Hot 100 alumni: Cathy Pitt, head of funds, CMS
Cathy Pitt is building CMS’ strength in the ever-changing world of funds
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In-house interview: Ngozi Okonkwo, chief legal officer, Oando
Negotiating billion-dollar acquisitions through a raft of Nigerian oil and gas laws and facilitating energy solutions in the face of $30 oil are par for the course for Oando’s Ngozi Okonkwo
Moves: 21 March 2016
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Clifford Chance competition partner Alastair Mordaunt
Is boycotting Israel anti-Semitic?
On 17 February 2016 the UK Government issued guidance making it clear that procurement boycotts by public authorities are inappropriate. The guidance was expressly targeting those “town halls” who the Government described as “poisoning and polarising debate” as well as “fuelling anti-Semitism”. The Government’s response to the “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions” (BDS) movement, which […]
Africa Elite 2016: Vinson & Elkins leads energy deal rankings
International law firms have been flocking to Africa in the past few years, with the continent’s growth potential coupled with tougher trading conditions elsewhere in the world spurring them on.
LMI analysis: Centrica
Utility giant has turned to UK, US and Canadian firms as it extends its influence around the world
In-house interview: Rupert Rowland-Clark, Tullow Oil
Oil company Tullow has felt the full impact of the oil price crash but with a major Ghanaian find due to come onstream, group GC Rupert Rowland-Clark is quietly confident about the future
Brexit: lessons from Scotland
Experience shows that it is important for lawyers to engage with the referendum process
An Africa office is no magic door to deals
Having a presence in Africa has not necessarily been of benefit when it comes to acting on the profusion of energy and power deals that have taken place across the continent in the past 10 years