The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has asked a number of law firms to carry out a review of whether they are linked to the law firm at the centre of the Panama Papers data leak, The Lawyer can reveal. Firms that have received the SRA letter are understood to include Simmons & Simmons, Holman Fenwick Willan […]
Departing Liberty director Shami Chakrabarti is to return to the bar, rejoining her former set 39 Essex Chambers as a door tenant, The Lawyer can reveal.
Doughty Street barrister Martha Spurrier has been named the next director of human rights campaign group Liberty, succeeding Shami Chakrabarti.
The former head of legacy Hammonds’ Brussels offices, Konstantinos Adamantopoulos, has been found guilty of dishonesty after charging the cost of family holidays to clients. In a Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) judgment published recently, Adamantopoulos was banned from working for or having an interest in any solicitors’ practice or any body recognised by the Solicitors […]
Hogan Lovells has hired four partners in Sydney, its first major expansion since launching in Australia with a two-partner team last July.
Nomura is gearing up to review its seven-firm legal panel in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), with the bank understood to have asked a number of US firms to pitch for spots.
Accountancy giant Grant Thornton has instructed Clyde & Co to defend a £38m auditor’s negligence claim brought by fire rescue equipment business AssetCo. The claimant alleges Grant Thornton breached its duties and was negligent in its planning and conduct of a company-wide audit in 2009 and 2010. AssetCo, which owns London’s fleet of fire engines, […]
All the latest partner hires and other appointments within Continental European firms and offices.
Weightmans has promoted a trio of lawyers to the firm’s partnership, all based in the firm’s Liverpool head office. The promotions were made across three separate practice areas. Sarah Conroy was made up within the commercial disputes resolution team, while Chris Grady and Liam McGuire are being made up within the firm’s real estate and motor […]
Adrian Beltrami QC has pulled out of a planned move to One Essex Court, instead opting to remain at his current chambers, 3 Verulam Buildings (3VB).
Which firm is the UK’s best managed? The short answer is that it’s impossible to say definitively. Too many factors contribute to any large organisation’s overall quality for a meaningful assertion to be made from merely a handful of indicators.
Lloyds Bank has restructured its legal team for the second time in a year, leading to job losses for junior lawyers at its London headquarters.