Birds of a feather…
Pity poor John Pheasant. Who, you ask? How quickly the stars of yester-year are consigned to the black hole of oblivion (also known as Hogan & Hartson).
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Pity poor John Pheasant. Who, you ask? How quickly the stars of yester-year are consigned to the black hole of oblivion (also known as Hogan & Hartson).
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has re-shuffled its corporate leadership following the appointment of Ed Braham as global head of corporate in July.
Many sets have been ploughing investment into new management structures over the past 12 months, with some bringing in chief executives to steer them through the implementation of the Legal Services Act.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking for a single firm to advise it on employment and HR issues.
US-style class actions have been avoided… for the time being, says Kit Chellel
In this article, Nicholas Kuria discusses some of the most glaringly misguided notions relating to the use of offshore jurisdictions, with a focus on the British Virgin Islands.
In the UK’s first ever ‘Tax Day’ on 23 March 2021, the government released more than 30 consultation documents relating to the future landscape of the UK tax regime. Whilst these documents scrutinised how taxes should be paid, opportunities for simplification and the potential of digitalisation, it was tackling non-compliance which was firmly in the spotlight once again. Tax & estate planning Partner, James Austen, gives his opinion on the proposed measures.
In recent weeks, news of the JES Global Capital fraud committed by fund manager Elliot Smerling has come to light. Unfortunately, we live in world where fraud, much like death and taxes, is inevitable.
HM Treasury publishes report of UK Listing Review, FCA issues fine for market manipulation and more March news.
Effective February 1st, 2021, the Home Construction Regulatory Authority began licensing and regulating builders and vendors as designated under the New Home Construction Licensing Act, 2017.
Pity poor John Pheasant. Who, you ask? How quickly the stars of yester-year are consigned to the black hole of oblivion (also known as Hogan & Hartson).
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has re-shuffled its corporate leadership following the appointment of Ed Braham as global head of corporate in July.
Many sets have been ploughing investment into new management structures over the past 12 months, with some bringing in chief executives to steer them through the implementation of the Legal Services Act.
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is looking for a single firm to advise it on employment and HR issues.
Offshore lawyers are used to their business focus being the butt of criticism and boldly dismiss this as political rhetoric.
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Charles Russell Speechlys has finalised an approach to the reopening of its UK offices, as it eyes a wider repopulation in September. The UK firm will gradually reopen the premises during the summer as part of the first phase of the plan. In September, the firm will kick off a six-month pilot to try out […]
Hive Energy has appointed a CMS lawyer as its inaugural general counsel. Alex Lane joins the solar energy business after four years as an associate at CMS. As a property lawyer in the firm, he advised companies in the energy sector in relation to their acquisition of land rights for solar farms, wind farms and […]
White & Case has hired two partners from Shearman & Sterling, as it rebuilds its London ranks following a recent steady flow of defections. The US firm has taken on partners Tim Sheddick and Katie Hicks, who have spent little more than two years at Shearman. Sheddick is a partner in the project development and […]
CMS has made up 52 lawyers to partner worldwide, its largest-ever promotions round. The firm has promoted 52 partners globally, spanning 22 offices of which the UK accounted for 44 per cent of the total. In the UK, 23 new partners were made up. Of the London partners, energy lawyer Dalia Majumder-Russell joined from Clyde […]
Associates in the London office of Kirkland & Ellis are seeing expectations around their target hours spike considerably, The Lawyer has learned, as a result of rising workloads. Sources said junior lawyers at the US firm have seen their targets skyrocket. Over the past few months, they have risen from the bonus threshold of 2,000 […]
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