In January 2016, Gowling WLG’s infrastructure team, based in our Dubai office and led by partner Jonathan Brufal, closed a public private partnership (PPP) with the government of Rwanda and Trademark East Africa (TMEA) to develop the Kigali Logistics Platform, an inland logistics port designed to increase trade and boost the local economy. Gowling WLG was […]
No5 Chambers is presenting a series of seminars taking place in its Bristol office. Each seminar carries 1 CPD hour and is free of charge. Places are allocated on a first come first serve basis. Venue: No5 Chambers, Bristol Cost: Free of Charge CPD: 1 CPD hour for each seminar The programme comprises: Seminar 1 – Making the […]
Gowling WLG has announced draft annual financial results for its UK LLP for the year ending 30 April 2016. Revenue of £184.7m and profit before tax of £57.2m represented increases of 2 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively. Profit per partner increased by 5.2 per cent, to £364,000. Gowling WLG was formed on 23 […]
Devereux Chambers silk Jonathan Fisher QC has left the set to launch a white-collar crime firm under new Bar Standards Board (BSB) entity rules.
In January 2016, Gowling WLG’s infrastructure team, based in our Dubai office and led by partner Jonathan Brufal, closed a public private partnership (PPP) with the government of Rwanda and Trademark East Africa (TMEA) to develop the Kigali Logistics Platform, an inland logistics port designed to increase trade and boost the local economy. Gowling WLG was […]
No5 Chambers is presenting a series of seminars taking place in its Bristol office. Each seminar carries 1 CPD hour and is free of charge. Places are allocated on a first come first serve basis. Venue: No5 Chambers, Bristol Cost: Free of Charge CPD: 1 CPD hour for each seminar The programme comprises: Seminar 1 – Making the […]
Gowling WLG has announced draft annual financial results for its UK LLP for the year ending 30 April 2016. Revenue of £184.7m and profit before tax of £57.2m represented increases of 2 per cent and 1.4 per cent respectively. Profit per partner increased by 5.2 per cent, to £364,000. Gowling WLG was formed on 23 […]
Devereux Chambers silk Jonathan Fisher QC has left the set to launch a white-collar crime firm under new Bar Standards Board (BSB) entity rules.
Hotel company Arora Group has appointed Canal & River Trust general counsel and company secretary Jackie Lewis as its new legal chief. Lewis will take up the newly created role at the end of October and will report directly into the executive board. Lewis has spent the last 15 years at the Canal & River Trust after […]
With gender pay gap reporting now complete, where does your firm sit in the grand scheme of things? The full results are in the interactive table below.
Homes England (formerly known as the Homes and Communities Agency) has completed its panel review, adding five firms to its £30m roster. A total of thirteen firms have been appointed the Government housing investment authority’s panel, with firms allocated into two lots. Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Eversheds Sutherland and Pinsent Masons, which have been on the panel […]
Barclays is launching a legal technology incubator programme in collaboration with law firms including Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co and Simmons & Simmons, as well as PwC, The Law Society and Legal Geek. Participants of the programme will get access to a hundred-seat co-working space, mentoring, and workshops. Barclays general counsel […]
Shearman & Sterling is edging towards a launch in South Korea with plans to open in Seoul by the end of the year, The Lawyer understands. The US firm is understood to be awaiting regulatory approval to launch in the region, which could take up to several months. The office would be the third to […]
Addleshaw Goddard has kickstarted a new three-year strategy for its Middle Eastern arm, aiming to have 70 staff across the region as well as breaking into Saudi Arabia. Led by its head of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Andrew Greaves, the firm will now look to build out of its three existing offices having launched in […]
Eversheds Sutherland‘s Asia head of technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) has left the firm’s Hong Kong office for K&L Gates. Nigel Stamp is joining the US firm as a partner after nearly seven years at Eversheds. He previously headed Morrison & Foerster’s China TMT practice, which he joined in 2006 from Clifford Chance. At K&L […]
