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Since the pandemic, digitisation and remote working have quickly moved to the forefront of the legal industry’s mind. Businesses have successfully adapted to remote working, but the pandemic has left additional challenges, such as how do we retain employees who feel burnt out in an increasingly competitive industry. How do we keep integrating technology to […]
A senior lawyer at Uber has been hired as the new general counsel of holiday and leisure company Bourne Leisure. Helen Hayes trained in private practice at DLA Piper where she practised as an associate in the commercial litigation department for 10 years. She then spent six years climbing the ranks at Uber covering Northern […]
Evelyn Partners has hired Charlotte Davies of Provident Financial Group as its next GC. Having spent three years as group GC and company secretary at Provident, she replaces Evelyn’s current GC Nicola Mitford-Slade who is retiring from the role. Davies will begin her new position on 1 September 2022. Davies trained at magic circle firm […]
Firms including DAC Beachcroft and Gowling WLG have won places on a £40m panel for UK housing association Clarion. A total of 17 firms have been appointed to the roster, which spans a decade until March 2032. As well as DACB and Gowling WLG, other firms to have bagged spots include Capsticks, Penningtons Manches Cooper, […]
The panel spots of 28 firms are up for review as the NHS commences a tender valued at £200m. NHS Shared Business Services (SBS) is putting together a national framework agreement for the provision of legal services. NHS SBS is a joint venture between the Department of Health and French IT services company Sopra Steria […]
Land Securities (Landsec) has reappointed a number of firms to its legal roster, while two outfits have bagged spots for the first time. Firms have been appointed for a five-year term, with the last panel taking place in 2016. It was run by head of legal Alex Peeke, who joined in 2014 from Crown Estate. […]
Private equity house Bridgepoint has reviewed its top panel of legal advisers, with two firms making the cut. The Lawyer understands that Allen & Overy and Latham & Watkins are the two firms to have been appointed to Bridgepoint’s main transactional panel. Bridgepoint, which listed on the London Stock Exchange last year, reviews its key advisers […]
Ben Wulwik joined OakNorth in its early start-up days, over six years ago. Founded by university friends Rishi Khosla and Joel Perlman, OakNorth came about after they realised there was a gap in the market for providing funding to entrepreneurs following the experience they’d had in trying to secure a loan for the first business […]
This month has seen a celebration of South Asian heritage, commemorating and raising awareness for people with their roots in the region. The Lawyer spoke to Shika Soni and Krishna Raman as part of South Asian Heritage Month to discuss their experiences and advice as in-house lawyers of South Asian descent. Soni is assistant general […]
When Nicholas Golding joined Pandora as UK legal head in August 2018, the Copenhagen-headquartered retailer was at the start of a two-year turnaround strategy which that would overhaul its operational structure. Having become the world’s largest jewellery retailer, Pandora was to now focus on profitability. “Pandora particularly attracted me because of the brand and the […]
From a tiny room in a shared space in Canary Wharf to being labelled the most valuable UK tech startup at the time, Revolut is a success story. This is all down to the hard work behind the scenes of transforming this startup into a high-profile fintech bank. Joining from Herbert Smith Freehills, Tom Hambrett […]
The Missguided app features on many women’s home screens as another fast fashion app to scroll through prior to an important event, party or date. After 18 months of having no general counsel and only using interim options, Missguided hired Phil Clancy in 2019. “It was just too good an opportunity to turn down. I always […]
Seen from the motorway, the warehouses are sheds of a graduated blue. John Lewis, River Island, Amazon are some of the names on the walls. They are all assets operated by logistics company GLP Europe; its general counsel, Rachel Walker, is on a quest to see them one by one. “I have been in most […]
Following the killing of George Floyd, Paul Hastings initiated firmwide conversations about racial inequality and discrimination.
Due diligence loses law firms money. It is a disparate process, with many people involved, all feeding into an overarching report. It takes a huge amount of time to collect and collate the information, with large cost implications. However, creating a process where the right data is delivered in the right way requires serious planning. […]
In March 2020 1 King’s Bench Walk Chambers (1KBW) had to suspend its mini pupillage programme due to the government-imposed lockdown. The family courts closed and conducted hearings by telephone and video conference. In the months that followed it became very difficult for the next generation of family lawyers to obtain work experience and get […]
Despite regulators and competition authorities becoming more sophisticated with their ability to detect and investigate anti-competitive behaviour, DLA Piper legal director Ilan Sherr says historically the firm’s clients had struggled to pinpoint cartel risks within their organisations. Working with Australian partner Simon Uthmeyer and US partner Lisa Tenorio-Kutzkey, Sherr developed and delivered Aiscension, an artificial […]
Are you still manually tracking your legal holds with spreadsheets, emails and notices written from scratch? To boost accuracy, efficiency and compliance, you might want to consider automating your legal hold process.
