Hogan Lovells’ new CEO Miguel Zaldivar wants to seize corporate footing in London and target growth in practice areas like privacy and cybersecurity, as well as trade. Zaldivar, who officially became the firm’s CEO on 1 July, told The Lawyer that there now needs to be a shift in how the firm is perceived, particularly […]
Despite two successful convictions in the Unaoil bribery case, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will now conduct an internal review after its head Lisa Osofsky was criticised by the judge over dealings with an intermediary. In a ruling made public on Monday, Judge Martin Beddoe rebuked Osofsky for making herself vulnerable to flattery during the […]
Nearly a year since it hired Freshfields’ David Higgins to bolster its corporate offering in London, Kirkland & Ellis is to bring in two Linklaters partners to spearhead its move into the Paris market.
The largest 200 UK law firms are revealed in The Lawyer’s UK 200 latest report.
Hogan Lovells’ new CEO Miguel Zaldivar wants to seize corporate footing in London and target growth in practice areas like privacy and cybersecurity, as well as trade. Zaldivar, who officially became the firm’s CEO on 1 July, told The Lawyer that there now needs to be a shift in how the firm is perceived, particularly […]
Despite two successful convictions in the Unaoil bribery case, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) will now conduct an internal review after its head Lisa Osofsky was criticised by the judge over dealings with an intermediary. In a ruling made public on Monday, Judge Martin Beddoe rebuked Osofsky for making herself vulnerable to flattery during the […]
Nearly a year since it hired Freshfields’ David Higgins to bolster its corporate offering in London, Kirkland & Ellis is to bring in two Linklaters partners to spearhead its move into the Paris market.
The largest 200 UK law firms are revealed in The Lawyer’s UK 200 latest report.
Pinsent Masons is facing an increasingly uphill battle in the mammoth Skat litigation concerning 21 separate legal teams, 76 defendants and an alleged £1.5bn fraud. In a recent hearing involving the Danish Customs and Tax Administration (otherwise known as Skatteforvaltningen) and defendants Solo Capital Partners and Goal Taxback Limited, Mr Justice Baker took a “wrecking ball” […]
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Calls for reform of the CMA will be music to the ears of claimant litigators.
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Linklaters has hired Jonathan Jones QC, the former Treasury Solicitor and head of the UK Government Legal Department (GLD), months after he decided to leave his post. Jones’ departure was revealed last August as the UK Government faced scrutiny over its plans to clarify parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, which formed a section of […]
A London-based capital markets partner at Hogan Lovells is leaving the firm to launch his own legal tech business. Raj Panasar had joined Hogan Lovells in early 2020 from Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, where he had spent his whole career. An expert on international financing transactions, he represents multiple issuers, including emerging market and […]
The unexpected renovation of BPP Law School’s Holborn campus has sparked outrage among law students who are paying a premium for studying in London but remain unable to use the facilities. In photos published on social media, the Holborn building appears stripped of all fittings and furniture, with BPP since confirming that the campus is […]
Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy acted alongside two US firms on a deal that will see PE powerhouse KKR become a major shareholder of Finland’s biggest electricity distribution company. The two magic circle firms were on the opposite sides of a deal that ended in KKR and Canadian pension fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan […]
Clyde & Co would be at “risk of criminal prosecution” if it was to hand over funds held in an escrow account for PetroSaudi Oil, a judge has ruled, as multiple authorities claim the funds are connected to the 1MDB scandal. The dispute is a spin-off from the 1Malaysia Development (1MDB) fraud investigation, with anti-corruption […]
South West firm Trethowans has appointed a new managing partner. Personal injury lawyer Chris Whiteley has led the firm since 2015 but head of corporate Mike Watson is set to take over from 1 April. Whiteley is to become senior partner and will remain on the board. “Mike has been my right hand person and […]
