Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has changed its legal structures in several European Union jurisdictions as the magic circle firm readies for Brexit. Freshfields is the first of the magic circle to have completed the conversion into a German equivalent of the UK LLP structure – known as Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Berufshaftung (PartG mbB), a legal form […]
This free to watch webinar was part of the Marketing Leadership virtual conference that took place on 11th – 12th November 2020. Complete the form below to access the 40-minute recording of this discussion. With pricing underpinning a key revenue generator for firms, fee negotiation is pivotal in winning and retaining key clients in today’s competitive market. Who is and should be leading on this front and how do you charge for value instead of your time? In this session, the panel addresses the issue of trust with clients when it comes to transparency of pricing and delivering legal services in the most cost-effective way, where the role of pricing should fall and how firms can encourage the right behaviours from their lawyers, with shared insights from Clifford Chance’s ‘balanced contribution’ pilot. Fill in the below form to hear the thoughts of Reed Smith’s assistant director for EMEA client value Adam Al-Shaybany, Clifford Chance’s director- global head of client & market development – global financial markets Laura Nicholls, Herbert Smith Freehills’ legal operations manager- disputes David Dunn and Hogan Lovells’ global head of business development & strategy Adam Soames.
The senior partner of Taylor Wessing has secured a second term, continuing on his leadership alongside the firm’s managing partner Shane Gleghorn. Private equity partner Dominic FitzPatrick will stay in his post after a three-year term that started in 2017. Back then, he had replaced real estate partner Adam Marks in the role, who had also […]
The Supreme Court will this week hear the high-profile citizenship case concerning Shamima Begum, after the Court of Appeal ruled she should be allowed to return to the UK to fight her corner. Begum was one of three schoolgirls who joined ISIS in 2015. She had her citizenship revoked by the Home Office after she […]
The aviation industry has been one of the worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. If airlines and associated businesses are to survive, it is essential that people start flying again. How to do that safely without promoting the spread of the virus is the sixty-four billion dollar question.
Further to our November Alert the Cayman Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) has provided a further update on Economic Substance matters.
By Ben Hobden and Norman Hau This article considers the approach taken by the Cayman Court when faced with an application by a company to appoint ‘soft touch’ provisional liquidators and obtain the benefit of the statutory moratorium when proceedings are extant in another jurisdiction, and a recent decision of the Hong Kong Court providing […]
On 7 January 2021, the BVI enacted an important amendment to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Virgin Islands) Act which provides that the BVI court now has jurisdiction to grant free-standing interim relief in aid of existing or anticipated foreign proceedings.
The Cayman Islands are an attractive choice for ship owners seeking financing for their vessels and for financiers looking for security in relation to their investment due to the well-established, highly experienced and client-focused shipping registry as well as a legal and political system which creates a strong, stable and creditor friendly jurisdiction. In the […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has changed its legal structures in several European Union jurisdictions as the magic circle firm readies for Brexit. Freshfields is the first of the magic circle to have completed the conversion into a German equivalent of the UK LLP structure – known as Partnerschaftsgesellschaft mit beschränkter Berufshaftung (PartG mbB), a legal form […]
This free to watch webinar was part of the Marketing Leadership virtual conference that took place on 11th – 12th November 2020. Complete the form below to access the 40-minute recording of this discussion. With pricing underpinning a key revenue generator for firms, fee negotiation is pivotal in winning and retaining key clients in today’s competitive market. Who is and should be leading on this front and how do you charge for value instead of your time? In this session, the panel addresses the issue of trust with clients when it comes to transparency of pricing and delivering legal services in the most cost-effective way, where the role of pricing should fall and how firms can encourage the right behaviours from their lawyers, with shared insights from Clifford Chance’s ‘balanced contribution’ pilot. Fill in the below form to hear the thoughts of Reed Smith’s assistant director for EMEA client value Adam Al-Shaybany, Clifford Chance’s director- global head of client & market development – global financial markets Laura Nicholls, Herbert Smith Freehills’ legal operations manager- disputes David Dunn and Hogan Lovells’ global head of business development & strategy Adam Soames.
The senior partner of Taylor Wessing has secured a second term, continuing on his leadership alongside the firm’s managing partner Shane Gleghorn. Private equity partner Dominic FitzPatrick will stay in his post after a three-year term that started in 2017. Back then, he had replaced real estate partner Adam Marks in the role, who had also […]
The Supreme Court will this week hear the high-profile citizenship case concerning Shamima Begum, after the Court of Appeal ruled she should be allowed to return to the UK to fight her corner. Begum was one of three schoolgirls who joined ISIS in 2015. She had her citizenship revoked by the Home Office after she […]
The Lawyer Shopping Channel “As an expat unlikely to be able to travel home to England as planned this Christmas I am ordering gifts from small businesses online,” writes Sharon Murray all the way from Blake Cassels & Graydon in Vancouver. “The Lakes Distillery near Bassenthwaite Lake in Cumbria offers an attractive range of gifts […]
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Goodwin is eyeing up Sidley Austin’s private equity grouping again, with a number of associates set to join a partner team led by Christian Iwasko and Erik Dahl, The Lawyer understands. Goodwin is thought to be hiring up to six associates from Sidley’s private equity team after Goodwin brought in a partner group spearheaded by […]
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The general counsel and company secretary of DWF is leaving the listed business to take on a similar position within the Ocado Group. Mollie Stoker joins Ocado as deputy GC after the move of in-house lawyer Jonathan Wiseman to the retail arm of the grocer. She is leaving DWF after becoming GC on its listing […]
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Addleshaw Goddard are among the four firms that have been added to Scottish Enterprise’s new £8.7m panel. The public body has appointed Scottish firms Brodies and Burness Paull to the panel, as well as CMS and Addleshaws. Shepherd and Wedderburn, which was on the former panel running from 2016 […]
Taylor Wessing is advising pharma giant Pfizer on aspects around the rollout of its Covid-19 vaccine across Europe, The Lawyer understands. The firm is understood to be counselling the company on patent issues arising from the unprecedentedly large-scale distribution of the vaccine it developed in conjunction with German biotech company BioNTech. It is understood that […]
