Hot 100 Career Quiz: Callum Sinclair
This year, we’ve put some career questions to all our Hot 100 and will be running their responses over the coming months. First up, Burness Paull’s Callum Sinclair.
Walker Morris advises fishing tackle retailer on £1.3m share placing
Corporate lawyers at Walker Morris have advised Fishing Republic, the fishing tackle retailer, on a share placing to raise £1.3m. The net proceeds of the placing will be used to further advance and develop the company’s e-commerce operations, logistics and merchandising activities following the recent review of operations. It will also be used to provide […]
Linklaters sets up reverse mentoring scheme for its top lawyers
Linklaters is piloting a reverse mentoring scheme with its 13-strong partnership board as the firm ramps up its efforts in diversity and inclusion.
Roiser, Darren – King & Wood Mallesons
It was King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) litigation partner Darren Roiser who came up with idea of a ‘hardship fund’ for those hardest hit by the collapse of the European in January 2017. As a result, people on sick or maternity leave, or in relatively low paid roles, received financial support. Roiser had been promoted […]
Ireland: Trade Secrets Directive aims to protect innovation
Competition: Altice fined €124.5m for ‘gun jumping’
By Marco Hickey A fine of €124.5m has been imposed on Altice by the European Commission for breaching EU merger control rules by implementing its acquisition of PT Portugal before the transaction had been cleared by the Commission…
Rejecting settlement offers led to an adverse costs award
By Sean Barrett and Shane Neville A party to proceedings may make an offer to settle the dispute in “open correspondence” for tactical purposes, which will result in a shift in the costs risk of litigation. In O’Reilly v Neville & Ors, costs were awarded against the Plaintiffs, the O’Reillys, following their rejection of an […]
Trade secrets: Retailers don’t get left on the shelf
By Aideen Burke, Peter Bolger and Jeanne Kelly The EU Trade Secrets Directive (EU 2016/943) (the “Directive”) clarifies and strengthens the current protection available to trade secrets in Ireland. Trade secrets may be of particular relevance to retailers, who can often have commercially valuable information and materials which are not otherwise protectable by traditional forms […]
GDPR in Ireland: Key steps for employers
By Aoife Bradley and Jennifer O’Neill The GDPR substantially increases the obligations and responsibilities on organisations and businesses in relation to how they collect, use and protect personal data. All employers are data controllers and data processors in respect of the personal data of their employees. Employers should take some key preparatory steps to ensure […]
Ireland: Employment law legislative update, 1 February to 19 April 2018
By Aoife Bradley and Roisin Lawler In this edition of our regular update on legislative developments in employment law, we discuss a number of proposals for new legislation, including Private Members’ Bills, on subjects as diverse as the impact of extreme weather on employees to the protection of maternity leave for members of both houses […]
Hot 100 Career Quiz: Callum Sinclair
This year, we’ve put some career questions to all our Hot 100 and will be running their responses over the coming months. First up, Burness Paull’s Callum Sinclair.
Walker Morris advises fishing tackle retailer on £1.3m share placing
Corporate lawyers at Walker Morris have advised Fishing Republic, the fishing tackle retailer, on a share placing to raise £1.3m. The net proceeds of the placing will be used to further advance and develop the company’s e-commerce operations, logistics and merchandising activities following the recent review of operations. It will also be used to provide […]
Linklaters sets up reverse mentoring scheme for its top lawyers
Linklaters is piloting a reverse mentoring scheme with its 13-strong partnership board as the firm ramps up its efforts in diversity and inclusion.
Roiser, Darren – King & Wood Mallesons
It was King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) litigation partner Darren Roiser who came up with idea of a ‘hardship fund’ for those hardest hit by the collapse of the European in January 2017. As a result, people on sick or maternity leave, or in relatively low paid roles, received financial support. Roiser had been promoted […]
Norris, Amie – Pinsent Masons
Pinsent Masons corporate senior associate Amie Norris’s 2017 began with a four-month secondment to the firm’s London office. Norris’s work on Lyceum Capital Partners takeover of Timico Technology took up the vast majority of those four months before she headed home to the North West. However, while in the capital Norris developed a range of […]
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Slaughters associates in line for Christmas performance-based bonus and salary boost
Associates at Slaughter and May are in line to pick up Christmas bonuses of up to 14 per cent and will also receive salary raises in the new year. Newly qualified (NQs) will receive an extra 8.25 per cent of their basic salary as a bonus, while 4.5 to 6.5 year PQEs will receive 14 per cent. […]
Former Barclays GC joins EY Riverview Law in first post-acquisition hire
Riverview Law has made its first significant hire since being brought by EY four months ago, appointing a former Barclays general counsel to a new director role. Rob Dinning will be a director of legal function co-sourcing, a new unit within the business that helps global corporations change their operating model to achieve a combination of […]
SFO criticised by ENRC over handling of privileged information
Mining group ENRC has raised further questions over the Serious Fraud Office’s long-running corruption investigation into the company, alleging that privileged information was used as part of the probe. Documents seen by The Lawyer allege that Dechert partner Neil Gerrard passed privileged documents onto the SFO in 2013, as part of its investigation into alleged bribery and corruption […]
Moët’s legal head exits for new role at Just Eat
Moët Hennessy’s European legal director Isabelle Meyer is to move on from the company in the New Year, after six years with the luxury goods conglomerate. The Lawyer can reveal Meyer will be joining Just Eat’s legal team, taking up a position as deputy general counsel. She will report to the company’s current group general counsel James […]
Slaughters and Ashurst team up on Interserve’s rescue plan
Slaughter and May and Ashurst are leading for embattled contractor Interserve, which has revealed that it is seeking a recovery plan amid fears of a Carillion-style collapse. The rescue plan, which aims to scale back its £500m debt pile, will see the Reading-based outsourcer convert much of its debt into new shares, potentially handing control of the […]
Kirkland prepares for leadership handover as firm names next chair
A Chicago corporate partner is to take the reins of Kirkland & Ellis, as the US firm preps for chairman Jeff Hammes’ leadership handover in February 2020. Private equity specialist Jon Ballis will step into the shoes of Hammes in two years time, bringing his 10-year tenure as chairman to an end. Ballis’ practice focuses on leveraged […]