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Elite European firms predict digitisation and recovery for 2020
Leading European firms have hailed digitisation as the next step forward for the profession on the Continent. Speaking in a series of video interviews as part of the release of The Lawyer European 100, managing partners from top firms in Germany, Ireland and Sweden have expressed optimism for 2020 and 2021, despite the pandemic. Luther […]
Gateley boosts borrowing capabilities by £20m
Listed law firm Gateley is anticipating a boost in revenue for the current financial year, forecasting that turnover will be no less than £108m for 2020; an increase of £4.5m. This is despite a series of recent measures put in place by the firm, including an expansion of its working capital facilities of up to […]
Dominic Cummings: which Tory lawyers are backing him?
As of this morning, one Conservative lawyer Member of Parliament – Carlisle MP and former Bendles partner John Stevenson – had called on Dominic Cummings to resign. He was joined this afternoon by former attorney general Jeremy Wright QC, who wrote on his website he had “concluded that it would be better for Mr Cummings […]
High Court judge sides with Stewarts in Azima dispute
Stewarts has successfully won a fraud case against airline operator Farad Azima, after he was ordered to pay over $4m by a UK judge. Instructed by the investment authority of Middle Eastern emirate Ras Al Khaimah (RAKIA), Stewarts had brought a series of fraud and conspiracy claims against Azima. The case, which featured in The […]
Morgan Lewis recruits MoFo funds quartet
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has ramped up its funds offering in London, with two new partners from Morrison & Foerster. The two partners – Oliver Rochman and Rob Mailer – are bringing two associates with them to Morgan Lewis; Eliska van Wickern and Xun Choong. The four advise sponsors and investors of private investment funds, […]
DLA rescues crisis simulation service thwarted by Covid-19
DLA Piper has re-imagined a new crisis simulation training service that cost over £100,000 to deliver, after its launch was put in doubt due to the outbreak of coronavirus. The training service, called “DLA Piper Project Simulator”, was inspired by Carillion’s liquidation in 2017 and was one of the first products stemming out of the […]