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This free to watch webinar is part of the Smarter Working Week event in association with Shoosmiths, which took place between 22nd – 25th March 2021.
A Panama-based investment vehicle was today ordered to make a costs payment of £700,000 to its former solicitors Bird & Bird. This forms part of a broader dispute over four unpaid invoices to the City firm, with Ansbury Investments claiming that Bird & Bird duplicated its workload across its London and Milan offices. In a […]
DWF has brought in a KPMG expert to spearhead the launch of the latest offering within its New Law ranks. The listed firm has recruited KPMG senior manager Jordan Owen to head a new global secretarial and entity management service as part of its Connected Services division, one of the main businesses the firm has […]
Actor Johnny Depp today set out his application for a retrial in his high-profile libel case against The Sun newspaper, with his counsel describing a claim made by Amber Heard as a “calculated and manipulative lie”. Representing Depp was 5RB’s Andrew Caldecott QC, who led chambers’ colleague David Sherborne and sought permission to rely on […]
Being a member of Amazon’s legal panel comes with a lot of uncomfortable strings attached.
This free to watch webinar is part of the Smarter Working Week event in association with Shoosmiths, which took place between 22nd – 25th March 2021.
A Panama-based investment vehicle was today ordered to make a costs payment of £700,000 to its former solicitors Bird & Bird. This forms part of a broader dispute over four unpaid invoices to the City firm, with Ansbury Investments claiming that Bird & Bird duplicated its workload across its London and Milan offices. In a […]
DWF has brought in a KPMG expert to spearhead the launch of the latest offering within its New Law ranks. The listed firm has recruited KPMG senior manager Jordan Owen to head a new global secretarial and entity management service as part of its Connected Services division, one of the main businesses the firm has […]
Actor Johnny Depp today set out his application for a retrial in his high-profile libel case against The Sun newspaper, with his counsel describing a claim made by Amber Heard as a “calculated and manipulative lie”. Representing Depp was 5RB’s Andrew Caldecott QC, who led chambers’ colleague David Sherborne and sought permission to rely on […]
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The record growth seen among swathes of US firms last year was echoed across Continental Europe, as 2021 saw the largest jump in combined revenue in the history of The Lawyer’s Euro 100 report. The combined revenue of all 100 firms for the 2021 financial year grew by roughly €1bn between 2020 and 2021, rising […]
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Kennedys’ revenue was up 8 per cent over 2021/22, while London growth slowed due to the ongoing effect of Covid-19 across its business. Overall turnover increased from £264m to £286m, a rise of 8 per cent. In the previous financial year, Kennedys’ global revenue rose 11 per cent. Figures in the London office stalled, however, after […]
Ashurst has expanded further in the United States, announcing the launch of an office in Texas. The base in Austin will be its third office in the US, after New York and Los Angeles. It is expected to focus predominantly on infrastructure investment, development and finance matters in transport, social infrastructure and water. The new […]
US firm Milbank is weighing up introducing a salaried layer into its current partnership structure, The Lawyer has learned. The Lawyer understands the change to the partnership structure is being pondered in order to retain talent and with the intention of accelerating lawyers on to its partnership track. The new layer of salaried partners is […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is losing one of its derivatives specialists to Reed Smith, The Lawyer can reveal. Tariq Zafar Rasheed is set to join Reed Smith’s financial industry group, with a particular emphasis on derivatives, derivatives clearing, prime brokerage arrangements and structured products. The Lawyer understands a group of associates will also be joining. Rasheed moves […]
