Historic England hands panel spots to 10 firms as roster triples
City and regional firms have won roles on Historic England’s enlarged 10-firm roster of legal advisers.
Clifford Chance gains £15m in savings thanks to tech push
Clifford Chance is ramping up its focus on the use of technology to deliver services, notably via its continuous improvement programme, with investment in a wider range of business services roles and related products. Speaking to The Lawyer for this year’s UK 200: Business Services report, Clifford Chance’s global head of innovation and business change […]
Tiago Bessa speaks on eSports and legal challenges
Tiago Bessa, managing associate of the TMT practice, has been a speaker in the Lisbon Games Week (LGW) on 20 November, on “The phenomenon of eSports and legal challenges”.
Stefan Riegler to head up arbitration practice in Vienna
Stefan Riegler is to lead Wolf Theiss’s arbitration group in Vienna and further expand its multijurisdictional arbitral practice. Riegler specialises in representing companies involved in commercial legal disputes before arbitral tribunals and can look back at more than a decade of experience in this area.
The importance of compliance when appointing directors
Accelerating the delivery of housing and new tenant protections in Ireland
By Tara Rush Tenant Protection Rent control measures are now in place for areas designated as Rent Pressure Zones (RPZs). Dublin and Cork City are designated as RPZs for 3 years from 24 December 2016. Further areas have been included for 3 years from 27 January 2017 including parts of Galway City and areas within […]
Historic England hands panel spots to 10 firms as roster triples
City and regional firms have won roles on Historic England’s enlarged 10-firm roster of legal advisers.
Clifford Chance gains £15m in savings thanks to tech push
Clifford Chance is ramping up its focus on the use of technology to deliver services, notably via its continuous improvement programme, with investment in a wider range of business services roles and related products. Speaking to The Lawyer for this year’s UK 200: Business Services report, Clifford Chance’s global head of innovation and business change […]
Tiago Bessa speaks on eSports and legal challenges
Tiago Bessa, managing associate of the TMT practice, has been a speaker in the Lisbon Games Week (LGW) on 20 November, on “The phenomenon of eSports and legal challenges”.
Stefan Riegler to head up arbitration practice in Vienna
Stefan Riegler is to lead Wolf Theiss’s arbitration group in Vienna and further expand its multijurisdictional arbitral practice. Riegler specialises in representing companies involved in commercial legal disputes before arbitral tribunals and can look back at more than a decade of experience in this area.
Clifford Chance boosts Germany with White & Case M&A hire
Clifford Chance has hired White & Case corporate M&A partner Markus Stephanblome into the firm’s German practice and will join the firm next month.
Stephanblome will join the partnership in the firm’s Frankfurt office after a transitional three years for Clifford Chance’s German corporate practice.
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The most common name for a law firm partner is…
Exclusive research conducted by The Lawyer has revealed the most common names for male and female partners working in the UK’s 100 largest law firms.
A&O guns for tech revenue stream with derivatives platform launch
Allen & Overy (A&O) has developed a new online platform for banks, hedge funds and other law firms in the wake of impending derivatives regulations.
Cadent Gas launches first panel since National Grid split
Cadent Gas has launched its first panel tender since the £13.8bn deal which saw it split from National Grid in December 2016.
Slaughters gets the call on Ultra Electronics corruption probe
Slaughter and May is acting as principal adviser for defence and technology group Ultra Electronics as it faces a criminal investigation by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO).
Stephenson Harwood makes up eight partners in London and Hong Kong
Stephenson Harwood has made up five lawyers to partner in its 2018 promotions round, while an additional three have been named as local partners.
Clifford Chance favours Europe with largest promotions round in six years
Clifford Chance has made up 26 new partners globally in the firm’s largest promotions round for six years, falling just short of 2012’s 27-strong group.