Revealed: The Lawyer Hot 100 for 2020
The Hot 100, in association with AlixPartners and Saunderson House, gathers together the profession’s brightest stars of 2020.
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The Hot 100, in association with AlixPartners and Saunderson House, gathers together the profession’s brightest stars of 2020.
Clifford Chance has hired its first City lateral of the year, bringing in a financial regulatory partner from Macfarlanes. The magic circle firm has hired London partner Paul Ellison, who will join the firm in May to focus on funds-related work. Ellison has been a financial regulatory partner at Macfarlanes for more than 16 years. […]
Dentons has announced that up to 87 roles are to be reviewed, as the firm looks to implement a new operating model across its secretarial and business services workforce. A total of 49 secretarial staff and 38 employees in business services could be affected. A number of roles will instead be redeployed or added outside of […]
Dechert’s City leadership team has gained a new member, after the appointment of Dorothy Cory-Wright to the group. Cory-Wright joins existing managing committee members, Gus Black, Jason Butwick and Chris Field, who are partners in financial services, employment and corporate respectively. Her appointment adds a litigation flavour to the mix, having joined as Dechert’s London […]
In the context of an unfair prejudice claim, the Privy Council recently overturned the decision of the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal and restored the decision of Leon J. of the Commercial Court of the British Virgin Islands, in effect ordering a mandatory buy-out, at a price to be determined by the court, of minority shareholdings by the majority shareholder whose acts were found to be oppressive, unfairly discriminatory and unfairly prejudicial to the minority, pursuant to section 184I of the BVI Business Companies Act.
In a decision of Justice Jack published on 3 March 2021 the BVI Commercial Court reinforced its reputation by demonstrating its ability to act effectively to protect the interests of US investors in BVI companies.
This update examines some of the key regulatory developments which will impact firms engaged in MiFID activities in Ireland during 2021.
In this first of two notes relating to continuations (sometimes referred to as migrations or redomiciliations), we look at the requirements and processes for companies which want to continue from one jurisdiction to the BVI.
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The Hot 100, in association with AlixPartners and Saunderson House, gathers together the profession’s brightest stars of 2020.
Clifford Chance has hired its first City lateral of the year, bringing in a financial regulatory partner from Macfarlanes. The magic circle firm has hired London partner Paul Ellison, who will join the firm in May to focus on funds-related work. Ellison has been a financial regulatory partner at Macfarlanes for more than 16 years. […]
Dentons has announced that up to 87 roles are to be reviewed, as the firm looks to implement a new operating model across its secretarial and business services workforce. A total of 49 secretarial staff and 38 employees in business services could be affected. A number of roles will instead be redeployed or added outside of […]
Dechert’s City leadership team has gained a new member, after the appointment of Dorothy Cory-Wright to the group. Cory-Wright joins existing managing committee members, Gus Black, Jason Butwick and Chris Field, who are partners in financial services, employment and corporate respectively. Her appointment adds a litigation flavour to the mix, having joined as Dechert’s London […]
The ENRC, which is already embroiled in a long-running dispute with the Serious Fraud Office, has filed a new claim alleging that information about its internal investigation was leaked to journalists, including the author of Kleptopia. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has filed the claim on behalf of the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation, against the […]
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There have been eight completed main market IPOs in 2021 so far.
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With the arrival of the Akin Gump team, A&O’s US bench has doubled at a stroke.
Calls for reform of the CMA will be music to the ears of claimant litigators.
If Latham’s growth rate continues unabated, its future home could end up offering proportionately less space per staff member.
Allen & Overy is among the firms advising as embattled financial company Greensill Capital files for administration. The magic circle firm is understood to have picked up the mandate for the company, with partners Katrina Buckley, Joel Ferguson and Ian Field at the helm of the team. They are working opposite their former A&O colleague […]
Ashurst’s global chairman Ben Tidswell is stepping down from the role after eight years to join the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). Tidswell will leave Ashurst on 31 July to take on a judicial appointment as a chairman of specialist competition court, the CAT. Litigator Tidswell became Ashurst’s first post-merger chairman in 2013 after the firm announced its […]
DWF has closed three offices in Australia, with 85 members of staff and 14 principal lawyers leaving the firm. The firm’s offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle will close, while the Brisbane office and its connected services operations in Sydney and Melbourne remain operational. Damien van Brunschot will continue to lead DWF’s business Down Under […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has introduced a series of pledges to improve its diversity and inclusion credentials, setting out targets for new partners and its leadership teams. The firm has said that by 2026, it expects new partners to be at least 40 per cent women and 40 per cent men. This follows last year’s promotions […]
Shoosmiths has launched a new separate consultancy arm, as firms ramp up efforts to provide alternative services for clients. ‘Shoosmiths8 Connected Services’ has been established to help clients with their legal, as well as broader business requirements. It includes a suite of eight products across innovation, contracts, coaching, corporate advisory, privacy and data. The eight […]
Bevan Brittan has appointed a new senior partner, with head of employment, pensions and immigration Jodie Sinclair set to take up the role on 1 May. A 21-year veteran of the firm, Sinclair is Bevan Brittan’s third female senior partner in a row. She had previously joined the board in 2019, and replaces Joanne Easterbrook, […]