Chambers Global 2015 has recognised law office Eversheds Ots & Co for outstanding work in the field of corporate law and dispute resolution. In its latest edition are highly ranked and recognised individuals partners Maivi Ots, Toomas Pikamäe and Raiko Lipstok. The highest recognition (Band 1) has received managing partner Maivi Ots, being the leading […]
Baker & McKenzie has successfully advised RWE AG in the defense against the claims of Rustenburg Co Ltd. The German Regional Court of Essen dismissed the claims of Rustenburg Co. Ltd for damages against RWE AG on 24 March 2015. Rustenburg Co Ltd is owned by the Russian Sintez group and claimed approximately €674m from […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have advised on Asia’s largest bond offering so far this year, the $5bn (£3.3bn) bond offering by state-owned Malaysian company Petronas. Cleary represented Kuala Lumper-based Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), which is the largest G3 issuance (dollars, euros and yen) in the region so far […]
Proponents of reforms to judicial review claim they will deter ‘frivolous’ cases but the legal profession is worried about the effect on access to justice. A number of reforms to the way judicial reviews can be brought and financed in the UK have caused industry-wide concern over the past two years. Lawyers, ministers and peers have universally […]
Chambers Global 2015 has recognised law office Eversheds Ots & Co for outstanding work in the field of corporate law and dispute resolution. In its latest edition are highly ranked and recognised individuals partners Maivi Ots, Toomas Pikamäe and Raiko Lipstok. The highest recognition (Band 1) has received managing partner Maivi Ots, being the leading […]
Baker & McKenzie has successfully advised RWE AG in the defense against the claims of Rustenburg Co Ltd. The German Regional Court of Essen dismissed the claims of Rustenburg Co. Ltd for damages against RWE AG on 24 March 2015. Rustenburg Co Ltd is owned by the Russian Sintez group and claimed approximately €674m from […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy have advised on Asia’s largest bond offering so far this year, the $5bn (£3.3bn) bond offering by state-owned Malaysian company Petronas. Cleary represented Kuala Lumper-based Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), which is the largest G3 issuance (dollars, euros and yen) in the region so far […]
Proponents of reforms to judicial review claim they will deter ‘frivolous’ cases but the legal profession is worried about the effect on access to justice. A number of reforms to the way judicial reviews can be brought and financed in the UK have caused industry-wide concern over the past two years. Lawyers, ministers and peers have universally […]
Move of the week Cooley has hired life sciences partner John Wilkinson to join its London office. Former Reed Smith partner Wilkinson was in this year’s The Lawyer’s Hot 100 list for his work advising Bavarian Nordic on its licence to supply an Ebola vaccine in Africa. His practice involves representing pharmaceutical and life sciences […]
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Fieldfisher has posted a 17 per cent increase in annual revenue for 2018/2019, closing a year punctuated with numerous lateral hires and an expansive international strategy. The firm generated a total of £242m from £207m over 2018/19, when it surpassed the £200m barrier for the first time. Profit per equity partner increased by 7 per […]
BPP Law School has been put up for sale by its parent company, it is being reported. Founded in 1992, it was acquired by Apollo Global for £368m in 2009. Apollo has kept hold of it for the past decade, taking it through a period of radical change in which BPP eventually secured university status, […]
The Warsaw office of Weil Gotshal & Manges has brought in a new tax team from the legal unit of Deloitte Legal, as speculation mounts over the fate of the US firm’s CEE office. A team led by tax partner Leszek Tokarski, including tax specialists Maciej Kostrzewski and Artur Ciechomski, joined the US firm’s Warsaw premises […]
The only female silk at 3 Verulam Buildings is leaving the set to join Allen & Overy Consulting on a part-time basis. Catherine Gibaud QC will leave 3VB to join A&O Consulting as a senior adviser to CEO Sally Dewar and her team. A&O Consulting advises clients on issues relating to governance, corporate purpose and […]
General counsel of the year has become a particularly competitive field at The Lawyer Awards, in association with Travelers. Each of the finalists has made enormous impact in their work. Mohaimin Chowdhury, general counsel and company secretary of Gatehouse Bank, has been involved in the transformation of the Shariah-compliant bank’s activities in the last 18 […]
Tributes have been paid to Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office head Juan Picón, the former senior partner of DLA Piper, who has sadly passed away.
