Tackling a business crisis: the expanding role of general counsel
By Umang Paw and Fran Marwood The widening of the GC’s strategic remit means that when a crisis strikes, it’s down to them to investigate. So knowing what to do, and what skills to develop in preparation, is vital…
Are you optimising tech to create a leading legal team?
Law firms and in-house teams are bombarded with new technologies. Here’s how to see through the fog and lay the foundations to build your future-focused legal team By Craig McKeown, Umang Paw For legal teams – whether in law firms or working in-house – technology is more front-of-mind than ever before. It’s not hard to […]
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Latham targets Clifford Chance’s PE group for infrastructure hire
Clifford Chance’s infrastructure M&A head Brendan Moylan is leaving the firm for Latham & Watkins in a move that reunites him with his former magic circle colleagues. Latham aggressively hired from Clifford Chance’s private equity practice in 2013/14 when it took on David Walker, Kem Ihenacho and Tom Evans. Moylan will form another part of the Latham […]
Software giant Mozilla hires new GC from Twitter
Software company Mozilla, the company behind the Firefox browser, has brought in a new general counsel from social media giant Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. Amy Keating will join Mozilla in early September after six years as Twitter’s deputy general counsel. She replaces Jishnu Menon, who left for Netflix in May. The move will be Keating’s latest […]
Burges Salmon picks new tech providers after two-year innovation project
Burges Salmon is making technology a priority with a new raft of appointments and investments aimed at revolutionising legal service delivery. The firm’s Business Solutions team is set to welcome former senior associate Emma Sorrell as legal innovation specialist and former integration specialist Ian Huddart as technology innovation specialist. It has also subscribed to powerhouse […]
RPC hit with professional negligence claim over client costs
Lawyers from RPC have had their actions described as falling “someway short of what competent solicitors would have done” as a district court judge in Leeds declined the firm’s application to throw out a professional negligence claim against it. RPC had been advising the founder of tech company Stayput Solutions Deborah Forster during her protracted legal […]
Homebase hands first-time mandate to Kirkland on restructuring bid
Kirkland & Ellis has won a first-time mandate from struggling DIY chain Homebase, which earlier today confirmed it was planning a company voluntary arrangement (CVA). Homebase is the latest retailer to announce such a move and follows in the wake of similar CVAs entered into by New Look, Prezzo and Mothercare. A CVA can be used by […]
Ashurst client Royal Mail hit with £50m fine for competition breaches
Royal Mail, advised by a team from Ashurst, has been unable to fend off a £50m fine from Ofcom, after an investigation into the business’s practices in 2014 found the delivery giant had “abused its dominant position in bulk mail delivery”. Three-partner firm Towerhouse advised Whistl, then known as TNT, which was trying to break into […]