Hot 100 Career Quiz: Judith Ayling
“The most directly influential person on my career? The mature law student who said I could either give a career change a go or sit around and wait to die in Cambridge.”
Life after law: “Have three good parties and leave”
A well-known lawyer who landed a senior role with a former client is Bob Kidby who, until 2010, was head of real estate at legacy Lovells. Here’s his story.
Gowling advises SmartestEnergy on Origami Energy deal
Gowling WLG’s Energy and Technology specialists have advised client SmartestEnergy on the adoption of Origami Energy’s flexible energy management technology platform. In a strategic move, SmartestEnergy – the UK’s leading purchaser of independent energy generation and a supplier of 100% certified renewable electricity – has chosen the platform to manage its customers’ distributed energy assets […]
Pinsents wins Balfour Beatty sole adviser role with “enhanced” service deal
Pinsent Masons will offer an enhanced service to construction firm Balfour Beatty, including a pricing menu and service credits for its in-house lawyers.
Ireland: Insolvency Review 2017 Part 1
ECJ clarifies ambiguity around EU Design Protection Exemption
By David Cullen The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has clarified the ambiguity which has surrounded the interpretation of Article 8 of the Community Design Regulation (EC) no 6/2002 (CDR); the provision which excludes from design protection those design features which are dictated solely by technical function. The ECJ’s decision in Doceram v CeramTec (C-395/16), a […]
GDPR- A door to privacy class actions suits in Ireland
By Kellie O’Flynn With the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) now in effect, one of the emerging considerations is whether its provisions – specifically Article 80 – open the door to ‘class action’ style privacy cases. Several European countries have already legislated for varying degrees of collective actions, particularly in the area of consumer protection, […]
New Data Protection Act 2018 allows access to court records to media
By Owen O’Sullivan, Richard Breen, Lisa Carty One of the many implications of the new Data Protection Act 2018 is that pursuant to section 159 of the Act the rules of the courts (at all levels) have been changed to allow access to court records for bona fide members of the press or broadcast media. Although the media […]
Ireland: new Coroners Bill aims to modernise the law and address maternal deaths
The Minister for Justice and Equality, Charlie Flanagan, published the Coroners (Amendment) Bill 2018 on 2 August 2018 with the aim of significantly clarifying, strengthening and modernising the law relating to the reporting of deaths to coroners. The Bill, once enacted, will amend the Coroners Act 1962. The Bill allows for a wider scope of […]
Use of behavioural biometrics brings privacy issues under GDPR
By Alex Towers With cybertheft and data breaches becoming an increasingly common occurrence, the need to rapidly and accurately identify fraud has driven the development of behavioural biometrics as a means to target automated attacks and suspicious transactions. However, for the technology to function, companies must amass libraries of biometric personal data to construct profiles…
Hot 100 Career Quiz: Judith Ayling
“The most directly influential person on my career? The mature law student who said I could either give a career change a go or sit around and wait to die in Cambridge.”
Life after law: “Have three good parties and leave”
A well-known lawyer who landed a senior role with a former client is Bob Kidby who, until 2010, was head of real estate at legacy Lovells. Here’s his story.
Gowling advises SmartestEnergy on Origami Energy deal
Gowling WLG’s Energy and Technology specialists have advised client SmartestEnergy on the adoption of Origami Energy’s flexible energy management technology platform. In a strategic move, SmartestEnergy – the UK’s leading purchaser of independent energy generation and a supplier of 100% certified renewable electricity – has chosen the platform to manage its customers’ distributed energy assets […]
Pinsents wins Balfour Beatty sole adviser role with “enhanced” service deal
Pinsent Masons will offer an enhanced service to construction firm Balfour Beatty, including a pricing menu and service credits for its in-house lawyers.
What law firms are doing about retirement assistance – and where they’re failing
The idea of offering partner retirement assistance is heartily supported by top law firms. However, the results of our survey reveal that what they actually provide lacks the structure and innovative thinking found at the big accountacy firms. “To what extent do you think that both firms and partners nearing retirement benefit if the former […]
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The City 50: Did you make the cut?
The rise of the American firms is made clear in the City 50 – The Lawyer’s first ever snapshot of the London-only revenues of US and UK firms.
Hogan Lovells appoints new German head as part of management reshuffle
Hogan Lovells has announced a management shake-up in Germany, with a newly created managing partner role to oversee all of the firm’s German offices. Current Munich office managing partner Stefan Schuppert has been appointed as managing partner of Germany, presiding over the firm’s four offices in Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich. An intellectual property lawyer, Schuppert […]
Rosenblatt builds on IPO with new litigation funding arm
Rosenblatt has announced details of its financial performance, four months after its initial public offering (IPO) went live. The financial results see Rosenblatt’s revenue total £3m in the eight-week period ending 30 June 2018, in what CEO Nicola Foulston describes as a “good, strong start to life as a public company”. That is up 15 per […]
UK top 100 crack £24bn in record year for revenue
Eversheds Sutherland is the biggest revenue riser in the UK 200 chart following last year’s merger.
Mayer Brown fills tax gap with new partner hire
Mayer Brown has added former Nabarro partner Simon Rose to its tax practice in London, nearly a year after the departure of its lead City partner to Gibson Dunn & Crutcher. Rose joins Mayer Brown as its third tax partner in London. He started his career at SJ Berwin in 1994, working there until leaving to […]
Addleshaws parts ways with Scottish private client practice after team defection
Over a year into its Scottish merger, Addleshaw Goddard has lost a ten-strong private client team to independent firm Morton Fraser. The head of Addleshaw’s private client team in Edinburgh, Gregor Mitchell, will move across to Morton Fraser, alongside legal director Euan Fleming and a team of eight consultants, solicitors, paralegals and executive assistants. The defection comes […]