In house interview: Jess Hyde, LateRooms
As LateRooms’ first and practically only in-houser, Jess Hyde knows the business inside out
In house interview: Sean Roberts, GSK Consumer Healthcare
After working on the pharma side for 18 years, Sean Roberts switched to consumer health at the new GSK-Novartis combo, where ethics and compliance have thrown him some curve balls
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BT GC in housing association switch
BT Retail general counsel Gordon Moir has left the company after 10 years to join the Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) as company secretary.
In-house interview: Camellia’s GC on the company’s global challenges
Camellia general counsel Amarpal Takk explains why building gradual links with global communities holds the key to growth
Central and Eastern Europe: supporting a new phase of growth
Availability of financing, the rush to digitalisation and growth of renewables all ensure that the region will keep on growing in 2020
Dib, Dib, Dib and all that… Dispute resolution clauses
So maybe entering into a commercial contract is not entirely like being a scout but their motto of ‘be prepared’ is certainly applicable. Here are a few tips…
In house interview: Jess Hyde, LateRooms
As LateRooms’ first and practically only in-houser, Jess Hyde knows the business inside out
In house interview: Sean Roberts, GSK Consumer Healthcare
After working on the pharma side for 18 years, Sean Roberts switched to consumer health at the new GSK-Novartis combo, where ethics and compliance have thrown him some curve balls
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BT GC in housing association switch
BT Retail general counsel Gordon Moir has left the company after 10 years to join the Glasgow Housing Association (GHA) as company secretary.
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Disarray: The story behind the Davenport Lyons “reverse takeover” by Gordon Dadds
As Davenport Lyons enters administration, The Lawyer relates its final days. The mood at Davenport Lyons is as low as it could be. Staff were told the firm was going into administration last Friday (25 April). That day those offered a job – mostly partners – were called one by one into a meeting with […]
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£30m isn’t enough to get you into the Premier League
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Meghan Markle’s opponents have a busy year
Fans of celebrity showdowns will be denied their thrills this year following the Duchess of Sussex’s successful application for summary judgment against Associated Newspapers, but the Daily Mail’s favourite law firm still has a full pipeline for 2021. Over the last few years RPC partner Keith Mathieson has also fastened his grip on defence work […]
UK firms are flashing the cash
UK law firms are starting to pay back employees’ salaries as the economy recovers.
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The decline and fall of the legal secretary
Law firms can either invest in upskilling the secretarial work force. Or they can axe them.
US firms’ booming financials could be better
US firms are not converting all their hard work into profits.
Gibson Dunn at the helm for Trustpilot IPO
Review platform Trustpilot is planning to list on the London Stock Exchange, as the IPO market starts to pick up in the City. Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is advising the company on aspects of English and US law. The firm’s team is being led by partners Chris Haynes and US-qualified Steve Thierbach. Morgan Stanley and […]
Quinn expands in London with Boies Schiller partner
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s City office has made its second lateral hire in a month, recruiting this time from Boies Schiller Flexner. The firm has recruited Dominic Roughton from its US disputes rival to boost its London ranks. Roughton departs after four years at Boies Schiller. He was hired by the firm’s London outpost […]
Squires energy partner leaves for K&L Gates
K&L Gates has brought in an energy disputes partner from Squire Patton Boggs (SPB). Ben Holland arrives at K&L Gates as the first hire it has made in London in nearly a year. Holland joined SPB in 2014 as its first lateral hire in London after the Squire Sanders and Patton Boggs union. He had […]
A&O wades into LA with Akin Gump team hire
Allen & Overy has launched an office in Los Angeles, following in the footsteps of magic circle rival Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer which opened in the region last year. The magic circle firm has hired 19 lawyers from Akin Gump’s project finance and renewables practices across Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC, co-led by partners […]
DLA Piper loses Dutch IP team to NautaDutilh
DLA Piper’s head of IP and technology in the Netherlands, Joris Willems, has left the firm for Dutch independent NautaDutilh with a team of three lawyers. In the latest team move in Amsterdam, IT law specialist Willems has become a partner of Amsterdam-headquartered NautaDutilh and will lead its technology group. His move comes following a […]
Milbank adds second lateral of 2021 with Shearman hire
Shearman & Sterling’s head of EMEA capital markets is leaving the firm for Milbank, three years after former colleague Apostolos Gkoutzinis made the same move. Partner David Dixter is joining the US firm’s London office, after a decade at Shearman. Prior to that he was an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in both […]
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