City lawyers plan for Brexit: “Blink and it will be 2018”
Following the official triggering of Article 50 this morning, law firms have begun to bulk up their Brexit taskforces and prepare for two years of unprecedented change.
Asia moves: 28 March 2017
Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, Morgan Lewis and Squire Patton Boggs among a flurry of firms to have made lateral hires in Singapore. Australia Ashurst has added a third new partner to its Australian M&A practice since 2017. The firm has hired corporate partner Nigel Deed from Norton Rose Fulbright’s Sydney office, where his practice focused […]
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Time to get over Brexit and do some work
We need to adapt to change and develop our practices to meet the needs of a fast changing world. We lawyers are a conservative lot, but it’s time to get with the new agenda.
Exclusive: Fried Frank reveals London leadership changes as White retires
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson London head Graham White is to retire from private practice, handing over the City reins to former Kirkland colleague Mark Mifsud.
City lawyers plan for Brexit: “Blink and it will be 2018”
Following the official triggering of Article 50 this morning, law firms have begun to bulk up their Brexit taskforces and prepare for two years of unprecedented change.
Asia moves: 28 March 2017
Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, Morgan Lewis and Squire Patton Boggs among a flurry of firms to have made lateral hires in Singapore. Australia Ashurst has added a third new partner to its Australian M&A practice since 2017. The firm has hired corporate partner Nigel Deed from Norton Rose Fulbright’s Sydney office, where his practice focused […]
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Time to get over Brexit and do some work
We need to adapt to change and develop our practices to meet the needs of a fast changing world. We lawyers are a conservative lot, but it’s time to get with the new agenda.
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Debevoise secures billion-pound settlement for mining company
Debevoise & Plimpton has secured a billion-pound award for a mining company in an arbitration against the Islamic Republic of Pakistan in the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID). Tethyan Copper Company (TCC), a joint venture between Antofagasta and Barrick Gold Corporation, filed claims against Pakistan for its denial of a mining lease […]
Latham names new Madrid leader following death of Picón
A former partner of DLA Piper has been appointed as the new head of Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office, following the passing of Juan Picón last month. Ignacio Gómez-Sancha, who joined Latham as a corporate partner in the Spanish capital’s office in early 2018, will take on the managing role effective immediately. Prior to that, […]
Cooley’s City office poised for move into new HQ
Cooley has laid out plans to move into new office space at TwentyTwo Bishopsgate next summer, confirming a decision made at the end of last year. Around Q3 of next year – between July and September – its 200 employees will occupy a 75,000-square-foot space spread across three floors. The move means the firm will […]
Elevate acquisition pays off in deal with magic circle firm
Clifford Chance has adopted one of the platforms acquired by provider Elevate over the past year to support scientists working in the firm’s legal tech hub. The firm has chosen LexPredict’s Contraxsuite, an open-source contract analytics and legal document platform which last November was acquired by provider Elevate. The tool will be used by around 10 members […]
Blackstone veteran leaves magic circle set for new role
Commercial silk Hugo Page QC has left Blackstone Chambers in a rare move away from the set to join Enterprise Chambers’ London office. Page was called to the Bar in 1978 and took silk in 2002. He is a commercial litigator, who has covered various types of commercial disputes, acting for claimants in cases against […]
Weil Gotshal’s Warsaw pull-out expected later this year
The Warsaw office of Weil Gotshal & Manges is set to drop the US firm’s brand later this year following a strategic review of its operations in the CEE region, The Lawyer understands. It is understood that the contracts of lawyers in the Warsaw office have been reviewed and that in about six months’ time […]