Thinking of listing? Better luck next year
All six firms have delivered good news to investors in recent weeks.
High Court judges clash in £28m tussle between DWF and Kingsley Napley
A disagreement between two High Court judges of the same rank has led to contrasting court orders that have thrown a £28m dispute into disarray, The Lawyer can reveal. This follows a pre-trial intervention from Mr Justice Baker, who sided with Kingsley Napley after its challenge against a default judgment awarded by Mrs Justice Cockerill. […]
Roundtable: Break down barriers to harness business relationships
The pandemic has fundamentally changed the way business development is carried out for law firms. As remote working becomes the new norm, the lack of visibility with the new way of working is making it increasingly difficult to understand who knows who, how well and which individuals are interacting with clients across the firm. In […]
DWF wins NHS Digital Covid-19 mandate
DWF has won a mandate to provide Covid-19 legal advice to NHS Digital, the information and technology provider for the national healthcare system. A team from the listed firm will be seconded to the public body as part of a £227,000 contract. The team seconded includes Manchester data protection head and partner JP Buckley and […]
Cyber security: the last days for operators of essential services in Romania to notify CERT-RO
Operators of essential services are required to notify CERT-RO – the national competent authority for security of networks and information systems – for registration in the Register of operators of essential services by 17 December 2020. Otherwise, these companies risk fines of, in some cases; up to 5 % of their turnover.
Croatian Competition Agency examines legality of exclusivity clauses in lease agreements
The Croatian Competition Agency (CCA) recently closed the infringement proceeding against Croatia osiguranje dd – Croatia’s largest insurer – which had been opened ex officio.
Austria: Network reserve to become part of congestion management system
With an amendment to the Electricity Industry and Organisation Act 2010 passed by Parliament, the network reserve will become part of Austria’s congestion management system.
Czech Republic: Transfer of title to real estate via public auction
At present, the holding of any auctions, including all auctions related to real estate, is regulated by Act No. 26/2000 Coll., on Public Auctions, as amended, and is subject to relatively strict conditions primarily intended to ensure that such auctions are transparent.
Covid-19 Overview on moratoria
The EBA issued guidelines designed to clarify (among others) when a moratorium measure (private or public) does not automatically trigger the re-classification of exposures as forborne.
Technology & Digitalisation – January 2021
Welcome to the January edition of Schoenherr’s to the point: technology & digitalisation newsletter.
Thinking of listing? Better luck next year
All six firms have delivered good news to investors in recent weeks.
High Court judges clash in £28m tussle between DWF and Kingsley Napley
A disagreement between two High Court judges of the same rank has led to contrasting court orders that have thrown a £28m dispute into disarray, The Lawyer can reveal. This follows a pre-trial intervention from Mr Justice Baker, who sided with Kingsley Napley after its challenge against a default judgment awarded by Mrs Justice Cockerill. […]
Roundtable: Break down barriers to harness business relationships
The pandemic has fundamentally changed the way business development is carried out for law firms. As remote working becomes the new norm, the lack of visibility with the new way of working is making it increasingly difficult to understand who knows who, how well and which individuals are interacting with clients across the firm. In […]
DWF wins NHS Digital Covid-19 mandate
DWF has won a mandate to provide Covid-19 legal advice to NHS Digital, the information and technology provider for the national healthcare system. A team from the listed firm will be seconded to the public body as part of a £227,000 contract. The team seconded includes Manchester data protection head and partner JP Buckley and […]
In-house interview: Victoria and Albert Museum GC Anthony Misquitta
The Victoria and Albert Museum opened its doors again on 27 August; for five months of lockdown, 5,000 years of art and design history within the sprawling cabinet of curiosities, full of almost limitless surprises championing the craft and skill of civilisation, was locked away. The culture sector took one of the most devastating hits […]
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Come for the rugby, stay for the M&A
Revived interest in Japan from certain law firms may have something to do with the Rugby World Cup.
2021 will be Kirkland’s year – again
Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher are expected to deliver another strong set of results in coming weeks.
There are many escapees from BigLaw
Boutiques are now looking like a particularly attractive option.
A COO is a managing partner’s best friend
Firms must once again turn their attentions towards servicing current clients for a lower cost.
Business travel is not dead
The world is becoming a more open place to travel based on the Henley Passport Index.
Proskauer restructuring duo leave for McDermott
McDermott Will & Emery is building up its City restructuring practice with the hire of Proskauer’s European restructuring head. Mark Fennessy joins McDermott as head of restructuring in London with fellow restructuring lawyer Sunay Radia, who joins as a partner. Fennessy spent eight years at Proskauer where he specialised in all areas of contentious and […]
Akin Gump’s City revenue leaps by nearly 20 per cent
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s City revenue is now within touching distance of the $150m mark, after double-digit growth in the office. The firm has posted a rise of 19 per cent from $125m to $149m in London. Globally turnover was up 6.5 per cent to $1.209bn from $1.135bn. The biggest global jump was in […]
A&O to ‘industrialise’ Fuse incubator in next growth stage
Allen & Overy wants to increase collaboration between its lawyers and participants of incubator Fuse, while also expecting to run a “hybrid model” of working once a new cohort of start-ups are chosen. The incubator of the magic circle firm is set to start taking applications for its fifth cohort, with both emerging and established […]
Irwin Mitchell duo to set up employment boutique
Two of Irwin Mitchell’s most highly-regarded employment partners are to launch their own firm, adding to the blossoming number of boutiques in the City. Shazia Khan and Emilie Cole will go it alone as ColeKhan LLP from 2 May 2021. The pair had previously worked together at Bindmans before moving to Irwin Mitchell in 2018, […]
Taylor Wessing tweaks sabbatical rules over lockdown
Taylor Wessing has amended its eligibility rules to enable staff to take career breaks and sabbaticals sooner than usual, in response to the third national lockdown. The firm has removed its usual two-year continuous service eligibility for people wishing to take up these unpaid options, as firms continue to think of ways to support staff […]
Goodwin set to hire six-strong associate group after Sidley raid
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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