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Under pressure Arcadia loses legal chief to media group

Arcadia Group’s Michelle Gammon is to leave the company after 11 years, just months after the retail giant secured a high-profile rescue deal. Gammon will be general counsel for Global’s newly-formed outdoor advertising division, which was created following the acquisition of outdoor media owners Primesight and Outdoor Plus last September and transport advertising business Exterion […]

Macfarlanes loses digital advisory chief Rebeiro after only 18 months

Macfarlanes‘ digital and innovation business head is leaving the firm after fewer than two years. Mike Rebeiro was hired in February 2018 from Norton Rose Fulbright, where he spent nearly 18 years. He was brought in to build and lead Macfarlanes’ digital advisory practice, a new outlet for the City firm. No indication on Reibero’s […]

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Dechert partner accused of threatening aviation entrepreneur in hacking claim

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 […]

Bakers sees out challenging year with 1 per cent growth

Baker McKenzie’s global revenue has inched up 1.2 per cent from $2.9bn to $2.92bn over 2018/19, with growth coming to a near standstill after an 8 per cent rise in 2017/18. On a constant currency basis, which the firm said is the “most accurate measurement of the financial performance of any global professional services firm”, revenue […]

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Firms set to lose out as Alibaba postpones its HK capital-raising

The delay in China’s biggest e-commerce company public listing in Hong Kong could see the longstanding advisers for Alibaba lose out on fees for a £16m capital-raising. The Alibaba Group announced early in the week that it would delay its IPO process in Hong Kong due to the protests that have swept the Asian corporate […]