A High Court judge has granted DLA Piper client European Medicines Agency permission to appeal against the dismissal of its claim to cancel its £500m office lease in London. EMA argued that the 25-year lease on its Canary Wharf base had been “frustrated” and should be able to relocate to Amsterdam. It claimed that the […]
Weil Gotshal’s Jamie Maples’ legal career began with a pupillage at One Essex Court. Realising the Bar wasn’t for him, he moved into private practice.
I’m a 6PQE employment lawyer in the City. I love my firm, I love my work, but nobody has made partner from my group for five years – we are just not a core department. There are a couple of talented associates a few years more senior than me and, if anyone is going to […]
This week systemic coaches Zita Tulyahikayo and James Pereira QC explain how wellbeing is a necessary part of good practice in the stressful profession of law, and give three tips on how the everyday stress in the legal profession can be managed effectively to support your ongoing success.
A Bench of Hon’ble Justices Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha of the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide judgement dated 28 February 2019 in the case of The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (II) West Bengal Vs Vivekananda Vidyamandir & Ors. has reiterated the principle that the crucial test to be applied for inclusion of allowances as part […]
On 8 February 2019, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) released the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules 2019 (New SBO Rules) to revise and amend the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) 2018 (Old SBO Rules). As per the New SBO Rules, the first SBO-related filing is due on 12 May 2019. Vide circular No SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2018/0000000149 […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) through its circular dated 15 February 2019 (RBI Circular) relaxed one of the restrictions imposed on foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) while investing in the Indian debt market. On 15 June 2018, the RBI had introduced certain conditions for FPIs looking to invest through the bond route in India (2018 […]
On 1 January 2019, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) vide Press Note No.1 of 2019 Series (Press Note 2019) specified the list of defence items under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (IDRA) and the list of arms and ammunitions requiring license under Form VII of the Arms Act, 1959 (Arms Act), […]
On 11 February 2019, the Supreme Court dismissed the Civil Appeal bearing No. 1484 of 2019 filed by Rai Bahadur Shree Ram and Company Pvt. Ltd. (the shareholder and promoter of Ferro Alloys Corporation Limited) and affirmed the landmark judgment passed by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) in the matter of Ferro Alloys […]
A High Court judge has granted DLA Piper client European Medicines Agency permission to appeal against the dismissal of its claim to cancel its £500m office lease in London. EMA argued that the 25-year lease on its Canary Wharf base had been “frustrated” and should be able to relocate to Amsterdam. It claimed that the […]
Weil Gotshal’s Jamie Maples’ legal career began with a pupillage at One Essex Court. Realising the Bar wasn’t for him, he moved into private practice.
I’m a 6PQE employment lawyer in the City. I love my firm, I love my work, but nobody has made partner from my group for five years – we are just not a core department. There are a couple of talented associates a few years more senior than me and, if anyone is going to […]
This week systemic coaches Zita Tulyahikayo and James Pereira QC explain how wellbeing is a necessary part of good practice in the stressful profession of law, and give three tips on how the everyday stress in the legal profession can be managed effectively to support your ongoing success.
O’Melveny & Myers has lost a third City partner in less than a month, with financial regulation lawyer Eve Ellis joining Ropes & Gray. Ellis, who specialises in financial services regulation, first started at O’Melveny in 2007 as counsel in its investment funds group. She has moved back and forth over the last twelve years, […]
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Allen & Overy, Ashurst and Linklaters have all landed roles on South African company Naspers’ bid for Just Eat. Prosus, the international internet assets division of Naspers, made a £4.9bn all-cash offer to acquire Just Eat today, a deal which would thwart the UK company’s merger with Dutch rival Takeaway.com. Linklaters is acting for longstanding […]
Osborne Clarke has been drafted in on the administration of long-suffering women’s clothing retailer Bonmarché. Bonmarché became the latest high street store to collapse into administration on Friday, appointing FRP Advisory as administrators. Osborne Clarke restructuring partners Will Gunston and Nigel Boobier, as well as head of retail Dolf Darnton are advising FRP, which is […]
Ahead of its move to new City headquarters, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has committed nearly five times more on new lease arrangements compared to last year. According to its LLP acounts, BCLP has set aside over £86m in operating lease committments, reflecting for the first time the costs associated with its London office move. […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to set up a conduct committee that would be responsible for overseeing internal investigations at the firm, in a move that comes just weeks after one of its partners was fined for sexual misconduct. The conduct committee will be a separate branch of the firm’s existing partnership council, which comprises senior […]
The University of Law (ULaw) is to launch a new course to replace the existing Bar Professional Training Course (BTPC).
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has hired a disputes partner in London from Hogan Lovells in a bid to boost its human rights practice. Julianne Hughes-Jennett joins the firm after 20 years at Hogan Lovells, advising on litigation and arbitration disputes. She started her career at the firm, where she built an arbitration, litigation and […]
