A busy week at the High Court is headlined by Deutsche Bank’s protracted claim against Unitech Global which originally made The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2014. The case kicked off as a Libor dispute and was expected to set precedents over whether companies can avoid paying back debts based on manipulated rates. Deutsche Bank’s […]
This week’s headline case sees Leigh Day turn to Brick Court Chambers on behalf of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) amid mounting political tensions between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia in one of The Lawyer‘s Top 20 cases of 2019. Leigh Day partner Rosa Curling is instructing Brick Court silk Martin Chamberlain QC and […]
A complex insurance case leads the way in this week’s court hearings with Hogan Lovells instructing 3 Verulam Buildings for reinsurance business Awbury Technical Solutions. The dispute arises from a structured finance deal Awbury had looked to complete with finance company Karson Management. During the course of the deal, Awbury and Karson entered into a […]
This week, Hewlett-Packard begins its battle against two of Autonomy’s former directors, while the Ministry of Defence prepares to defend itself in a medical negligence case brought by a serviceman’s family. The first major case starting today is Autonomy & Ors v Lynch and Hussein. Sitting in the Chancery Division, this case will run for […]
A busy week at the High Court is headlined by Deutsche Bank’s protracted claim against Unitech Global which originally made The Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2014. The case kicked off as a Libor dispute and was expected to set precedents over whether companies can avoid paying back debts based on manipulated rates. Deutsche Bank’s […]
This week’s headline case sees Leigh Day turn to Brick Court Chambers on behalf of Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT) amid mounting political tensions between the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia in one of The Lawyer‘s Top 20 cases of 2019. Leigh Day partner Rosa Curling is instructing Brick Court silk Martin Chamberlain QC and […]
A complex insurance case leads the way in this week’s court hearings with Hogan Lovells instructing 3 Verulam Buildings for reinsurance business Awbury Technical Solutions. The dispute arises from a structured finance deal Awbury had looked to complete with finance company Karson Management. During the course of the deal, Awbury and Karson entered into a […]
This week, Hewlett-Packard begins its battle against two of Autonomy’s former directors, while the Ministry of Defence prepares to defend itself in a medical negligence case brought by a serviceman’s family. The first major case starting today is Autonomy & Ors v Lynch and Hussein. Sitting in the Chancery Division, this case will run for […]
Ashurst has launched a graduate scheme within its New Law legal operations division, Ashurst Advance. The firm has named the scheme the Ashurst Advance Pathway Programme, or Pathway. Graduates selected for it will have the opportunity to train in areas such as legal operations, legal project management, legal technology and legal process improvement. The Pathway […]
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Another tax partner based in Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Frankfurt office has left the firm. Tobias Teufel, who was promoted to partner in 2010, is to part ways with the magic circle player after working in its corporate tax practice, advising banking and financial services clients. A firm spokesperson said: “The firm and Tobias Teufel have […]
Simmons & Simmons was the latest firm to float the idea of a reduced working week to its staff, while attention will again be drawn to how the legal industry is tackling issues of diversity. Black Lives Matter – but what is the legal industry doing about it? There were protests around the world this […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Baker McKenzie have led on the acquisition of make-up brand Charlotte Tilbury by Spanish fashion group Puig in a transaction that saw Withers and Pinsent Masons also win roles. Freshfields corporate partners Alison Smith and Piers Prichard Jones led for the UK-based makeup company from the magic circle firm. Charlotte Tilbury […]
A real estate team from Irwin Mitchell has defected to Clyde & Co, as the latter looks to expand its practice further in the north. Head of Irwin Mitchell’s Sheffield real estate team Andrew Wallis, fellow real estate partner Kevin Fox and real estate finance partner Dean Gormley will join Clydes. In its Guildford office the […]
Dentons has lost its Madrid managing partner, together with two other partners, to local firm Pérez-Llorca. Jesús Varela was the firm’s managing partner for a little over a year, joining Dentons in 2011. A real estate finance partner, he was also the head of its Spanish real estate practice. Varela had been a partner with […]
Greenberg Traurig has hired the former country president of pharma giant AstraZeneca to help reintroduce employees into its Warsaw office, as lockdown restrictions in Continental Europe start to ease. The local outpost of the US firm has engaged Jarek Oleszczuk, who used to be country president of AstraZeneca for three years, growing the headcount of […]
