Continental Europe was the highest-grossing arm of Clifford Chance’s international footprint over 2017/2018, the first time the region has overtaken the UK figures in four years. The magic circle firm’s latest LLP accounts have revealed that its offices on the Continent generated £538m of the firm’s global turnover of £1.6bn, above the UK total of […]
Advocate Josephine Howe has been promoted to partner in Ogier’s top-ranked Jersey Private Client and Trusts team. Josephine, who specialises in trusts, foundations and advising family offices on matters including structuring and establishment, joined the Ogier team 13 years ago, and was admitted as a Jersey Advocate in 2009. Partner James Campbell, who leads Ogier’s […]
Clifford Chance has brought in its latest new recruit to its Luxembourg office, hiring DLA Piper’s local tax head Geoffrey Scardoni to the team. The move highlights the growing importance of Luxembourg as a hub for financial services companies and asset managers, particularly as the UK prepares to leave the European Union this March. In response to […]
Two members of Jones Day’s project finance team have decamped from its London office, one of whom has resurfaced at Baker Botts. Nick Collins has joined Baker Botts’ growing London offering, while Myles Mantle’s next role has not yet been lined up, The Lawyer understands. Both left the US firm at the end of last year. Collins […]
2019 is likely to be an unpredictable and turbulent year in the UK and abroad, and few will be confident enough to predict whether Great Britain and Northern Ireland will leave the European Union in March; whether we will enjoy a heatwave in the Summer; or what the nation will watch now that Big Brother […]
Today the EU Trade Marks Directive 2015 comes into force and brings with it changes to the UK Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA), and the UK Trade Marks Rules 2008 (TMR). We have set out a brief summary of the key changes which will impact the application, registration, enforcement and licensing of trade marks in […]
By Michael S. Polowin, Roberto Aburto Over the past several years, many Ottawa property owners have received notice that their properties have been listed in the register of the city’s Heritage Inventory Project. This project, pursued under the Ontario Heritage Act (“OHA”), is intended to identify and better protect Ottawa’s historic buildings. In 2018, the City of Ottawa issued […]
By Karen E. Hennessey, Jodey Therriault The grace period is over. All Ontario corporations that hold a legal or beneficial interest in real property in Ontario are now subject to more onerous record keeping requirements. These requirements are a result of amendments made to the Ontario Business Corporations Act and the Corporations Act on December 10, 2016 and require all Ontario […]
By Jason Coates, Ian Chapman-Curry, Kevin Gude 2019 promises plenty of developments that will keep trustees, employers and advisers busy. From Brexit to superfunds, pension professionals will have to grapple with new legislation, consultations and revised guidance. In this update, we outline nine key pension issues that are likely to dominate the pensions landscape this year, plus some […]
Continental Europe was the highest-grossing arm of Clifford Chance’s international footprint over 2017/2018, the first time the region has overtaken the UK figures in four years. The magic circle firm’s latest LLP accounts have revealed that its offices on the Continent generated £538m of the firm’s global turnover of £1.6bn, above the UK total of […]
Advocate Josephine Howe has been promoted to partner in Ogier’s top-ranked Jersey Private Client and Trusts team. Josephine, who specialises in trusts, foundations and advising family offices on matters including structuring and establishment, joined the Ogier team 13 years ago, and was admitted as a Jersey Advocate in 2009. Partner James Campbell, who leads Ogier’s […]
Clifford Chance has brought in its latest new recruit to its Luxembourg office, hiring DLA Piper’s local tax head Geoffrey Scardoni to the team. The move highlights the growing importance of Luxembourg as a hub for financial services companies and asset managers, particularly as the UK prepares to leave the European Union this March. In response to […]
Two members of Jones Day’s project finance team have decamped from its London office, one of whom has resurfaced at Baker Botts. Nick Collins has joined Baker Botts’ growing London offering, while Myles Mantle’s next role has not yet been lined up, The Lawyer understands. Both left the US firm at the end of last year. Collins […]
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Revealing today double-digit revenue growth in its first six months as a listed firm, Knights is also looking to streamline its management functions with a new COO from Procter & Gamble. The appointment of Richard King as the firm’s first COO means Knights CEO David Beech can focus more on increasing the firm’s top line, new […]
Crowell & Moring’s new London managing partner Robert Weekes has set out plans to launch a training contract in the City office, having joined the US firm today from Squire Patton Boggs. Weekes’ move was revealed by The Lawyer last November, months after it was revealed that Squires’ global head Stephen Mahon would be relocating from the US […]
Six start-ups have joined the third cohort of Slaughter and May’s Fast Forward programme, as the firm resumes its search for the next technology entrepreneurs. This year, the programme will move away from the fintech focus that characterised the first two editions to include other areas such as sustainability-based and green technology, which aims to […]
Latham & Watkins is one of the heavy hitting City firms that have been ushered in to advise on the next chapter of New Look’s restructuring saga, following the arrival of Sidley Austin’s Yen Sum last year. Sum, who moved to Latham after a short spell at Sidley in 2018, won a place for the bondholders […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s senior manager of legal technology operations Jamie Whalebone is to join DWF to boost the firm’s growing managed services unit, marking the second hire from the magic circle firm in a matter of months. As part of his new role as head of legal service delivery and transformation, from next month Whalebone will co-lead […]
Lawyers from the top European firms will converge on Grosvenor House on Tuesday 19th March 2019, for The Lawyer European Awards – an unrivalled celebration of excellence across the Continent. The shortlist, published today, spans firms large and small, from European giants to specialist boutiques. Last year Danish firm Kromann Reumert was crowned European Law […]
