Gender pay gap: The inside look at CMS and Shoosmiths
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Shoosmiths are the first two law firms to report their gender pay gap following changes in the law last year.
Almas Zhaiylgan joins Kinstellar’s team in Kazakhstan
Kinstellar, Emerging Europe and Central Asia’s leading independent law firm, is delighted to announce that Almas Zhaiylgan has joined the Almaty office as Of Counsel and head of the firm’s local Energy and Natural Resources practice in Almaty. Almas Zhaiylgan has 20 years’ experience advising companies in the oil and gas and mining industries in Kazakhstan. Prior to June […]
Massimo Sterpi joins Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners
The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners announces the hire of IP Partner Massimo Sterpi. Massimo’s arrival will further strengthen the firm’s Intellectual Property IT and Media department. Massimo joins the firm with a five associate team (Francesca Fosson, Angela Tasillo, Damiana Masi, Luigia Bersani, Andrea Colantuoni), taking responsibility for the Rome-based […]
BLP boosts Asia presence with Mayer Brown partner hire
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has continued to strengthen its AsiaPac presence with the hire of Mayer Brown real estate partner Mark Stevens.
Stevens will join the firm’s Hong Kong office after spending nearly 15 years as a partner at Mayer Brown JSM.
Back to basics on pension consultation
Pensions tax mistakes can sometimes be undone
By Christopher Stiles, Zoe Fatchen Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has confirmed it is not appealing against the tribunal’s ruling in the case of Hymanson v Revenue and Customs Commissioners [2018] UKFTT 667 (TC) that a mistake could be treated as if it had not been made. An individual whom HMRC considered had lost his “fixed […]
Skiers Beware: Limitations of Liability on Lift Ticket Upheld
By Tyler Mcrobbie In a recent decision, the British Columbia Supreme Court dismissed a claim brought against a ski resort by a guest who suffered catastrophic bodily injuries after going off a ski jump. The Court’s dismissal upholds the general state of the law in a long line of what are commonly referred to as […]
Rare successful challenge to arbitral award for “Serious Irregularity”
By Michael Darowski, Christopher Richards The recent Commercial Court decision in K & Others v P & Others provides a rare example of a party successfully challenging an arbitral award on grounds of serious irregularity. Here we look at how to challenge arbitral awards before the court, and how this challenge succeeded where the majority fail. […]
New update on the legalization and regulation of cannabis by Health Canada
By Lewis Retik, Victoria Asikis The most pertinent information disclosed is below: The Amended Regulations will be formally published on June 26, 2019 in Canada Gazette Part II. In advance, Health Canada will be sending materials and information to industry leaders and federal and provincial license holders and applicants. The Amended Regulations will come into force on Oct. 17, 2019. […]
Bill 2: An Act to make Alberta open for business
On May 27, 2019, Alberta’s newly elected United Conservative Party government introduced Bill 2 and approved an Order in Council, making the Employment Standards (Minimum Wage) Amendment Regulation. If passed, Bill 2 will make amendments to Alberta’s Employment Standards Code and Labour Relations Code. Bill 2 reintroduces a number of provisions that were changed or […]
Gender pay gap: The inside look at CMS and Shoosmiths
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Shoosmiths are the first two law firms to report their gender pay gap following changes in the law last year.
Almas Zhaiylgan joins Kinstellar’s team in Kazakhstan
Kinstellar, Emerging Europe and Central Asia’s leading independent law firm, is delighted to announce that Almas Zhaiylgan has joined the Almaty office as Of Counsel and head of the firm’s local Energy and Natural Resources practice in Almaty. Almas Zhaiylgan has 20 years’ experience advising companies in the oil and gas and mining industries in Kazakhstan. Prior to June […]
Massimo Sterpi joins Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners
The international law firm Gianni, Origoni, Grippo, Cappelli & Partners announces the hire of IP Partner Massimo Sterpi. Massimo’s arrival will further strengthen the firm’s Intellectual Property IT and Media department. Massimo joins the firm with a five associate team (Francesca Fosson, Angela Tasillo, Damiana Masi, Luigia Bersani, Andrea Colantuoni), taking responsibility for the Rome-based […]
BLP boosts Asia presence with Mayer Brown partner hire
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has continued to strengthen its AsiaPac presence with the hire of Mayer Brown real estate partner Mark Stevens.
Stevens will join the firm’s Hong Kong office after spending nearly 15 years as a partner at Mayer Brown JSM.
Schoenherr advises Liechtensteinische Landesbank on acquisition of Semper Constantia
Schoenherr has advised Zürich listed Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG (“LLB”) on the acquisition of Semper Constantia Privatbank AG (“Semper Constantia”), Vienna. The acquisition agreement was signed on 21 December 2017. The purchase price amounts to €185m and will be paid partly in cash and partly in LLB shares. The final purchase price will be determined at […]
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Trowers appoints 12 in real estate-heavy promotions round
Trowers & Hamlins has appointed 12 new partners across its London, Birmingham, Manchester, Exeter, Bahrain and Abu Dhabi offices. Half of the promotions are London-based, with three in Exeter and one in Manchester. Outside of the UK, Trowers’ Bahrain and Abu Dhabi offices have each received one new partner. Over the last two years, Trowers […]
Pinsents wins mandate for £2.5bn Harrow redevelopment
Pinsent Masons is acting on a £2.5bn regeneration and growth programme for the London borough of Harrow. Dubbed “Building a better Harrow”, the project for Harrow Council is being led by real estate partner Scot Morrison alongside procurement director Wendy Nicolson and property senior associate Amy Walker. Though it is a London-focused deal, the team […]
BCLP gains new co-chair as Mayhew stays put
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has re-elected Lisa Mayhew as co-leader of the firm, while her fellow co-chair Therese Pritchard has been replaced by another US-based partner. Steven Baumer will take over from Pritchard next year. Pritchard has served as chair of legacy firm Bryan Cave since October 2014, and then as co-chair of BCLP […]
Chinese firms are unstoppable: In five years they will make up two-thirds of the Asia Pacific top 50
Chinese firms are tightening their grip on the rankings in The Lawyer Asia Pacific 100.
The Lawyer Business Leadership Summit 2019: in search of #LegalTechTruths
The agenda for this year’s Business Leadership Summit has now been finalised thanks to an advisory board chock-full of some of the market’s leading thinkers, doers and future-market specialists. This year’s theme is literally simple: back to basics. With the level of noise in the market today around new technology and the latest supposedly time-saving […]
Fieldfisher’s consumer entity eyes Continental European launch
Fieldfisher is considering whether to expand its low-margin consumer services business Roscoe Reid internationally, which is understood to have generated about £2.5m in the last financial year. The firm is eyeing Munich as the next likely location for the setup of a similar service, with the opportunity to serve claimants affected by the Volkswagen emissions […]