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
2
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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BCLP grabs two more partners from Paris boutique
The ever-expanding Paris office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has hired yet more lawyers from a boutique French firm, this time adding in employment and antitrust. The lawyers all join from Franklin; they are antitrust partner Julie Catala Marty, employment partner Claire Fougea and employment of counsel Marion Brière Ségala, who joins BCLP as […]
King & Spalding loses QC to Wilberforce
Wilberforce Chambers has secured the services of a high-profile silk from private practice, with Stuart Isaacs QC joining the set from King & Spalding. After a five-year stint as a partner in the global disputes team at King & Spalding, the commercial specialist will now resume his practice at the Bar. Isaacs is the second […]
The speed read: junior concerns; restructuring booms; and NRF rolls back the years
This week saw Norton Rose Fulbright revive its Flex scheme of 2009/10, while junior barristers voiced concerns over their livelihoods. Here are the key takeaways. Norton Rose Fulbright rolls back the years As we’ll no doubt be reminding people a lot in the coming weeks, the firm that probably came out best reputation-wise from the […]
Ely Place Chambers to close its doors for good after two decades
Ely Place Chambers is to cease operations from the end of July, as the Bar as a whole faces economic upheaval during the coronavirus pandemic. The set will not continue “in its present form” from the summer, at which point some members are expected to move to new homes. Others are “investigating creating a new […]
Forsters lures 10-lawyer real estate team from Orrick
A ten-lawyer real estate team, led by partner Anne O’Neill, is to leave Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe’s London office for West End firm Forsters. O’Neill joined Orrick in 2005 from the now-dissolved Coudert Brothers, and was one of eight of its London partners to move in one go. She led Orrick’s UK real estate practice […]
Balfour Beatty GC resurfaces at Aldermore Bank
Former Balfour Beatty general counsel Jonathan Lagan has landed in the top legal role at Aldermore Bank. Lagan joins the FTSE 250 bank after a short spell at the construction giant. At Aldermore, Lagan will be responsible for all legal issues and risk including leading the legal and company secretarial teams, and will work with […]