In China the proposed merger of Jun He and Zhong Lun is being described as a deal that “has never been done before”. Indeed, previous mergers between Chinese firms occur mostly among mid-tier firms, such as the deal between Shanghai-based Boss & Young and JoinWay earlier this year (21 January 2014). Another main form of […]
According to Francois Barker, head of pensions at Eversheds, the increased flexibility of new UK pensions changes announced in the 2014 Budget may not be available to all. He said: ‘These are the first steps in the government’s overhaul of the way we can access our pension savings and are changes that have come about […]
Energy, waste and renewables lawyers from Walker Morris have advised Augean on the disposal of parts of its former Waste Network division, the proposed closure of which was announced in September 2013. Augean will retain certain assets to form a new business — Augean Integrated Services based at Cannock. Of the remaining businesses of the division, […]
The April year end is almost here, and a law firm leader’s thoughts turn to financial reporting. And fish. Olswang’s chief executive David Stewart is on familiar territory. Not just talking about his firm’s performance, a topic he also addressed at the half-year stage when the firm’s six-month revenue rose by 15 per cent to […]
In China the proposed merger of Jun He and Zhong Lun is being described as a deal that “has never been done before”. Indeed, previous mergers between Chinese firms occur mostly among mid-tier firms, such as the deal between Shanghai-based Boss & Young and JoinWay earlier this year (21 January 2014). Another main form of […]
According to Francois Barker, head of pensions at Eversheds, the increased flexibility of new UK pensions changes announced in the 2014 Budget may not be available to all. He said: ‘These are the first steps in the government’s overhaul of the way we can access our pension savings and are changes that have come about […]
Energy, waste and renewables lawyers from Walker Morris have advised Augean on the disposal of parts of its former Waste Network division, the proposed closure of which was announced in September 2013. Augean will retain certain assets to form a new business — Augean Integrated Services based at Cannock. Of the remaining businesses of the division, […]
The April year end is almost here, and a law firm leader’s thoughts turn to financial reporting. And fish. Olswang’s chief executive David Stewart is on familiar territory. Not just talking about his firm’s performance, a topic he also addressed at the half-year stage when the firm’s six-month revenue rose by 15 per cent to […]
Our enormous briefings library is the best place to go to if you want up-to-the-minute summaries of latest legal developments. Here are some of the latest, from Mills & Reeve, Shoosmiths, NCTM, DLA Piper and Nabarro Mills & Reeve: High Speed 2 — the journey has started Shoosmiths: Advance Payments Code NCTM: Cultural heritage in […]
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CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Addleshaw Goddard are among the four firms that have been added to Scottish Enterprise’s new £8.7m panel. The public body has appointed Scottish firms Brodies and Burness Paull to the panel, as well as CMS and Addleshaws. Shepherd and Wedderburn, which was on the former panel running from 2016 […]
Taylor Wessing is advising pharma giant Pfizer on aspects around the rollout of its Covid-19 vaccine across Europe, The Lawyer understands. The firm is understood to be counselling the company on patent issues arising from the unprecedentedly large-scale distribution of the vaccine it developed in conjunction with German biotech company BioNTech. It is understood that […]
DWF has made up six new partners, in cities such as Manchester and Bristol, while London has missed out for the second year in a row. While there were no London partner promotions, the office did see director elevations. The promotions mostly concern the firm’s insurance and real estate practices. Of the new partners, professional […]
