In default? New changes to consumer credit rules
Several key changes to existing legislation have been made due to the Consumer Credit Regulations 2020 coming into effect. We run through what you need to know.
Was the Budget green enough?
Was this Budget green tinted rather than green focused? The mix of fuel duty freezes with what some commentators consider diluted green infrastructure investment doesn’t quite square up to the green rhetoric.
The advantages of Freeports examined following Budget 2021
Businesses operating Freeports will benefit from more generous tax reliefs, customs benefits and wider government support, bringing investment, trade and jobs, but what exactly are the advantages businesses can expect to gain from operating in a Freeport?
Budget 2021: The employment implications
Rishi Sunak has announced the much-awaited budget for 2021 hailing protection for the “jobs and livelihoods of the British people”. Outlined below are the key elements impacting employers and their wider workforce.
What does the Supreme Court decision in the Uber case mean for employers?
On 19 February 2021, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark judgment which confirmed that Uber drivers are workers and not independent contractors. We look at the basis for the decision and what it means for other employers.
UK legal experts comment on Budget 2021
Chancellor Rishi Sunak today set out plans for the future in the 2021 Budget – here, legal experts at Shoosmiths offer their views on these announcements.
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Legal leadership outperforms the current crop of FTSE 100 CEOs when it comes to gender diversity.
Deliveroo heralds a bumper crop for ECM lawyers
There have been eight completed main market IPOs in 2021 so far.
Working to live, not living to work: it’s an easy sell
The demographics of the legal market are in flux with Covid 19 creating the conditions for a generational shift in working patterns.
A&O’s accidental LA office
With the arrival of the Akin Gump team, A&O’s US bench has doubled at a stroke.
Hausfeld loves a bit of competition
Calls for reform of the CMA will be music to the ears of claimant litigators.
Latham is taking both more and less space in London
If Latham’s growth rate continues unabated, its future home could end up offering proportionately less space per staff member.
City firms pick up mandates on Greensill administration
Allen & Overy is among the firms advising as embattled financial company Greensill Capital files for administration. The magic circle firm is understood to have picked up the mandate for the company, with partners Katrina Buckley, Joel Ferguson and Ian Field at the helm of the team. They are working opposite their former A&O colleague […]
Ashurst chairman to step down for new competition role
Ashurst’s global chairman Ben Tidswell is stepping down from the role after eight years to join the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT). Tidswell will leave Ashurst on 31 July to take on a judicial appointment as a chairman of specialist competition court, the CAT. Litigator Tidswell became Ashurst’s first post-merger chairman in 2013 after the firm announced its […]
DWF shutters three offices in Australia
DWF has closed three offices in Australia, with 85 members of staff and 14 principal lawyers leaving the firm. The firm’s offices in Sydney, Melbourne and Newcastle will close, while the Brisbane office and its connected services operations in Sydney and Melbourne remain operational. Damien van Brunschot will continue to lead DWF’s business Down Under […]
Freshfields sets target of 40 per cent new female partners by 2026
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has introduced a series of pledges to improve its diversity and inclusion credentials, setting out targets for new partners and its leadership teams. The firm has said that by 2026, it expects new partners to be at least 40 per cent women and 40 per cent men. This follows last year’s promotions […]
Shoosmiths branches into consulting with new venture
Shoosmiths has launched a new separate consultancy arm, as firms ramp up efforts to provide alternative services for clients. ‘Shoosmiths8 Connected Services’ has been established to help clients with their legal, as well as broader business requirements. It includes a suite of eight products across innovation, contracts, coaching, corporate advisory, privacy and data. The eight […]
Bevan Brittan appoints third consecutive female senior partner
Bevan Brittan has appointed a new senior partner, with head of employment, pensions and immigration Jodie Sinclair set to take up the role on 1 May. A 21-year veteran of the firm, Sinclair is Bevan Brittan’s third female senior partner in a row. She had previously joined the board in 2019, and replaces Joanne Easterbrook, […]
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