Amec Foster Wheeler appoints Northern Europe and CIS legal head
Amec Foster Wheeler has appointed Julie Davin as its new legal head for Northern Europe and the CIS.
Vasslaw to attend CIS Wealth Moscow 2016 Conference
Christodoulos G Vassiliades Law Firm’s Representatives will be attending the upcoming CIS Wealth Moscow 2016 Conference, taking place on 17th to 18th of February in Russian capital. Over 400 delegates from more than 30 countries will attend the event. Leading professionals in International Corporate Law, Tax Analysis, private banking and business immigration from Europe, Americas, Middle […]
White & Case in limbo in Saudi Arabia
White & Case has ended its Saudi Arabian association with Waleed Al-Nuwaiser after five years. The US firm partnered with Al-Nuwaiser after Latham & Watkins poached its former associated partner Mohammed Al-Sheikh, but the alliance broke down late last year, The Lawyer can reveal. At the time Latham also picked up partner Christopher Langdon and the majority of […]
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Clifford Chance Saudi JV under threat
Clifford Chance’s Saudi Arabia office could be forced into a major restructure following a legal challenge concerning the validity of joint ventures in the country. It has emerged the Saudi Ministry of Justice has launched an appeal to overturn the decision that granted Clifford Chance its joint venture application after one of the Saudi partners and […]
Adding up the £1bn BLP-Greenberg Traurig merger talks
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is one of a number of UK firms – see also CMS and Eversheds – which have long been on the hunt for a US merger partner. This week’s news that BLP is in merger talks with US firm Greenberg Traurig puts the firm one step closer to that aim and to creating another global £1bn powerhouse.
Amec Foster Wheeler appoints Northern Europe and CIS legal head
Amec Foster Wheeler has appointed Julie Davin as its new legal head for Northern Europe and the CIS.
Vasslaw to attend CIS Wealth Moscow 2016 Conference
Christodoulos G Vassiliades Law Firm’s Representatives will be attending the upcoming CIS Wealth Moscow 2016 Conference, taking place on 17th to 18th of February in Russian capital. Over 400 delegates from more than 30 countries will attend the event. Leading professionals in International Corporate Law, Tax Analysis, private banking and business immigration from Europe, Americas, Middle […]
White & Case in limbo in Saudi Arabia
White & Case has ended its Saudi Arabian association with Waleed Al-Nuwaiser after five years. The US firm partnered with Al-Nuwaiser after Latham & Watkins poached its former associated partner Mohammed Al-Sheikh, but the alliance broke down late last year, The Lawyer can reveal. At the time Latham also picked up partner Christopher Langdon and the majority of […]
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Clifford Chance Saudi JV under threat
Clifford Chance’s Saudi Arabia office could be forced into a major restructure following a legal challenge concerning the validity of joint ventures in the country. It has emerged the Saudi Ministry of Justice has launched an appeal to overturn the decision that granted Clifford Chance its joint venture application after one of the Saudi partners and […]
Shearman-associated Saudi lawyer fined for market manipulation
A lawyer working within Shearman & Sterling’s associated office in Saudi Arabia has been fined £103,000 by the Capital Market Authority for market manipulation. Abdulaziz Alassaf, a named partner at Abdulaziz Alassaf & Partners, was fined 560,000 riyals (£103,000) for manipulating the market after he and seven of his brothers sold a substantial amount of […]
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£30m isn’t enough to get you into the Premier League
DMH Stallard has reached critical mass size – but it now has more work to do to secure its future.
Meghan Markle’s opponents have a busy year
RPC is named counsel on each one of the 10 privacy-related claims brought against the Mirror since 2018.
UK firms are flashing the cash
UK law firms are starting to pay back employees’ salaries as the economy recovers.
The new SQE courses shed more darkness than light
Prep courses for the new SQE are now being unveiled, and solicitor hopefuls will have to puzzle their way through the wide array of options.
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The decline and fall of the legal secretary
Law firms can either invest in upskilling the secretarial work force. Or they can axe them.
US firms’ booming financials could be better
US firms are not converting all their hard work into profits.
PCP Capital’s High Court claim fails against Barclays
The High Court has rejected PCP Capital’s claim against Barclays in a highly-anticipated judgment from Mr Justice Waksman, which ruled that Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s client is not entitled to the damages it sought. In a mammoth ruling handed down today, Waksman J concluded that PCP’s claim should be dismissed despite finding that Barclays […]
PwC appoints new UK head of legal
PwC legal head Ed Stacey is to stand down from his role, handing over the reins to partner Teresa Owusu-Adjei. As UK head of legal, Owusu-Adjei will lead 400 lawyers and other legal professionals. She has been with the accountancy firm since 1995, and a financial services partner since 2008 Stacey was appointed head of […]
Linklaters finance partner exits for Latham
Latham & Watkins has added another partner to its expanding restructuring and finance groups in London, with Bruce Bell joining from Linklaters. Bell was promoted to partner at Linklaters in 2005, having moved across as an associate from Wilde Sapte in 2000. In Latham’s restructuring group, he will be reunited with fellow Linklaters alumni such […]
Shoosmiths’ first-ever COO departs after one year
Shoosmiths‘ chief operating officer and board member is to leave the business after little more than a year in the newly-created position. Ben Bennett was hired in late 2019 as the firm’s first COO. Reporting to chief executive officer Simon Boss, he came in to support strategic growth and drive operational improvements. As part of […]
Taylor Wessing recruits from Greenberg in second team hire of 2021
Taylor Wessing has brought in a real estate team from Greenberg Traurig, just months after the arrival of an 11-strong private wealth group from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. In March, the firm will beef up the structured component of its real estate sector group with the hire of a four-lawyer team led by partner Michael […]
Osborne Clarke eyes shift to “subscription models” in 2025 strategic review
Osborne Clarke is predicting a gradual shift to new charging systems as part of a five-year client strategy disclosed to The Lawyer by its management. The firm’s leadership has conducted a review exercise internally dubbed ‘3D’. It is anchored on the three main elements at the heart of the firm’s future direction: legal skills, sectors […]
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