One of the most fascinating cases being heard this week is a claim made by a Dechert partner who alleges he was spied on at home, on holiday and at his place of work. This Friday, Neil Gerrard and his wife will be seeking up to £100,000 in damages following allegations that an intelligence company […]
To kick us off, one of the most significant cases to keep an eye on will be the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) taking on Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte.
The focus this week is on a Ukrainian dispute involving Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Brick Court Chambers.
In the last of our series, before the courts return next week, we look at some of the most interesting case developments in the last month.
One of the most fascinating cases being heard this week is a claim made by a Dechert partner who alleges he was spied on at home, on holiday and at his place of work. This Friday, Neil Gerrard and his wife will be seeking up to £100,000 in damages following allegations that an intelligence company […]
To kick us off, one of the most significant cases to keep an eye on will be the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) taking on Big Four accountancy firm Deloitte.
The focus this week is on a Ukrainian dispute involving Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Brick Court Chambers.
In the last of our series, before the courts return next week, we look at some of the most interesting case developments in the last month.
With just over two weeks to go until the courts are back in session, The Lawyer dissects some of the more interesting judgments to be handed down since May. This week we feature disputes involving Lehman Brothers and Russian oligarchs. Lehman Brothers International v Exotix Partners LLP A mistaken trade between Lehman Brothers European arm and […]
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Clyde & Co has hired a three lawyer team from a Chicago-headquartered firm Hinshaw & Culbertson, as it boosts its New York practice. The hires join from Hinshaw to bolster Clydes regulatory and investigations group in the US. Hinshaw struck an alliance with RPC at the start of the year, in what was RPC’s first formal […]
Eversheds Sutherland‘s UK innovation chief Andrew McManus has left to join private equity firm Bridgepoint, as firms increasingly deal with an ever fluid recruitment market around technology roles. McManus has joined Bridgepoint as its head of technology after a five-year stint at the firm. Having started as IT director in 2014, he had responsibility over […]
Police were called after a City lawyer burst into the office of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Finchley & Golders Green and abused her, the Jewish Chronicle is reporting. It is claimed that on Friday afternoon Jonathan Metliss stormed into the office of Luciana Berger, who defected from the Labour Party and is now […]
Goodwin Procter has showed no signs of slowing down its hiring strategy in London, picking up its latest M&A and private equity partner from Kirkland & Ellis.
Gowling WLG’s corporate head in London has been appointed as the firm’s chair of the UK LLP. Andy Stylianou will replace Andrew Witts next May, who will return to his fraud and asset recovery practice. Witts was re-elected to the role for a new term in May 2016 just following the merger of Wragge Lawrence […]
K&L Gates has lost another longstanding City partner, this time to an in-house role. Corporate partner Stuart Borrie has joined Canadian investment management company Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) as associate general counsel. The company’s overall legal team is led by Rod Girard, who is based in Canada. Borrie joined K&L Gates in 2002, having […]
