Making hey
Mr Justice Blake fired a warning shot when handing down his judgment in the Heyday case last week. Legislation governing the default retirement age must be reformed, his judgment said.
Dressed to bill
As the design capital of the world, Milan’s IP market is still thriving. But will the industry be forced to modernise in the near future? asks Tom Phillips
CMS Cameron McKenna clinches key place on BT global panel
Freshfields, Bird & Bird retain places; Linklaters and Addleshaws lose out
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Wirral firm broken up after entering administration
Wirral-based firm Lees Lloyd Whitley (LLW) has gone into administration after it ceased trading at the end of last week.
Childs: percentage of female partners at CC is ‘not good enough’
Clifford Chance is pledging to increase its percentage of female partners to 30 per cent.
Making hey
Mr Justice Blake fired a warning shot when handing down his judgment in the Heyday case last week. Legislation governing the default retirement age must be reformed, his judgment said.
Dressed to bill
As the design capital of the world, Milan’s IP market is still thriving. But will the industry be forced to modernise in the near future? asks Tom Phillips
CMS Cameron McKenna clinches key place on BT global panel
Freshfields, Bird & Bird retain places; Linklaters and Addleshaws lose out
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Wirral firm broken up after entering administration
Wirral-based firm Lees Lloyd Whitley (LLW) has gone into administration after it ceased trading at the end of last week.
Simmons advises underwriters in Unite Group fundraising
Simmons & Simmons has advised underwriters JPMorgan Cazenove and Numis on a £82m fundraising for student housing company Unite Group.
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Goodwin’s City figures skyrocket after KWM and Dechert hires
Goodwin Procter’s London office increased its revenue by more than 58 per cent last year on the back of team hires from Dechert and King & Wood Mallesons in 2017. Turnover leapt from $43m in 2017 to nearly $67m in 2018, after a 64 per cent rise in London headcount. The firm’s City presence was boosted by […]
Clifford Chance posts March 2019 retention
Clifford Chance has retained 46 of its 51 final-seat trainees as newly qualified (NQ) solicitors, a retention rate of 90 per cent. Fifty of the trainees had applied for NQ positions. The result is similar to last spring, when the firm kept on 91 per cent of its qualifiers. Clifford Chance’s result beats Allen & […]
Bristol firm enlisted in surprise buyout of Patisserie Valerie
Burges Salmon has been summoned to the rescue of scandal-struck café chain Patisserie Valerie, which has been bought by an Irish private equity company. Corporate restructuring partner Andrew Eaton is acting for Causeway Capital Partners, which has rescued Patisserie Valerie from its administrators KPMG for an undisclosed sum. Prior to joining Burges Salmon in 2016, Eaton […]