‘chief mindfulness officer’ for Europe in an attempt to develop its lawyers’ emotional intelligence. Warsaw-based partner Karina Furga-Dabrowska has been handed the role as an acknowledgement of her role in the launch of NextMind, Dentons’ wellbeing programme. Furga-Dabrowska has been with the firm since 2006 and is co-head of its tax advisory […]
Litigation funders live and breathe disputes, but this was not the sort of dispute Burford Capital was used to. On August 8, Burford’s share price plunged 66 per cent after a ferocious attack from San Francisco-based hedge fund Muddy Waters, whose founder Carson Black questioned the accuracy of the funders accounting practices. Black described the […]
US aviation entrepreneur Farhad Azima has filed a counter-claim against Ras al Khaimah (RAK)’s sovereign investment vehicle RAKIA, alleging that it hacked and published his data on the dark web and that he was threatened by a London-based Dechert partner. The partner in question, Neil Gerrard, has been in the spotlight for his involvement in […]
After years of expansion worldwide, Kennedys has appointed its first global managing partner to take control of the firm’s global network of 37 offices.
Review website Trustpilot has hired a new chief legal and policy officer from Skyscanner. Carolyn Jameson has joined Trustpilot, founded in Denmark, to oversee its legal and public affairs globally, as well as to ensure that the platform continues to grow. She will report to the company’s founder and CEO Peter Holten Mühlmann and will […]
The Global Litigation 50 2019 ranks the largest litigation practices in the world by revenue and highlights the key trends within the disputes market for the past year. Understand the world’s top firms’ approach to data-driven disputes. Gain insights into the latest growth area – data abuse – and the impact it is having. Explore […]
Have we reached the high-water mark of globalisation? We’re all living through a period of intense global uncertainty with trade wars, political nativism and the rise of populism, economic stagnation and a worldwide shift in the centres of power. Does this mean that the world’s largest law firms are slamming the brakes on global expansion? […]
Your roadmap to Asia-Pac growth: Enquire here Investigate the risk both international and independent firms are facing in APAC’s main jurisdictions. Understand who’s growing and why in the region. Benchmark your firm’s progress against your peers. Win and defend your firm’s market share. This year’s Asia-Pacific 100 will focus on growth and how the leading […]
There are five reasons why Mishcon is likely to opt for an IPO, and while it would certainly shift the firm away from its reliance on partner capital and bank debt, none of those reasons is actually about the availability of cash.
Is the system conspiring against female barristers? We weigh up the evidence, using data on cases at both the Employment Appeals Tribunal and the Court of Appeal
How have firms in the second half of The Lawyer UK Top 100 fared since the recession hit many of them so hard a decade ago? The Lawyer data shows the winners and losers in the mid-tier
The largest merger in the Italian legal market in over 30 years started out in the tiniest possible way. A casual conversation between Giuseppe Lombardi, founder of litigation boutique Lombardi e Associati, and Sergio Erede, one of the three lawyers who twenty years ago founded corporate powerhouse BonelliErede alongside Aurelio Pappalardo and the late Franco […]
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.
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 Josephine Howe Some may think trusts and foundations are only used by very wealthy people or families, or that by putting assets into a trust or foundation in international finance centres (IFCs) like Jersey, then they are avoiding tax. Some claim offshore trusts and foundations are secretive, and they are used for criminal activity; […]
By Raul Mota Cerveira The Angolan Parliament has recently enacted two very important acts, namely the Privatization Framework Act (Law 10/19) and the new Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) Act (Law 11/19). The acts came into force on 14 May 2019, and are part of the reforms being implemented in Angola to increase private sector participation and […]
Augusta’s International Arbitration Investment Manager Scheherazade Dubash writes about the recently signed United Nations Singapore Convention on Mediation. The Singapore Convention – A Funder’s Perspective In 1958 the United Nations forever changed the way the world perceived international arbitration with the advent of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards – […]
By Carly Parrott, Fay Warrilow Consultation is under way to introduce multi-ground discrimination legislation in Guernsey, yet one case shows that, at present, employers do not have free rein to discriminate against employees. For more than 15 years, Guernsey has had the enabling legislation in place to prohibit discrimination on multiple grounds, but to date […]
By Alexander Camenzind, Cole Meagher While Friday’s announcement of amendments to the Patented Medicines Regulations (the “PMR”) may not have introduced any surprises, it did highlight the considerable uncertainty facing patentees selling medicines in Canada. A closer look at the regulatory language, along with the accompanying Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement (“RIAS”) and Cost-Benefit Analysis, highlights the significant […]
