Defamation and reputation management
Collyer Bristow LLP is a leader in the field of reputation management. We have a team of specialist lawyers whose collective experience covers some of the most ground-breaking and eye-catching cases.
Senior investigative patent attorney from US ITC joins Allen & Overy’s IP practice
Allen & Overy has announced that Matthew Bathon, an intellectual property (IP) lawyer specialising in litigating section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission (ITC), has joined the firm’s global intellectual property practice as senior counsel in the Washington DC office. He joins Allen & Overy from the ITC, where he served as a senior investigative attorney in […]
Industrial disease firm Roberts Jackson receives £15m private equity injection
Cheshire-based industrial disease specialists Roberts Jackson has received a £15m cash injection from private equity firm NorthEdge Capital. On 30 May the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) granted Roberts Jackson an alternative business structure (ABS) licence. The ABS came into effect on 17 July enabling the private firm not only to invest in the business but […]
Freshfields takes the lead as Liberty Global continues telecoms charge
What with the IPO market taking flight, and a couple of massive pharma deals hogging the spotlight, it’d be easy to forget that for many companies it’s business as usual. In the world of telecommunications, Liberty Global is continuing its gradual march across Europe. Having already hoovered up the likes of Dutch cable company Ziggo […]
DLA Piper and the shrinking Asia partnership
Defamation and reputation management
Collyer Bristow LLP is a leader in the field of reputation management. We have a team of specialist lawyers whose collective experience covers some of the most ground-breaking and eye-catching cases.
Senior investigative patent attorney from US ITC joins Allen & Overy’s IP practice
Allen & Overy has announced that Matthew Bathon, an intellectual property (IP) lawyer specialising in litigating section 337 investigations before the US International Trade Commission (ITC), has joined the firm’s global intellectual property practice as senior counsel in the Washington DC office. He joins Allen & Overy from the ITC, where he served as a senior investigative attorney in […]
Industrial disease firm Roberts Jackson receives £15m private equity injection
Cheshire-based industrial disease specialists Roberts Jackson has received a £15m cash injection from private equity firm NorthEdge Capital. On 30 May the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) granted Roberts Jackson an alternative business structure (ABS) licence. The ABS came into effect on 17 July enabling the private firm not only to invest in the business but […]
Freshfields takes the lead as Liberty Global continues telecoms charge
What with the IPO market taking flight, and a couple of massive pharma deals hogging the spotlight, it’d be easy to forget that for many companies it’s business as usual. In the world of telecommunications, Liberty Global is continuing its gradual march across Europe. Having already hoovered up the likes of Dutch cable company Ziggo […]
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From Cobbetts to Cosmopolitans: law firms are ‘like cocktails’, claims brand research
What do Slater & Gordon and Tom Cruise have in common? Both make people think of Long Island Ice Teas, according to brand consultancy Intangible Business. The consultancy asked focus groups of law firm clients to compare recent mergers with well-known cocktails in a bid to assess their perception of brand new law firm brands. […]
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New Law momentum continues as Axiom gears up for IPO
Flexible legal resources provider Axiom has filed for an IPO after several years of deliberation, in a bid to obtain extra investment for further expansion. The provider has submitted a draft registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission in New York, but the filing did not disclose a range for the pricing of shares or […]
CMS’s tech incubator goes global in push for more start-up members
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has expanded the reach of its in-house startup accelerator to about 20 countries, expecting to engage 150 startups worldwide by the end of the year. The programme, dubbed CMS EquIP, provides startups and businesses at various stages of development access to potential investors and discounted legal support from the firm’s fee-earners. […]
Cadwalader to join Freshfields and Paul Hastings in new City HQ
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is to move from its City home in Dashwood House to 100 Bishopsgate when the building is completed. The firm’s London head Greg Petrick has set out a gauntlet for growth, with the US firm taking enough space for 120 lawyers in the new building. The London headcount is currently at […]
DWF grabs mandate on Flybmi’s collapse
Flybmi has become the latest airline to enter into administration, with the company citing Brexit uncertainty as one of the main reasons for its collapse. DWF is acting for the administrators BDO, with a team led by Leeds-based associate partner Matthew Brown. The airline cancelled all flights over the weekend with immediate effect. DWF is understood to […]
Taylor Wessing rules out merger talk as firm seals West Coast alliance
Furthering its reach on the West Coast, Taylor Wessing has entered into a non-exclusive joint relationship with California’s Wilson Sonsini.
Linklaters’ former CMO to destroy documents in swift end to injunction saga
Former Linklaters marketing head Frank Mellish has agreed to destroy documents shared between him and the firm, in relation to matters he said would expose “the ongoing struggle [the firm] has with women in the workplace”.