The Government has published its long-awaited consultation on the regulation of buy-now pay-later (BNPL), following the Woolard Review earlier this year. In summary, the Government says it is committed to introducing balanced and proportionate regulation of BNPL. The consultation, which is open until 6 January 2022, seeks views to inform final decisions about how that regulation should take shape.
When your tech company is scaling-up, your legal strategy needs to keep pace. This is true all around the globe for companies of all sizes, whether going from small to medium or medium to large, in order to maintain a scalable, high-growth operation for years to come.
Hot off the press, the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy are today introducing a new Code of Practice, and a draft Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Bill.
Global business is increasingly familiar with the prospect of short-notice public investigatory attention, whether from regulators, law enforcement, political forces or as a consequence of sanctions, and this can – in in some cases – devastate individual and corporate reputation.
Despite the fact that the threat of an investigation alone can be enough to paralyse a business, early warning signs are often missed and businesses can mistake an investigation risk for a reputation risk. Those who handle serious issues well are able to triage the issue at an early stage and identify its potential impact, […]
Analysis of recent fines suggests that environmental prosecutions are resulting in more substantial fines, especially for ‘very large organisations’.
On September 22, 2021, the Quebec government adopted Bill 64, An Act to modernize legislative provisions as regards the protection of personal information, enacting significant changes to the requirements governing the use and protection of personal information under various statutes, including notably the Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector and the Act respecting Access to documents held by public bodies and the Protection of personal information.
The Data Protection Authority in Hungary (Nemzeti Adatvédelmi és Információszabadság Hatóság), recently published its annual report which included details of a fine of €670,000 (HUF 250,000,000) being imposed on a bank. To date, this fine is the highest imposed by the Hungarian Authority.
Environmental, social and governance factors (ESG) alongside sustainability are hot topics in business right now. Employees are increasingly scrutinising what employers are doing to promote sustainability, not least in the benefits they offer.
In this podcast, Gowling joins leading global infrastructure and renewables market analysts Inspiratia to discuss innovation in the UK power purchase agreement (PPA) market, and whether the prices we see today are transitionary and if so, how PPAs can make such prices sustainable and meet the ever-changing needs of both offtakers and sellers.
Angolan Central Bank (Banco Nacional de Angola) Notice no. 9/22 of 6 April was recently published to establish special schemes for mortgage credit and construction credit.
Ferry company P&O hit the headlines last month when it made 800 workers redundant via an online video call and with almost no notice.
The European Commission has proposed a Unitary SPC and/or a unified procedure for granting national Supplementary Protection Certificates (SPCs) in the EU, which if adopted, will materially change the SPC regime in Europe. The current mechanism for applying for an SPC is decentralised, and national SPCs must be applied for in each EU Member State.
A summary of the key takeaways from a recent webinar on reducing scope 3 investment-related emissions.
Merck Sharp & Dohme brought an appeal to the Supreme Court (Court) following its unsuccessful appeal to the Court of Appeal against the High Court’s finding that its supplementary protection certificate (SPC) for its cholesterol-reducing combination product, Inegy, was invalid under Articles 3(a) and 3(c) of Regulation No 469/2009 (SPC Regulation).
This free to watch webinar is part of The Lawyer’s Smarter Working Week event in association with Thomson Reuters taking place between 21st and 24th of March 2022.
This free to watch webinar is part of The Lawyer’s Smarter Working Week event in association with Thomson Reuters taking place between 21st and 24th of March 2022.
This free to watch webinar is part of The Lawyer’s Smarter Working Week event in association with Thomson Reuters taking place between 21st and 24th of March 2022.
This free to watch webinar is part of The Lawyer’s Smarter Working Week event in association with Thomson Reuters taking place between 21st and 24th of March 2022.
Self-service is something many in-house legal departments would like to implement but has anyone found the recipe for success? Whilst implementing self-service can present challenges, it can yield great results. This session will look at how in-house legal departments can approach self-service, how to determine whether it’s the right solution for them, and ways to […]
