Hormaz Daruwalla has joined Khaitan & Co as a partner in the indirect tax practice. A commerce graduate, Daruwalla studied law at the Government Law College in Mumbai and graduated in 1987. He is admitted to the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. Prior to joining Khaitan & Co, Daruwalla was practising as an independent counsel […]
DLA Piper is advising the a2 Milk Company (a2MC) on its plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The company will retain its New Zealand incorporation following the proposed ASX listing and will also remain on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. The board of a2MC considers that, as a significant part of the […]
The Middle Eastern market is lucrative, but for international firms business nuances are tricky. To guide you through, The Lawyer has researched the region and the legal players to collaborate with. Here’s a taster of our findings According to the World Bank, six of the 20 countries with the largest gross domestic product per capita […]
Aleen Gulvanessian, partner and corporate governance expert at Eversheds, has commented on a study that indicates that UK plc has been quicker to embrace diversity than large firms in the US. According to the study, the UK’s biggest firms have four times more foreign directors than their US counterparts and female representation on boards is […]
Hormaz Daruwalla has joined Khaitan & Co as a partner in the indirect tax practice. A commerce graduate, Daruwalla studied law at the Government Law College in Mumbai and graduated in 1987. He is admitted to the Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa. Prior to joining Khaitan & Co, Daruwalla was practising as an independent counsel […]
DLA Piper is advising the a2 Milk Company (a2MC) on its plans to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX). The company will retain its New Zealand incorporation following the proposed ASX listing and will also remain on the New Zealand Stock Exchange. The board of a2MC considers that, as a significant part of the […]
The Middle Eastern market is lucrative, but for international firms business nuances are tricky. To guide you through, The Lawyer has researched the region and the legal players to collaborate with. Here’s a taster of our findings According to the World Bank, six of the 20 countries with the largest gross domestic product per capita […]
Aleen Gulvanessian, partner and corporate governance expert at Eversheds, has commented on a study that indicates that UK plc has been quicker to embrace diversity than large firms in the US. According to the study, the UK’s biggest firms have four times more foreign directors than their US counterparts and female representation on boards is […]
Shoosmiths has advised real-estate investment trust (REIT) McKay Securities on the acquisition of a £8.75m mixed-use leisure scheme in Woking. The Shoosmiths Thames Valley real-estate team, including partner Andrew Farmery, associate George Panteli and solicitor Nick Dalgleish, advised McKay on the off-market freehold acquisition of The Planets from St Modwen. The Planets occupies some 92,000ft² […]
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KPMG has appointed a UK law firm to advise it on the administration of Patisserie Valerie, months after the café chain became embroiled in a scandal over accounting irregularities. Gateley, led by Birmingham restructuring partner Daniel French and Manchester partner Stuart Tait, is working with the Big Four accountant on the process. Patisserie Holdings confirmed yesterday that it has […]
The Reignite Academy, a programme aimed at bringing former City lawyers who have been out of the workplace back into the fold, has finalised its first intake, with 10 women signing on to work across four different firms. The women have a diverse range of experiences and range from those who have taken a complete […]
Slaughter and May and Herbert Smith Freehills have been replaced by Clifford Chance and Addleshaw Goddard on The Financial Services Compensation Scheme’s (FSCS) revamped £12.6m panel. The FSCS, the UK’s statutory compensation scheme for customers of authorised financial services firms, has appointed eight firms for a four-year term on its latest legal panel, which is divided into three […]
Simmons & Simmons is recruiting for new roles to bring its Bristol base to a headcount of over 200, following its move into a new, larger office. This week, the firm moved into a new office in Finzels Reach from its former base in Temple Quay, increasing its office space from 16,000 to 27,000 sq ft. […]
A total of 16 lawyers from Ince & Co’s Hamburg office are to join Clyde & Co, nearly a year after the latter announced it was launching in the German city. The team are joining four former Ince partners, who made the same move to Clydes in February 2018. However, the quartet are understood to […]
There is both relief and nervousness in the upper management floors. Relief that 2018 turned out to be a year in which law firms were busier and more profitable than ever, and yet an inescapable feeling that financial stability could be jeopardised by two things: the prospect of a no-deal Brexit and a possible recession […]
