Kinstellar is opening a new office in Kyiv, Ukraine. Launching in Kyiv is part of the firm’s ambitious strategy to provide full-service coverage across Emerging Europe and Central Asia and follows the successful opening of our practice in Sofia, Bulgaria, last year and our expansion into Turkey, Serbia and Kazakhstan prior to that. The new […]
Ashurst has won the top role advising Wm Morrison Supermarkets on its ongoing discussions with Ocado over its online delivery services. Ashurst fielded a team including partners Bruce Hanton and Dominic Ross. Meanwhile Ocado used in-house counsel, including head of special projects Jonathan Wiseman. Wiseman was the lead associate at Slaughter and May when the […]
And so it begins. 4am alarm, kiss goodbye to a seven month pregnant wife and jump in the car down to Luton. Last time I was at this airport, a year ago, it was a similar time of day, but it had included cans on the minibus as I was on my way to my stag do. (I wonder if my travel companion/boss fancies a pint? Maybe just a coffee, for now.)
Withers has been replaced by Hausfeld on a major Libor manipulation and swaps mis-selling claim being brought against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Property tycoon claimant Stuart Wall launched the high-profile lawsuit against RBS in August 2014, originally instructing Withers commercial litigator Andrew Wass. This week Wall switched law firms to Hausfeld’s London boss […]
Kinstellar is opening a new office in Kyiv, Ukraine. Launching in Kyiv is part of the firm’s ambitious strategy to provide full-service coverage across Emerging Europe and Central Asia and follows the successful opening of our practice in Sofia, Bulgaria, last year and our expansion into Turkey, Serbia and Kazakhstan prior to that. The new […]
Ashurst has won the top role advising Wm Morrison Supermarkets on its ongoing discussions with Ocado over its online delivery services. Ashurst fielded a team including partners Bruce Hanton and Dominic Ross. Meanwhile Ocado used in-house counsel, including head of special projects Jonathan Wiseman. Wiseman was the lead associate at Slaughter and May when the […]
And so it begins. 4am alarm, kiss goodbye to a seven month pregnant wife and jump in the car down to Luton. Last time I was at this airport, a year ago, it was a similar time of day, but it had included cans on the minibus as I was on my way to my stag do. (I wonder if my travel companion/boss fancies a pint? Maybe just a coffee, for now.)
Withers has been replaced by Hausfeld on a major Libor manipulation and swaps mis-selling claim being brought against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). Property tycoon claimant Stuart Wall launched the high-profile lawsuit against RBS in August 2014, originally instructing Withers commercial litigator Andrew Wass. This week Wall switched law firms to Hausfeld’s London boss […]
In its reserved judgment in R v O’Neill [2016] EWCA Crim 92 the Court of Appeal (in the judgment of Lord Justice Gross) delivers guidance as to the correct judicial direction and the ingredient of “oppression” in an allegation that conduct is harassing required to render the conduct criminal. The appeal against conviction for an offence of […]
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Paul Hastings has hired two white-collar and investigations partners from White & Case, as US firms look to expand their City teams. The firm has brought in lawyers Jonathan Pickworth and Joanna Dimmock to the London office. They will join from White & Case, where Pickworth led the white-collar crime practice. Pickworth spent more than […]
Another partner from White & Case’s disputes department is leaving, as Steven Baker exits the firm after three years. Baker joined White & Case in 2018 as part of an expansive lateral hiring strategy in the City. In 2018 Baker left Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to join White & Case alongside international arbitration partner David […]
Shoosmiths has appointed its head of personal advisory as its first general counsel (GC). Richard Follis takes on the inaugural GC role at the 196-partner firm, where he will enhance focus on managing the increasing compliance burden required to support business activity, as well as take on the quality and risk responsibilities that sit with […]
A team of lawyers and technologists from Ashurst’s NewLaw arm is set to take on teaching duties as part of a module launched by the firm with the University of Stirling in Scotland. The firm is working with the university on a strategic partnership aimed at cultivating talent that will be able to populate the […]
The chief marketing officer and executive board member of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is leaving the firm after 12 years. The departure of Lucy Murphy, chief marketing and business development officer at the magic circle firm, was announced internally in an email, sources told The Lawyer. Murphy had been in her role since 2015. Sitting on […]
