Big Four accountancy firm KPMG has extended its legal services network to Hong Kong, targeting a headcount of 20 lawyers for its newly-established legal outfit in the region. The new firm called SF Lawyers is being set up by former Harneys counsel Shirley Fu, who started her professional services career with KPMG back in Australia in 2004. […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) has made two senior appointments to its advanced delivery unit in an attempt to coordinate efforts among the firm’s multiple innovation groups. Senior banking partner Andrew Trahair will serve as head of advanced delivery, a unit tasked with developing resourcing strategy and technologies to reboot innovation at the 130-year-old firm. The […]
These are The Lawyer‘s Top 20 cases to look out for in 2019.
Mirroring a claim already filed by the firm in New York, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is battling six major banks in London over allegations that they conspired to manipulate the foreign exchange market. Quinn is the first firm to file a charge on these grounds in Europe. London co-head of competition litigation Boris Bronfentrinker has filed […]
By Janet Armstrong-Fox The Office for National Statistics in data published this week reports that young adults are having to wait on average eight years longer to get onto the housing ladder compared to two decades ago. It says that in 1997 the average age of a first-time buyer was just 26, compared to 34 today. […]
By Simon de Broise Payment processors, as the name suggests, facilitate payments by credit and debit cards for both online and point of sale transactions. The payment processor acts as an intermediary between the merchant (e.g. a retailer or airline) and the customer’s bank, facilitating the rapid authorisation (or otherwise) of the payment and initiating (and […]
By Sinead Kelly Employment associate, Sinead Kelly, published in Professional Housebuilder & Property Developer giving tips on what to look out for when using zero hours contracts in the construction industry. Casual working arrangements are popular in the construction industry as they allow for flexibility and cost saving where there may not be a constant need for […]
By Grace Waterhouse So called ‘gentlemen’s agreements’ are notorious in the art world, with dealers arranging sales of artwork on nothing more than a handshake, but the 2018 de Pury case should serve as a reminder of the importance of getting contracts down on paper. The case centred on Gauguin’s painting Nafea faa ipoipo (meaning ‘When […]
By Robin Henry, Audrey Favreau A recent decision of the Court of Appeal (First Tower Trustees Ltd v CDS (Superstores International) Ltd [2018] EWCA Civ 1396) will be welcomed by SMEs and other non-sophisticated investors considering a claim against their bank for misrepresentation. The Court swept aside a significant body of cases which permitted banks to rely on […]
Big Four accountancy firm KPMG has extended its legal services network to Hong Kong, targeting a headcount of 20 lawyers for its newly-established legal outfit in the region. The new firm called SF Lawyers is being set up by former Harneys counsel Shirley Fu, who started her professional services career with KPMG back in Australia in 2004. […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) has made two senior appointments to its advanced delivery unit in an attempt to coordinate efforts among the firm’s multiple innovation groups. Senior banking partner Andrew Trahair will serve as head of advanced delivery, a unit tasked with developing resourcing strategy and technologies to reboot innovation at the 130-year-old firm. The […]
These are The Lawyer‘s Top 20 cases to look out for in 2019.
Mirroring a claim already filed by the firm in New York, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan is battling six major banks in London over allegations that they conspired to manipulate the foreign exchange market. Quinn is the first firm to file a charge on these grounds in Europe. London co-head of competition litigation Boris Bronfentrinker has filed […]
Latham & Watkins is one of the heavy hitting City firms that have been ushered in to advise on the next chapter of New Look’s restructuring saga, following the arrival of Sidley Austin’s Yen Sum last year. Sum, who moved to Latham after a short spell at Sidley in 2018, won a place for the bondholders […]
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While many lawyers are out of the City on half-term, others in the industry have been securing US deals, mulling leadership bids and bringing High Court disputes to an end.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been called in by Canadian firm Stikemann Elliott to co-lead on Dairy Crest’s sale to a transatlantic buyer. The magic circle firm has been providing UK legal advice to Canadian company Saputo, which produces milk and dairy products. Freshfields corporate partner Stephen Hewes has taken the lead alongside colleague Peter Hall, […]
Four more partners have left Squire Patton Boggs’ London office, in the wake of former managing partner Robert Weekes’ move to Crowell & Moring earlier this month. UK litigation head Laurence Winston and restructuring partners Paul Muscutt and Cathryn Williams are to part ways with the firm, while Robin Baillie in the infrastructure practice is […]
Burges Salmon is preparing for the possibility of a no-deal Brexit, with plans to resort to an Irish partnership structure if Britain cannot agree terms with the EU.
Shearman & Sterling’s global turnover increased by 5 per cent over 2018, though the pace of growth has fallen behind some of Shearman’s US peers who have all reported double-digit gains this year. Turnover at Shearman rose to $955.5m in 2018, an increase of 4 per cent. This followed the addition of just $5m to […]
Addleshaw Goddard’s senior partner Charles Penney faces a challenge to his bid for another term, with another contender stepping forward to take on the role. Penney, who is seeking a second term in the top job, will run against contender Michael Leftley, who heads the employment, incentives & immigration group in London. Leftley has been […]
