The Hot 100 effect: Mishcon’s tech guru
Occasionally when someone makes a lateral move, its impact turns out to be significantly greater than anyone could have hoped. This was certainly the case with Nick West.
Gowling WLG strengthens corporate in Germany
Gowling WLG is growing its corporate presence in Germany by hiring Dr Petra Beyer. Petra will join Dr Andreas Woelfle in Stuttgart, as a director in the corporate law team. Petra specialises in corporate, banking and capital law, as well as general contract law and international commercial law. In 1997, she joined Haver & Mailaender, where she became […]
U+I launches first UK legal panel
Property regeneration business U+I Plc has appointed its first legal panel following its merger with Development Securities PlC and Cathedral Group.
Fieldfisher muscles in on Cooley to take Olswang Munich office
Fieldfisher has emerged as a contender to take over Olswang’s Munich office after the three-way merger with CMS Cameron McKenna and Nabarro, The Lawyer understands.
India – guidelines on ‘place of effective management’
Amendments to the metrology rules
The Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Amendment Rules, 2017 (Amendment Rules) issued on 23 June 2017 had introduced important amendments to the Rules, especially in relation to e-commerce entities. The Amendment Rules came into force from 1 January 2018. Some of the important amendments in relation to e-commerce entities introduced vide the Amendment Rules are as […]
Delhi: Institutional push to arbitration
The Indian government has been committed towards making India an international hub for arbitration, at par with international standards, one that would give comfort to investors and businesses…
India: Securities board circular on listed entities schemes of arrangements
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a circular dated 3 January 2018 (Ref: CFD/DIL3/CIR/2018/2) (2018 Amendment Circular), amending certain provisions of the SEBI Circular dated 10 March 2017 (Ref: CFD/DIL3/CIR/2017/21) which laid down detailed guidelines and procedures for listed entities undertaking schemes of arrangements (2017 Circular)…
Mumbai: Tribunal upholds book-value based taxation
The Mumbai bench of the Income-tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) has delivered a ruling favouring the taxpayer (Amartara Pvt. Ltd v DCIT, ITA No. 6114/Mum/2016) (Ruling) which could impact corporate restructurings significantly and increase the popularity of LLP as a preferred form of entity for business…
Telecoms India: new regulations on interconnection
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India had received several representations from various telecom service providers to review the existing regulatory framework for interconnection. Accordingly, TRAI issued a pre-consultation paper on 14 October 2015 and sought views of TSPs on specific issues…
The Hot 100 effect: Mishcon’s tech guru
Occasionally when someone makes a lateral move, its impact turns out to be significantly greater than anyone could have hoped. This was certainly the case with Nick West.
Gowling WLG strengthens corporate in Germany
Gowling WLG is growing its corporate presence in Germany by hiring Dr Petra Beyer. Petra will join Dr Andreas Woelfle in Stuttgart, as a director in the corporate law team. Petra specialises in corporate, banking and capital law, as well as general contract law and international commercial law. In 1997, she joined Haver & Mailaender, where she became […]
U+I launches first UK legal panel
Property regeneration business U+I Plc has appointed its first legal panel following its merger with Development Securities PlC and Cathedral Group.
Fieldfisher muscles in on Cooley to take Olswang Munich office
Fieldfisher has emerged as a contender to take over Olswang’s Munich office after the three-way merger with CMS Cameron McKenna and Nabarro, The Lawyer understands.
Schoenherr advises on Ekazent acquisition from UniCredit
Schoenherr and SCWP Schindhelm have advised a joint venture company consisting of an investor group led by Erwin Krause and Franz Kollitsch, and Austrian property developer UBM Development on the acquisition of UniCredit Bank Austria subsidiary Ekazent Group. The closing took place on Tuesday 31 January 2017. Schoenherr supported the investor group, formed around the real estate […]
Ashurst bets on Europe with Luxembourg launch
Ashurst has been given the go-ahead to open in Luxembourg after receiving approval from the local bar association. The new office, focusing on finance and funds, will open in October this year, with corporate partner Isabelle Lentz at the helm. Lentz is currently the head of Ashurst’s Luxembourg desk in London, which was set up […]
Deloitte secures long-awaited ABS licence ahead of UK expansion
Deloitte has received its alternative business structure (ABS) licence, becoming the last of the Big Four to set up a legal arm in the UK. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed that it has granted Deloitte the right to operate as a multi-disciplinary practice. The licence came into effect on the 15 June. The new move will […]
Slaughters advises Santander on FCA ring-fencing scheme
After successfully advising client Barclays on the UK Government’s banking ring-fencing scheme, Slaughter and May has led for Santander as its becomes the fourth major bank to be accepted. The bank was accepted into the scheme following a High Court hearing on 12 June and has committed to transferring all relevant accounts into the ring-fenced […]
Linklaters and Bakers lead on €1bn Cerberus deal
Linklaters and Baker McKenzie have led in the €1.2 billion sale of the world’s largest air cargo handler, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), to New York based private equity company Cerberus Capital Management. Linklaters corporate partners Ben Rodham and Christopher Boycott acted for Cerberus, which from 2015 has been owned by Platinum Equity. They were supported by finance partners Daniel […]
Latham mulls associate pay hike as talent war heats up
Latham & Watkins looks set to become to the latest firm to boost its associate pay scale as the battle over young legal talent intensifies. Lawyers at the firm are understood to have met yesterday to discuss the salary proposals which, if the firm elects to increase pay, could see associates paid between $190,000 and $340,000. […]
Barclays summons firms to ‘panel day’ ahead of final decision
Barclays has invited 22 firms to a panel day in July, ahead of the final announcement of its last ever formal panel review.