Eco-Warrios?
With a number of major law firms in Portugal moving offices in recent years, many have taken the opportunity to make their workspaces more environmentally friendly. The cries of ‘climate emergency’ are intensifying. And so the pressure is mounting on all organisations to ensure that they are doing as much as possible to ensure their […]
Africa active – Mozambique
By Guilherme Daniel, Luiza Savchenko Over the past 10 years, Mozambique has become one of the greatest drivers of global energy demand and fastest growing economies on the African continent, despite the recent debt crisis, fostering substantial investments from across the globe, mostly in the oil and gas sector and continuous improvement of the overall […]
Shareholder onslaught
Investors want more input on the way companies are governed, which has led to a rise in demand for corporate governance lawyers as clients deal with the challenges of ‘shareholder activism’. Investors are taking a much keener interest in the way companies are governed. As a result, demand for lawyers with expertise in corporate governance […]
Portugal’s fight against the black market
Despite a recent survey suggesting channelisation in Portugal is moving in the right direction, one regulated operator wants the threat posed by unlicensed sites treated as a cyber crime. EGR Compliance puts the country’s online gambling market under the spotlight to investigate the extent of this scourge. Practically every regulated online gambling market faces unwanted […]
Whitening combat: Between stove and freezer
By Sofia Ribeiro Branco Law No. 83/2017 of 18 August, which establishes preventive and repressive measures to combat money laundering and terrorist financing, provides for the obligation to abstain from obliged entities (namely banking institutions) when they know or suspect that the operations may be associated with funds or other assets arising from or related […]
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Freshfields partner exits after internal investigation
A Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer litigator has exited Fleet Street following the outcome of an internal investigation, just two months after another one of the firm’s former partners was fined by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal over misconduct allegations. Nick Williams has left the firm’s London office; he was promoted in the firm’s disputes group in 2017, […]
Six candidates in the running in A&O’s leadership contest
The race to become the next leaders of Allen & Overy (A&O) has kicked off, with six candidates throwing their hats in the ring for the senior and managing partner roles. Wim Dejonghe will battle the firm’s current co-head of global banking Philip Bowden for the senior partner spot; Bowden has spent over twenty years […]
Nottingham Law School launches new, cheaper, bar course
Nottingham Law School at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) has launched its new version of the vocational training course for barristers. The Barristers Training Course (BTC) and the LLM Barristers Training Course (LLM BTC) will replace the old Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). The Bar Standards Board has authorised the change. The 2019/20 fee for the […]
HSF names new CEO as Rigotti stands down
Herbert Smith Freehills has become the latest global firm to appoint a Hong Kong-based leader, after incumbent CEO Mark Rigotti announced he would not be seeking reappointment this year. The firm has announced that Justin D’Agostino will be its next CEO, after the partnership approved his appointment in a vote. He will take over from […]
Sidley Austin promotes City duo in 30-strong round
Sidley Austin has elected 30 new partners, including a lawyer duo in London. Out of the 30 promoted worldwide, Alastair Hopwood in commercial litigation and disputes and Michelle Tong in private equity were the ones given the nod in the City office. Hopwood acts mostly for clients in the banking, financial services, insurance and reinsurance […]
Mishcon devolves power to “next generation of leaders”
As talk of a potential IPO rumbles on, Mishcon de Reya has confirmed a number of senior management changes amid plans to distribute leadership more widely and provide a formalised structure at the firm. The first change will see current board members Sandra Davis, Nick Doffman and Nick Davis stepping down from their current leadership […]