Property
Nabarro Nathanson advised German open-ended fund WestInvest on the £29.3m purchase of a building let to the Department of Trade and Industry, 10-18 Victoria Street, London SW1.
Nabarro Nathanson advised German open-ended fund WestInvest on the £29.3m purchase of a building let to the Department of Trade and Industry, 10-18 Victoria Street, London SW1.
MICHAEL Kalisher QC has been described by his successor as head of chambers at 1 Hare Court as “among the most effective jury advocates of his generation”. Kalisher died of a brain tumour in September, aged 55. A memorial service is planned later this year for the former chairman of the Criminal Bar Association, and […]
Improvements in the rights of residential long leaseholders are made by the Housing Act 1996, which received Royal Assent on 24 July. Freeholders can no longer be be heavy-handed when lessees dispute a service charge. Since 24 September a freeholder cannot forfeit for non-payment of a service charge unless the charge is agreed by the […]
The Warsaw office of McKenna & Co has poached five lawyers, including one partner, from neighbouring firm Nabarro Nathanson, in a move reflecting the current scramble for the best foreign lawyers in Poland. The departure of partner Stephen Shone and his team of four leaves Nabarros without any real estate specialists and reduces its number […]
The mammoth Russian aircraft claims are set to continue in England and Wales after today’s High Court judgment dismissed defendants’ applications to have the dispute heard in Russia. The Russian aviation claims are one of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024, seeing aircraft lessors take on their insurers for vessels trapped in Russia since […]
Travers Smith has been hit by a data subject access request (DSAR) from former UKIP leader Nigel Farage following the firm’s review into the controversial closure of the politician’s bank accounts at Coutts. In July last year, NatWest brought Travers in to investigate Coutts’ accounts closure policies after Farage’s accounts with the bank’s wealth management arm […]
The new episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now! Grabbing the attention of aspiring solicitors and spectators alike, criticism of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination has torn through the media over the weeks following the most recent set of results. From City firms dropping training contracts from offer holders after failing on their first attempt, […]
Welcome to your weekly edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. Yesterday marked the last day of the Hilary Court term, so in this final edition of The Hearing before we take next week off, we take a look at the Supreme Court decision that has come as a relief […]
Trowers & Hamlins has become the latest firm to offer an innovation seat to its trainees as a part of its training contract. From the beginning of April, trainees at Trowers will have the option to sit in the innovation team and develop their competency in legal tech. Trowers’ training contract is divided into four […]
This report contains: an overview of the history of UK and US firm in Russia an analysis of the opportunities, challenges and litigation brought on by sanctions regimes a summary of the firms acting in Russian litigation in London
This report contains: an analysis of 15 UK firms’ cash flow management and lock-up trends over the past five years lock-up correlated with profitability to demonstrate the impact of strong financial management for firms’ bottom line details on the adoption of technology by firms to make their financial management more efficient
This report contains: an overview of the international strategies of the Iberian firms in The Lawyer‘s European 100 an analysis of the expansion strategies of Spanish and Portuguese-heritage firms in key jurisdictions outside of Iberia
This report contains: an analysis of the Scottish legal market as a whole, covering key locations and sectors the challenges and opportunities of doing business in the country analysis of the Scottish independent firms’ efficiency
This report contains: a look at the profitability and growth of Quinn Emanuel’s London office since its opening in 2008 an analysis of Quinn’s bench strength and how it weighs up against competitors an overview of Quinn’s practice in London
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How many trainees does it take to build a law firm? We welcome your suggestions for punchlines on that one (winner gets published in a future Horizon). But if one was inclined to think of a serious answer, one would naturally say that the larger the firm, the more graduates you need. After all, big […]
In the lower echelons of The Lawyer UK200, some firms are contending with major succession issues that could mean there is little option to find a merger deal whatever the cost. Growth is increasingly hard to come by for the Independent firms (ranked 101-200), but that doesn’t mean it’s all doom and gloom. Analysis by […]
The mammoth Russian aircraft claims are set to continue in England and Wales after today’s High Court judgment dismissed defendants’ applications to have the dispute heard in Russia. The Russian aviation claims are one of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024, seeing aircraft lessors take on their insurers for vessels trapped in Russia since […]
Travers Smith has been hit by a data subject access request (DSAR) from former UKIP leader Nigel Farage following the firm’s review into the controversial closure of the politician’s bank accounts at Coutts. In July last year, NatWest brought Travers in to investigate Coutts’ accounts closure policies after Farage’s accounts with the bank’s wealth management arm […]
The new episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now! Grabbing the attention of aspiring solicitors and spectators alike, criticism of the Solicitors Qualifying Examination has torn through the media over the weeks following the most recent set of results. From City firms dropping training contracts from offer holders after failing on their first attempt, […]
Welcome to your weekly edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. Yesterday marked the last day of the Hilary Court term, so in this final edition of The Hearing before we take next week off, we take a look at the Supreme Court decision that has come as a relief […]
Trowers & Hamlins has become the latest firm to offer an innovation seat to its trainees as a part of its training contract. From the beginning of April, trainees at Trowers will have the option to sit in the innovation team and develop their competency in legal tech. Trowers’ training contract is divided into four […]
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