A quartet of firms won roles for Ladbrokes Coral, William Hill and PT Entertainment on the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) investigation into online betting and gambling companies.
This week, Systemic Coach Zita Tulyahikayo and barrister and NLP Master Practitioner James Pereira QC discuss how family upbringing can manifest in behavior at work that limits professional performance and the realisation of full potential. Look in the mirror when you get ready for work in the morning. Who do you see? A familiar face, […]
With legal privilege a major discussion topic for 2017, The Lawyer spoke with HFW Partner Brian Perrott during our Managing Risk and Litigation conference to get his thoughts on whether in-house lawyers are still able to rely on privilege.
Name: Rachael Heenan Firm: Capsticks Position: Senior partner Trained at: Littleton Chambers In Hot 100 for: Repositioning Capticks in the market. Read her full Hot 100 entry. What’s your most vivid memory from being a pupil? I trained at Littleton Chambers in employment law so was lucky to have superb experience including with John Bowers QC on Smith […]
By Tiago Marreiros Moreira The electorate of Brazil is preparing to go to the polls and choose the next president. The era is uncertain and tends to involve less investment, according to lawyers contacted by the Economic Journal. The political stalemate slips into the legal world, but in order for it to not be a barrier […]
By Teresa Empis Falcão, Ana Luís de Sousa What types of collateral and security interests are available? Under Portuguese law, various types of security and collateral may be given to secure loans, notably mortgages on real estate and certain movable assets subject to registration (such as automobiles, ships and planes), and pledges on movable assets in […]
By Vanessa Cardoso Pires, Carolina França Barreira, Rita Cabral Anunciação, Francisco Cabral Matos Ministerial Order 233/2018, of 21 August 2018 (“Ministerial Order 233/2018”), which regulates the legal regime of the Beneficial Owner Central Register (“BOCR”), enacted by Law 89/2017, of 21 August 2017 (“Law 89/2017”), enters into force today. The new statute sets a deadline for the […]
By Hugo Moredo Santos, Benedita Aires, Carlos Couto On 26 September 2018, the Bank of Portugal issued Notice no 2/2018 (“Notice 2/2018”), which sets out the conditions for compliance with the prevention of money laundering and combating terrorist financing (“AML/CTF”), complementing Law no. 83/2017 (“Law 83/2017”), regulating the means and mechanisms necessary for financial entities to comply with […]
By Manuel Protásio, Catarina Coimbra The Portuguese legal system is integrated in the civil/continental law system, which means that the majority of the legal provisions are comprised and enacted by statutes, written law being its primary source. The legal system is structured hierarchically and the Constitution is the leading legal instrument. The political bodies empowered to pass […]
A quartet of firms won roles for Ladbrokes Coral, William Hill and PT Entertainment on the Competition and Markets Authority’s (CMA) investigation into online betting and gambling companies.
This week, Systemic Coach Zita Tulyahikayo and barrister and NLP Master Practitioner James Pereira QC discuss how family upbringing can manifest in behavior at work that limits professional performance and the realisation of full potential. Look in the mirror when you get ready for work in the morning. Who do you see? A familiar face, […]
With legal privilege a major discussion topic for 2017, The Lawyer spoke with HFW Partner Brian Perrott during our Managing Risk and Litigation conference to get his thoughts on whether in-house lawyers are still able to rely on privilege.
Name: Rachael Heenan Firm: Capsticks Position: Senior partner Trained at: Littleton Chambers In Hot 100 for: Repositioning Capticks in the market. Read her full Hot 100 entry. What’s your most vivid memory from being a pupil? I trained at Littleton Chambers in employment law so was lucky to have superb experience including with John Bowers QC on Smith […]
Prior to an ICO of one of our clients we have obtained a leading tax ruling related to the taxation of the proceeds from the ICO. In a nutshell, the respective proceeds will not be subject to corporate income tax in Switzerland. Instead, the client will be taxed on a cost plus 5% basis in […]
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Travers Smith and Gowling WLG have advised on Smithson Investment’s IPO debut on the London Stock Exchange, which is set to be the City’s biggest ever flotation by a trust. Travers partner and head of listed funds, Aaron Stocks, led the firm’s team for Smithson and was assisted by senior associate Leigh Stockey. Gowling WLG […]
Dechert’s trade co-chair Miriam Gonzalez is to leave the firm, after it was revealed she would be moving to California with her husband Nick Clegg, the former deputy prime minister, who has been named as Facebook’s head of global policy and communications. Gonzalez is one of Dechert’s most recognisable faces in London, having joined the […]
Becoming a partner in a law firm is a crowning achievement for any lawyer – but, as highlighted in Lawyer issues past, high-flyers are finding new career opportunities after a life in private practice. This week The Lawyer revealed that another one of Slaughter and May’s most revered M&A dealmakers would be bowing out of […]
A proposed merger with Gordon Dadds will be high on the agenda at Ince & Co‘s partner conference in London this weekend, with at least one of the insurance firm’s international offices already understood to have voiced their opposition to the deal. The Lawyer understands that Ince’s Paris office has told senior management it will not […]
Merchant bank Close Brothers has kicked off its search for a new general counsel, as it was announced that Elizabeth Lee would be retiring as the company’s legal head later this year. Lee joined Close as general counsel in September 2009 and was further appointed as a director in August 2012. Prior to Close Brothers, […]
Allen & Overy’s (A&O) contract lawyers arm Peerpoint is the largest revenue generator of any law firm-linked flexible working service, with a UK revenue of £25m this year, it can be revealed. Peerpoint’s rapid growth since launching five years ago is a clear indication of a change in sentiment towards the use of contract lawyers […]
