King & Spalding and One Essex Court join “arms race” against RBS
Lawyers from King & Spalding and One Essex Court have joined the lineup in the £700m trial between Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and property magnate Stuart Wall.
CAT rejects Quinn Emanuel £14bn class action claim against MasterCard
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) will today decide whether the claimants represented by consumer rights activist Walter Merricks CBE in his £14bn dispute against Mastercard over anti-competitive interchange fees can proceed as a class action on behalf of 65 million British citizens.
Freshfields competition partner leaves for pupillage at Brick Court
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer competition partner Jon Lawrence is to pursue a pupillage at Brick Court Chambers.
Unison wins Supreme Court case against ‘unlawful’ employment tribunal fees
Unison has won a four-year battle against the Government, with the Supreme Court ruling today that employment tribunal fees are unlawful.
King & Spalding and One Essex Court join “arms race” against RBS
Lawyers from King & Spalding and One Essex Court have joined the lineup in the £700m trial between Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and property magnate Stuart Wall.
CAT rejects Quinn Emanuel £14bn class action claim against MasterCard
The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) will today decide whether the claimants represented by consumer rights activist Walter Merricks CBE in his £14bn dispute against Mastercard over anti-competitive interchange fees can proceed as a class action on behalf of 65 million British citizens.
Freshfields competition partner leaves for pupillage at Brick Court
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer competition partner Jon Lawrence is to pursue a pupillage at Brick Court Chambers.
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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
In a move that furthers the UK firm’s reach on the West Coast, Taylor Wessing has entered into a non-exclusive joint relationship agreement with California’s Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. The relationship, which is not exclusive, means Taylor Wessing and Wilson Sonsini can support each other on life sciences and tech deals in particular. Some […]
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”.
King & Spalding’s City revenue reaches all-time high after renewed focus on London
After identifying London and New York as key offices for expansion, King & Spalding has revealed that City turnover increased by 12 per cent to over $48m in 2018. King & Spalding’s City figures have been up and down in the last few years, with turnover rising 14 per cent over 2015 only to fall […]