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 Catarina Pinto Correia, Ana Marta Castro, Pedro Fontes 2018 begins with a general positive feeling, since, in 2017, Portuguese economy grew – for the fourth year running – at a projected rate of approximately 2.5%. This growth follows a deep recession experienced between 2011 and 2013, years that were also marked by a significant decrease […]
The insurance M&A activity during 2017 followed the consolidation trend of the previous years, with a number of sales procedures of insurance companies being completed or initiated during this period. Similar to the previous years, these sales procedures attracted mainly foreign investors (particularly China-based), thus the control of the insurance sector has become more and […]
By Rui Amendoeira, Miguel Soares Branco In 2016, Portugal ran for four days straight on renewable energy alone. Recent investments in renewable energies mean that currently Portugal runs approximately 60 per cent on renewable energy all year round. Without relevant oil and gas developments, this European country represents the modern approach to the energy sector with […]
The Agreement on Mutual Administrative Assistance and Tax Cooperation between Angola and Portugal (the “Agreement”) has been enacted by Presidential Decree 317/18, dated 31 December 2018. The Agreement applies to all taxes, excluding customs duties and social security contributions, and the following matters:
By Nuno Ruiz, Miguel Mendes Pereira, Ricardo Bordalo Junqueiro, Joana Pacheco On 21 December 2018, Presidential Decree 313/18 approving the bylaws of the Angolan Competition Regulatory Authority (“CRA”) was published, putting in place the last piece of the Angolan competition law regime. The decree completes the Angolan Competition Act (“ACA”), of 10 May 2018 (see Flash here), and the […]
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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Reed Smith’s head of private equity real estate, Oliver s’Jacob has left to join US counterpart Morrison & Foerster as its first real estate partner in London. s’Jacob becomes MoFo’s first and only real estate partner in London, following on from the arrival in late 2017 of partner Florian Ehrich, who joined to build out the real […]
In what has already been a busy January for Kirkland & Ellis‘s City operations, the firm is gearing up to hire another new lateral from Weil Gotshal & Manges. The Lawyer understands that Weil’s most senior tax lawyer in London, David Irvine, has resigned for Kirkland. Irvine started his career at Deloitte in Australia as a tax […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is to launch its first alternative legal services centre in New York, with the firm’s in-house tech unit now generating over £40m worth of revenue worldwide. The firm is opening in New York with a new e-discovery team, as well as a smaller operation in Hong Kong. Building on its existing e-discovery capabilities […]
Legal employees at Jaguar Land Rover face uncertainty at the company after it announced it was embarking on a programme to slash 4,500 jobs worldwide. The job cuts across the vehicle manufacturer, which are part of its £2.5bn plan to reverse losses, will begin with a voluntary redundancy programme in the UK. The bulk of the cull will […]
Dechert’s former Dubai co-managing partner Gavin Watson has left the firm for Pillsbury, where he will work as a partner in its London office. Watson has relocated from the Middle East to London, with a focus on cross-border corporate transactions in the oil and gas space. He joined Dechert in 2012 from defunct firm Dewey & […]
Deliveroo has reshuffled its in-house legal team after the departure of chief legal officer Rob Miller, who has left the food delivery service after just 12 months. Miller joined Deliveroo at the start of 2018 from tech startup Improbable, where he led its legal team for a year too. The former Fieldfisher lawyer also held […]
