Brussels-based Rowe & Maw partner Simon Baxter, 4 Raymond Buildings barrister Christopher Vajda, and Melanie Farquharson of Simmons & Simmons are among the speakers lined up to address a two-day conference on European and US competition law aimed at in-house lawyers. The conference, to be held at London's Berners Hotel on 6 to 7 March, will include presentations from the Federal Trade Commission, the Office of Fair Trading, the European Commission and competition lawyers from the US, the UK and Brussels. For further information phone 0171 824 8257.
Law firms cash in on investment
Law firms are now handling more than £1 billion pounds worth of investment management business, according to research carried out by the Association of Solicitors in Investment Management (Asim). The figures, due to be released on 16 January at the launch of Asim’s directory, reveal a 50 per cent increase on last year’s figures. This […]