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Bird & Bird is advising a non-profit cryptocurrency group in the battle over Bitcoin, as it demands a judicial declaration that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not the digital coin’s creator. Wright proclaims he penned and owns the copyright to a Bitcoin whitepaper published in 2008 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, which first outlined […]
Don’t fear change, change is good!
The balance of power in London has shifted away from the traditional UK firms.
Three US firms boosted their UK revenue by more than 30 per cent during 2020, The Lawyer can reveal, as the total turnover generated by the 50 largest US firms rose by 10 per cent, from $6.04bn to $6.67bn. Overall, 23 US firms posted a UK revenue increase in excess of 10 per cent while […]
Bird & Bird is advising a non-profit cryptocurrency group in the battle over Bitcoin, as it demands a judicial declaration that Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not the digital coin’s creator. Wright proclaims he penned and owns the copyright to a Bitcoin whitepaper published in 2008 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, which first outlined […]
Don’t fear change, change is good!
The balance of power in London has shifted away from the traditional UK firms.
Three US firms boosted their UK revenue by more than 30 per cent during 2020, The Lawyer can reveal, as the total turnover generated by the 50 largest US firms rose by 10 per cent, from $6.04bn to $6.67bn. Overall, 23 US firms posted a UK revenue increase in excess of 10 per cent while […]
CMS is switching partner profit distributions back to its traditional bi-monthly schedule after temporary changes adopted during the pandemic, The Lawyer has learned. It is understood the firm moved to quarterly distributions last year, when it found itself in a position to resume the rounds following an emergency hiatus in the early part of the […]
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Linklaters’ client Camelot has failed to retain its licence to operate The National Lottery after the High Court ruled in favour of the Gambling Commission. Camelot’s licence, which it has held since 2009, is due to expire in 2024. Instead of an automatic renewal, the Gambling Commission ran a competition to find the next licensee, […]
Kirkland has added two associates as partners from Fried Frank Shriver & Jacobson and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in its City funds practice. Charles Cooper-Isow is a private equity associate, having been at Fried Frank since 2016. Qualifying in the same year in England and Wales, Cooper-Isow has six years’ post-qualification experience (PQE). He joins […]
Shearman & Sterling is boosting its leveraged finance practice with a White & Case hire, its fourth new partner joiner of 2022. Shameer Shah makes the move, having spent almost nine years at White & Case. His main practice focuses on acquisition finance and special situations across private credit, investment banks and other financial institutions. […]
Slater & Gordon has finalised part of a strategic review of its UK business, with discussions ongoing as to whether certain practices fit into its revised model. As a result of the review, the firm will split its business into two main departments named Essential Legal Services (ELS) and Specialist Legal Services (SLS). ELS will […]
Magic circle firm Linklaters is to put financial sponsors at the heart of its Asia-Pacific operation after a strategy refresh led by regional managing partner William Liu. As part of the strategy, Linklaters is aiming to increase revenue by 10 per cent each year as well as making commitments to flesh out what the firm […]
Sky Group’s general counsel has left the business, leading to the appointment of a new legal head at the broadcasting company. Niamh Grogan has joined Sky as its new group general counsel after leaving multinational insurance adviser Willis Towers Watson. There, she was its global deputy general counsel and chief operating officer for more than […]
