Clifford Chance corporate assistant Guy Norman has been seconded to the Takeover Panel as a joint secretary for two years. He is the third member of the panel's law team – a Herbert Smith and a Linklaters & Paines secondee are already on it. The panel chooses from City law firms in rotation.
Colin Joseph on how litigators can offer alternatives to litigation
We hear much nowadays of alternative dispute resolution. It is normally assumed that this involves the intervention of an outside party, such as a mediator, to facilitate a successful outcome. Certainly litigators should be flexible enough to apply these methods where appropriate. But they must also be prepared to use their own imagination and negotiating […]
