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 […]
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 […]
Three football hooligans have been spared jail after being involved in in a mass brawl in Wolverhampton city centre. Ryan Richardson, 31, Craig Green, 27, and Jordan Banks, 18, were involved with a group of Leeds United fans where the disturbances brought traffic to a standstill. Ekwall Tiwana from No5 Chambers defended Green. CCTV footage shows […]
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Paul Hastings has targeted Hogan Lovells’ corporate department for the second time this year, bringing in a team of three that includes London head of private equity Ed Harris. Harris is joining alongside Hogan Lovells counsel Leanne Moezi in London, who will become a partner. Partner Adam Brown is also moving across from Northern Virginia […]
A raft of firms including Addleshaw Goddard, DLA Piper, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Debevoise & Plimpton have scored roles on Actis’s acquisition of stakes in the Middle East’s former biggest buyout firm, Abraaj. Following Albraaj’s filing for provisional liquidation in the Cayman Islands in June 2018, it underwent a complicated unwinding process after a […]
Baker McKenzie has become the latest firm to raise its salary for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors. The firm previously paid its NQs £77,000 per year, a figure that had fallen significantly behind the market given the developments this year. It has now raised that to base pay of £90,000 salary along with a £5,000 sign-on […]
Over 1,500 hours has been recorded by Gowling WLG fee-earners on innovation projects under a scheme launched last year, as firms increasingly give the opportunity to allocate chargeable hours to NewLaw initiatives. More than 150 fee-earners in the firm’s UK offices, representing around 25 per cent of its headcount, have put in over 200 hours […]
Addleshaw Goddard has failed in its attempt to challenge the jurisdiction of a professional negligence claim brought against the firm by a family-owned business. The firm is facing a claim from Arthur Holgate & Son (AH&S), which entered insolvency in 2012. The firm attempted to have the claim moved to the Scottish courts, in a […]
Debevoise & Plimpton has secured a billion-pound award for a mining company in an arbitration against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), a joint venture between Antofagasta and Barrick Gold Corporation, filed claims against Pakistan for its denial of a mining lease […]
