University challenge: SOAS’s legal chief on students and Covid-19
SOAS’ director of legal is educating staff to work differently
Ana was a reporter at The Lawyer between 2019 and 2020. Her area of focus was US firms in London.
SOAS’ director of legal is educating staff to work differently
Spending time getting to know the minutiae of the pharmaceutical world is paying off for Shield Therapeutics’ GC and company secretary Lucy Bailey
As more people look to the corporate world to take more responsibility for its actions, environmental, social, and governance (ESG) finance is on the rise, with green bonds the new currency
What challenges are those in the in-house banking sector facing in the current lockdown? On a late May afternoon, and from the comfort of their homes, a number of senior in-house counsel from the banking world got together with The Lawyer and BCLP for an online discussion about the anxieties and issues to be faced […]
Delegates discuss whether the acquisition finance space is converging or diverging
There were two large themes in the deals that closed last week: healthcare and acquisitions with a Spanish angle. Last week also saw a Dutch IPO and the acquisition of a Turkish gaming company by an American entity. Gowling WLG and Bristows emerged as the two firms advising on AstraZeneca and Oxford University’s collaboration for […]
Spain, one of the worst-hit European nations, is now gearing up for the next phase of its fight against Covid-19, with the government proclaiming its state of emergency will come to end on 21 June. For IP partners Albert Agustinoy and María González from Cuatrecasas and Ecija respectively, this state has been the norm now […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Baker McKenzie have led on the acquisition of make-up brand Charlotte Tilbury by Spanish fashion group Puig in a transaction that saw Withers and Pinsent Masons also win roles. Freshfields corporate partners Alison Smith and Piers Prichard Jones led for the UK-based makeup company from the magic circle firm. Charlotte Tilbury […]
Dentons has lost its Madrid managing partner, together with two other partners, to local firm Pérez-Llorca. Jesús Varela was the firm’s managing partner for a little over a year, joining Dentons in 2011. A real estate finance partner, he was also the head of its Spanish real estate practice. Varela had been a partner with […]
A group of barristers across the country and a number of City firms have signed up to assist individuals arrested at Black Lives Matter protests, which emerged this week following the death of George Floyd. In the midst of a pandemic, the US has found itself at the epicentre of a race row after […]
Dechert has started the process of opening some of its offices in Europe, while also giving its staff globally an extra day of annual leave. The extra day off has been billed by the firm as a “day to thrive”, with many firms and businesses impressing it upon their staff to use up holiday now […]
“Why have I not walked the dog every day at 6.30am since we’ve had her? It is a beautiful time in the morning,” says Valerie Kenyon, London partner and co-head of Hogan Lovell’s global products law practice. The Hogan Lovells lifer set off on a three-week business trip in February not expecting to come back […]
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