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King & Wood Mallesons’ Chinese rescue deal has failed, The Lawyer has learned.
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King & Wood Mallesons’ Chinese rescue deal has failed, The Lawyer has learned.
China’s top grossing firms made 55 per cent more money in 2015 than two years previously, exclusive research by The Lawyer has revealed. Click here to view The Lawyer China Elite 2016 report The Lawyer’s third edition of the China Top 30 report – an annual ranking and analysis of China’s leading law firms – […]
This week our main feature is a story of management and mis-management. And as it’s about Olswang, you can throw in a dash of drama.
Allen & Overy (A&O) is the first magic circle firm to reveal its half-year results for 2016/17, posting growth of 13 per cent to £731m.
Reading the RICS commentary this week about the latest lockdown “putting the brakes on housing sales”, the announcement from Homes England that it will not enforce the ‘First Longstop’ for the existing Help to Buy scheme, essentially giving our housebuilder clients an extra month to reach PC on their Help to Buy units, is a […]
Hear how diversification has helped Ashton Gate Stadium to stay relevant to sports fans and the local community during the pandemic.
Within the European single market, firms established in any European Economic Areas (EEA) member states could use ‘passporting’ rights to provide financial services in the UK without being directly authorised by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
Given that the landscape of threats has significantly expanded, it comes as no surprise that the European Commission has proposed a revised version of the Directive concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union.
Shabana Muneer, Senior Associate in the Employment Team, summarises the main issues and poses some questions that businesses in the food and drink sector must address.
King & Wood Mallesons’ Chinese rescue deal has failed, The Lawyer has learned.
China’s top grossing firms made 55 per cent more money in 2015 than two years previously, exclusive research by The Lawyer has revealed. Click here to view The Lawyer China Elite 2016 report The Lawyer’s third edition of the China Top 30 report – an annual ranking and analysis of China’s leading law firms – […]
This week our main feature is a story of management and mis-management. And as it’s about Olswang, you can throw in a dash of drama.
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Goodwin is eyeing up Sidley Austin’s private equity grouping again, with a number of associates set to join a partner team led by Christian Iwasko and Erik Dahl, The Lawyer understands. Goodwin is thought to be hiring up to six associates from Sidley’s private equity team after Goodwin brought in a partner group spearheaded by […]
Fieldfisher is ramping up its foray into the litigation funding market with a new platform to speed up one of the most time-consuming phases of the claim process. The firm has developed a platform that assess new commercial claims to establish whether the litigants are eligibile for funding. The platform, developed on artificial intelligence technology […]
The general counsel and company secretary of DWF is leaving the listed business to take on a similar position within the Ocado Group. Mollie Stoker joins Ocado as deputy GC after the move of in-house lawyer Jonathan Wiseman to the retail arm of the grocer. She is leaving DWF after becoming GC on its listing […]
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Addleshaw Goddard are among the four firms that have been added to Scottish Enterprise’s new £8.7m panel. The public body has appointed Scottish firms Brodies and Burness Paull to the panel, as well as CMS and Addleshaws. Shepherd and Wedderburn, which was on the former panel running from 2016 […]
Taylor Wessing is advising pharma giant Pfizer on aspects around the rollout of its Covid-19 vaccine across Europe, The Lawyer understands. The firm is understood to be counselling the company on patent issues arising from the unprecedentedly large-scale distribution of the vaccine it developed in conjunction with German biotech company BioNTech. It is understood that […]
DWF has made up six new partners, in cities such as Manchester and Bristol, while London has missed out for the second year in a row. While there were no London partner promotions, the office did see director elevations. The promotions mostly concern the firm’s insurance and real estate practices. Of the new partners, professional […]