CC, Bakers, Hammonds brought in for Denso pensions buyouts
A trio of UK firms has scored lead roles on the buyout of three Denso Manufacturing Midlands (DMML) pension schemes.
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Dinah Rose QC wins landmark retirement case for Government
Blackstone Chambers’ Dinah Rose QC has won a major victory for the Government that will make it legal for employers to retire employees at the age of 65.
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Pinsents’ legal outsourcing strategy moves up a gear
Pinsent Masons is gearing up to expand its outsourcing initiative with outsourcing company Exigent.
What defines a legal victory?
Oil company Trafigura’s media lawyers at Carter Ruck have been busy issuing libel writs defending the company against allegations relating to a major litigation that it settled last week.
A&O corporate partner becomes Sheriff of London
Allen & Overy (A&O) corporate partner David Wootton has been elected as Sheriff of London.
CC, Bakers, Hammonds brought in for Denso pensions buyouts
A trio of UK firms has scored lead roles on the buyout of three Denso Manufacturing Midlands (DMML) pension schemes.
4
Dinah Rose QC wins landmark retirement case for Government
Blackstone Chambers’ Dinah Rose QC has won a major victory for the Government that will make it legal for employers to retire employees at the age of 65.
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Pinsents’ legal outsourcing strategy moves up a gear
Pinsent Masons is gearing up to expand its outsourcing initiative with outsourcing company Exigent.
What defines a legal victory?
Oil company Trafigura’s media lawyers at Carter Ruck have been busy issuing libel writs defending the company against allegations relating to a major litigation that it settled last week.
On the move
Former Chadbourne & Parke partner Konstantin Konstantov has rejoined the firm after defecting to Dechert’s Moscow office earlier this year.
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Dentons Madrid managing partner exits to Pérez-Llorca
Dentons has lost its Madrid managing partner, together with two other partners, to local firm Pérez-Llorca. Jesús Varela was the firm’s managing partner for a little over a year, joining Dentons in 2011. A real estate finance partner, he was also the head of its Spanish real estate practice. Varela had been a partner with […]
Greenberg enlists former AstraZeneca executive to virus-proof CEE office
Greenberg Traurig has hired the former country president of pharma giant AstraZeneca to help reintroduce employees into its Warsaw office, as lockdown restrictions in Continental Europe start to ease. The local outpost of the US firm has engaged Jarek Oleszczuk, who used to be country president of AstraZeneca for three years, growing the headcount of […]
Post Office appoints new legal director
The Post Office has appointed a new group legal director. Sarah Gray joins the Post Office as legal director, taking over from Sherrill Taggart who had held the role on an interim basis for a year. Gray, who has spent 14 years in-house, was previously head of legal, corporate advisory & head of whistleblowing at […]
Barristers and law firms come together to represent Black Lives Matter protesters
A group of barristers across the country and a number of City firms have signed up to assist individuals arrested at Black Lives Matter protests, which emerged this week following the death of George Floyd. In the midst of a pandemic, the US has found itself at the epicentre of a race row after a […]
Longstanding General Electric GC departs
The general counsel of GE Power has left the company after almost two decades in the in-house legal team of its European division.
HSF’s new CEO: “Global gatherings will be the exception rather than the rule”
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is anticipating a long-term switch to virtual meetings, with the firm’s new CEO expecting online sessions to form a large part of the firm’s ‘new normal’. Justin D’Agostino, who replaced Mark Rigotti in May, has told The Lawyer that he expects all the firm’s leadership teams to continue with virtual working […]