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The JLD blog: What is social mobility and what more can junior lawyers do to help?
An associate from CMS looks at social mobility in the legal profession.
Fieldfisher duo vie for top job in senior partner elections
Fieldfisher has started the process to find a successor to senior partner Matthew Lohn, The Lawyer has learned, with two partners throwing their hats in the ring. Corporate partner David Wilkinson and real estate partner Anthony Phillips are understood to be the first to have launched their bids. Both partners are longtime Fieldfisher lawyers. Wilkinson was […]
Cellestia Biotech AG: CHF 20 million Series A financing round
Walder Wyss advises FC Capital Fund I, L.P., Shanghai, as investor in connection with Cellestia’s recent financing round. Cellestia was founded in 2014 as a spin-off from EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). Its pipeline including lead candidate, oral small molecule CB-103 is based on proprietary know-how and more than two decades of research at […]
Expanding New Law provider Elevate takes Halebury under its wing
Flexible lawyering group Halebury has been acquired by Elevate as the latter sets out plans to build an alternative legal services company that can provide a “one-stop” solution for clients. The combination allows Elevate to provide private equity and in-house teams with legal consultants available for specific projects, and technology and managed services. John Croft, […]
Ontario employers: Time to update your ESA poster
Litigation funding 2019 – United Arab Emirates
By James Foster, Courtney Rothery We have authored the inaugural UAE chapter in the annual Guide to Litigation Funding published by Law Business Research (part of the “Getting the Deal Through” series). This is the third edition of the global survey of the law and practice of litigation funding. With the third-party funding of litigation and arbitration […]
The Bluberi CCAA proceedings: litigation funding in insolvency
By Patrice Benoit, Geneviève Cloutier On February 4, 2019, the Court of Appeal of Quebec released its decision in the matter of Callidus Capital Corporation and al. v. 9354-9186 Québec Inc. (formerly Bluberi Gaming Technologies Inc.). With the increase in third party litigation funding, we are now seeing it being used in the insolvency context and the Court of […]
Six weeks to go until Brexit: What’s going to happen to environmental law?
By Ben Stansfield, Lee P McBride, Andrew Litchfield One of the great beneficiaries of the European Union has been the environment. Since the very beginnings of the EU, Member States have come together and enacted a great variety of environmental laws, leading to cleaner seas, flourishing habitats and healthier citizens. With Brexit only a few weeks away, this […]
What if a river runs through it? Water flow as habitat in the new fisheries act
By Michael Finley A new definition in Bill C-68, the new Fisheries Act (the “Act”), has the potential to significantly broaden the Act’s concept of “fish habitat”. As mentioned in a previous article, the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans recommended adding the concept of water flow to the definition of “fish habitat” by inserting the following provision prior […]
Tech takes the wheel: Preparing Canada’s insurance sector for autonomous vehicles
By Parna Sabet-Stephenson, Joseph McDonald A new report by the Insurance Bureau of Canada (IBC), representing Canada’s private property and casualty insurers, argues that fully automated vehicles – the advent of which could begin as early as 2020 – present new risks to the Canadian auto insurance sector and its stakeholders. To mitigate effectively against these risks, […]
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The JLD blog: What is social mobility and what more can junior lawyers do to help?
An associate from CMS looks at social mobility in the legal profession.
Fieldfisher duo vie for top job in senior partner elections
Fieldfisher has started the process to find a successor to senior partner Matthew Lohn, The Lawyer has learned, with two partners throwing their hats in the ring. Corporate partner David Wilkinson and real estate partner Anthony Phillips are understood to be the first to have launched their bids. Both partners are longtime Fieldfisher lawyers. Wilkinson was […]
Cellestia Biotech AG: CHF 20 million Series A financing round
Walder Wyss advises FC Capital Fund I, L.P., Shanghai, as investor in connection with Cellestia’s recent financing round. Cellestia was founded in 2014 as a spin-off from EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). Its pipeline including lead candidate, oral small molecule CB-103 is based on proprietary know-how and more than two decades of research at […]
Expanding New Law provider Elevate takes Halebury under its wing
Flexible lawyering group Halebury has been acquired by Elevate as the latter sets out plans to build an alternative legal services company that can provide a “one-stop” solution for clients. The combination allows Elevate to provide private equity and in-house teams with legal consultants available for specific projects, and technology and managed services. John Croft, […]
Kinstellar advises syndicate of banks on a EUR 175 million loan for the development of Nivy Station in Bratislava
Kinstellar has recently advised a syndicate of international banks led by UniCredit Bank and including Tatra banka, ČSOB and HYPO-BANK Burgenland in relation to a EUR 175 million club loan provided to HB Reavis for the construction of Nivy Station (Stanica Nivy)—a unique, multipurpose urban development project adjacent to Bratislava’s historic city centre. The loan represents […]
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DWF grabs mandate on Flybmi’s collapse
Flybmi has become the latest airline to enter into administration, with the company citing Brexit uncertainty as one of the main reasons for its collapse. DWF is acting for the administrators BDO, with a team led by Leeds-based associate partner Matthew Brown. The airline cancelled all flights over the weekend with immediate effect. DWF is understood to […]
Taylor Wessing rules out merger talk as firm seals West Coast alliance
In a move that furthers the UK firm’s reach on the West Coast, Taylor Wessing has entered into a non-exclusive joint relationship agreement with California’s Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. The relationship, which is not exclusive, means Taylor Wessing and Wilson Sonsini can support each other on life sciences and tech deals in particular. Some […]
Linklaters’ former CMO to destroy documents in swift end to injunction saga
Former Linklaters marketing head Frank Mellish has agreed to destroy documents shared between him and the firm, in relation to matters he said would expose “the ongoing struggle [the firm] has with women in the workplace”.
King & Spalding’s City revenue reaches all-time high after renewed focus on London
After identifying London and New York as key offices for expansion, King & Spalding has revealed that City turnover increased by 12 per cent to over $48m in 2018. King & Spalding’s City figures have been up and down in the last few years, with turnover rising 14 per cent over 2015 only to fall […]
Future of K&L Gates’ Warsaw office in doubt as firm enters strategic review
K&L Gates is considering closing its office in Warsaw, The Lawyer understands, mirroring similar strategic reviews held at other US firms with outposts in the CEE region. A management meeting is understood to have been set up for this week to discuss plans around a potential pull-out from the city. The firm declined to comment on the […]
The 60 second interview: The GC’s challenge is “doing more for less”
In our latest 60 second interview, Brewin Dolphin head of legal Alissa Foale talks to The Lawyer about her function’s biggest challenges, necessary skills to successfully manage change and how she thinks financial services will transform in the coming years ahead of her session at this year’s In-house Financial Services conference. How do you think […]