Cleary wins top role on £40bn Ray-Ban owner merger
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised French lens maker Essilor on its £40bn merger with Ray-Ban owner Luxottica.
Herbert Smith Freehills becomes second foreign firm to launch in Malaysia
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has secured a qualified foreign law firm (QFLF) licence from Malaysia’s Bar Council, meaning it is set to become just the second foreign firm to establish an office in the country.
Revealed: The European Awards shortlist 2017
After a record number of entries, the shortlist for The Lawyer European Awards 2017 is finally revealed today (16 January).
A&O grows US base with two-partner hire from Cadwalader
Allen & Overy (A&O) has boosted its US base with the hire of Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft partners Gregory Mocek and Anthony Mansfield in Washington DC.
Cleary wins top role on £40bn Ray-Ban owner merger
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has advised French lens maker Essilor on its £40bn merger with Ray-Ban owner Luxottica.
Herbert Smith Freehills becomes second foreign firm to launch in Malaysia
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has secured a qualified foreign law firm (QFLF) licence from Malaysia’s Bar Council, meaning it is set to become just the second foreign firm to establish an office in the country.
Revealed: The European Awards shortlist 2017
After a record number of entries, the shortlist for The Lawyer European Awards 2017 is finally revealed today (16 January).
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US and European firms lead on Bayer’s latest billion-dollar disposal
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has teamed up with German firm Hengeler Mueller on the sale of Bayer’s animal health business for $7.6bn. The two firms advised the purchaser Elanco Animal Health, which sells products to support farmers and pets alike. The Paul Weiss team was led by partner Tarun Stewart and litigation partner […]
Under pressure Arcadia loses legal chief to media group
Arcadia Group’s Michelle Gammon is to leave the company after 11 years, just months after the retail giant secured a high-profile rescue deal. Gammon will be general counsel for Global’s newly-formed outdoor advertising division, which was created following the acquisition of outdoor media owners Primesight and Outdoor Plus last September and transport advertising business Exterion […]
Dentons dubs Warsaw partner its ‘chief mindfulness officer’
Dentons has appointed a ‘chief mindfulness officer’ for Europe in an attempt to develop its lawyers’ emotional intelligence. Warsaw-based partner Karina Furga-Dabrowska has been handed the role as an acknowledgement of her role in the launch of NextMind, Dentons’ wellbeing programme. Furga-Dabrowska has been with the firm since 2006 and is co-head of its tax advisory […]
Dechert partner accused of threatening aviation entrepreneur in hacking claim
US aviation entrepreneur Farhad Azima has filed a counter-claim against Ras al Khaimah (RAK)’s sovereign investment vehicle RAKIA, alleging that it hacked and published his data on the dark web and that he was threatened by a London-based Dechert partner. The partner in question, Neil Gerrard, has been in the spotlight for his involvement in […]
Doughty Street barrister resigns following Twitter ‘harassment’ of colleague
A Doughty Street Chambers barrister has resigned from the set amid allegations that he was connected to a Twitter account that harassed people involved in the Labour antisemitism issue. In a Twitter thread posted by Doughty Street human rights barrister Adam Wagner, it is revealed that his former Doughty Street colleague Daniel Bennett has resigned […]
Skyscanner’s former GC finds new role at Trustpilot
Review website Trustpilot has hired a new chief legal and policy officer from Skyscanner. Carolyn Jameson has joined Trustpilot, founded in Denmark, to oversee its legal and public affairs globally, as well as to ensure that the platform continues to grow. She will report to the company’s founder and CEO Peter Holten Mühlmann and will […]