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After two elections in quick succession, Linklaters anointed senior partner Aedamar Comiskey and managing partner Paul Lewis as the next leaders of the firm over the summer. Both announcements ensure that power once again stays in the hands of the London office, after Comiskey’s defeat of Milan-based Claudia Parzani and Lewis’ most recent win over […]
If Matt Hancock’s affair teaches us anything, it’s that cameras are everywhere. That’s the lesson an Allen & Overy partner apparently forgot when he was filmed through a window in a clinch with a colleague in the firm’s Spitalfields headquarters. The incident occurred several months ago and is understood to have been circulating round a […]
A booming domestic market helped China’s leading law firms post positive financial results even as the pandemic curtailed overseas work
Gone are the days of the star M&A partners, as firms strive to eliminate favouritism and promote talent. A rundown of the top UK deals this year – and the teams leading them – suggests their strategy may be working.
Shilpa Bhandarkar is on a mission to create the right conditions for tech to flourish at every level of the firm and to meet the needs of clients
Why is a lawyer like a dentist? It’s not a trick question – both are professions where, in order to be successful, emotional intelligence is vital. A patient in need of root canal treatment will favour the dentist that welcomes them into the surgery and ensures they feel relaxed while the painful problem is treated. […]
Client solutions to the fore as digital transformation picks up pace
How a legal team took on the might of the Post Office to put right one of the biggest miscarriages of justice the UK has ever seen
In late 2019, Linklaters’ global head of banking Davide Mencacci left his base in Hong Kong to visit the London headquarters of the firm. It was a standard trip for a practice leader; catching up with fellow partners, updating management and shaking hands with clients. All seemed normal, but there was something brewing. Just a […]
Greek mythology, the Bible and Shakespeare all make much of the sins of the father being visited on the child. However, for parent companies at least, that may no longer be the case following the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Okpabi v Royal Dutch Shell. At The Lawyer’s latest roundtable, Stephenson Harwood partners Ed Davis […]
Set-up aims to break down remaining boundaries of geography for a round-the-clock service delivered by more than 350 people globally
As the end of the pandemic approaches, organisations are turning their attention away from the short term strategic thinking needed to weather lockdown and the return to the office and toward long term growth. Many of the factors and attitudes which have underpinned working life during the pandemic will be taken forward into the ‘new […]
The innovative ‘Now and Next’ initiative helped to keep staff engaged and delivered tangible benefits to clients
By joining with partners and following its guiding six ‘I’s principle, the firm has streamlined its insurance claims processes
How three large corporations worked pro bono with third-sector organisations to give them the platforms and automation needed to save time and money
Under article 24 of Law 6/2006 of 27 February, which approved the New Urban Renting Rules, and article 11(5) of Decree-Law 294/2009 of 13 October, which approved the New Rural Renting Rules, the National Statistics Institute is responsible for calculating the annual rent update coefficient applicable to urban and rural leases. This coefficient must then be published in a notice appearing in the official gazette, Diário da República, no later than 30 October of each year.
At the end of this month, court fees are increasing. The change is the result of a consultation led by the Ministry of Justice earlier in the year which considered whether court fees should be increased by inflation.
Much of the focus as we start to glimpse the post-pandemic future has rightly been workplace culture, flexible working and the acceleration of digital change. However, it is also worth focusing on the last 18 months as a crisis management case study for HR teams.
In summer 2021 the European Banking Authority published Draft Guidelines on the limited network exemption under the Payment Service Directive 2 for consultation. The Draft Guidelines are meant to foster supervisory convergence amongst the EU’s national competent regulators.
Whether they like it or not, energy regulators are the new gatekeepers of the technology shift that is needed to meet Canada’s carbon reduction goals. This will require significant and near-term changes to the construct under which Canada’s utilities have traditionally been regulated. Traditional regulation doesn’t incent utilities to retire technology simply because something better has come along. Should regulation transition from “used and useful” to “better”? Join Gowling WLG for the first 2021 roundtable in the Energy Innovators Roundtable series.
What can designers do to ensure their designs and innovations are a commercial success?
In recent years, the UK’s construction sector has not had a happy track record with respect to competition law enforcement, where the Competition and Markets Authority has fined construction companies a total of £67 million across five cases. Of particular significance is the increased focus on individual responsibility, as these cases also led to the disqualification of 11 directors and two criminal convictions.
Foreign arbitral awards may be enforced relatively quickly and easily in the Cayman Islands and the Cayman Islands courts are willing to assist with the recovery of judgment debts. This Snapshot provides an overview of the recognition process and the steps that are then available for enforcement.
The Royal Court has recently clarified the Jersey law position of whether a trust is able to lose its substratum. Following analysis of the recent decision of the Bermuda Court of Appeal in Grand View Private Trust Company Limited v Wong & Ors, the Royal Court concluded that there was no substratum rule which applied to Jersey trusts and that powers of addition or exclusion contained within Jersey trusts should be given their natural meaning.
On 23 September 2021 Shoosmiths hosted its latest IHL webinar on working with AI: the key types, implementing AI and what the future might bring. Ian Blackwell represented Next Retail Ltd on the panel, alongside Simon McArdle and Sebastian Price, Commercial Partners at Shoosmiths.
This week the government has published the draft legislation for the residential property developer tax (RPDT) for technical consultation.
Canadian securities regulators are proposing a new prospectus exemption that would streamline capital raising for companies listed on recognised Canadian stock exchanges.