Eversheds Sutherland poised to launch Jeddah office
Eversheds Sutherland is set to launch its second office in Saudi Arabia as the firm eyes greater Middle Eastern coverage with expansion into Jeddah.
Walker Morris strengthens banking litigation group
Walker Morris has reinforced its offering to financial services clients with the appointment of Rob Aberdein.
Ogier advises on £1bn IPO for chilled foods supplier
Ogier has advised the initial public offering (IPO) of UK chilled foods supplier Bakkavor Group on the London Stock Exchange. Bakkavor announced its IPO on 10 November 2017 and its shares were admitted to trading on the LSE’s main market for listed securities on 16 November 2017. The IPO gives Bakkavor a market capitalisation of […]
Powell Gilbert client Illumina wins High Court battle over prenatal tests
Specialist IP firm Powell Gilbert has won a patent battle for pharma giant Illumina, defeating magic circle firm Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills in a fight over non-invasive prenatal tests.
The pros and cons of cloud services
The role of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
By Jocelyn S Paulley, David E Brennan The UK’s brand new Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation has officially launched, implementing part of the Sector Deal for AI and Data in the government’s Industrial Strategy. The Centre will advise the government on how the UK can maximise the benefits of data-enabled technologies, including artificial intelligence.
Ontario employers: Time to update your ESA poster
By Craig J. Stehr, André Poulin-Denis The Employment Standards Act, 2000 (ESA) requires that employers in Ontario display a poster published by the Ministry of Labour. The poster provides information about employee rights and obligations under the ESA and its regulations, and is periodically updated. Recently, the Ministry published a new eighth version of the poster, which is available […]
2019 Planning predictions
2019 is likely to be an unpredictable and turbulent year in the UK and abroad, and few will be confident enough to predict whether Great Britain and Northern Ireland will leave the European Union in March; whether we will enjoy a heatwave in the Summer; or what the nation will watch now that Big Brother […]
Changes to the UK’s trademarks law
Today the EU Trade Marks Directive 2015 comes into force and brings with it changes to the UK Trade Marks Act 1994 (TMA), and the UK Trade Marks Rules 2008 (TMR). We have set out a brief summary of the key changes which will impact the application, registration, enforcement and licensing of trade marks in […]
Risks of scaling up Ottawa’s heritage register
By Michael S. Polowin, Roberto Aburto Over the past several years, many Ottawa property owners have received notice that their properties have been listed in the register of the city’s Heritage Inventory Project. This project, pursued under the Ontario Heritage Act (“OHA”), is intended to identify and better protect Ottawa’s historic buildings. In 2018, the City of Ottawa issued […]
Eversheds Sutherland poised to launch Jeddah office
Eversheds Sutherland is set to launch its second office in Saudi Arabia as the firm eyes greater Middle Eastern coverage with expansion into Jeddah.
Walker Morris strengthens banking litigation group
Walker Morris has reinforced its offering to financial services clients with the appointment of Rob Aberdein.
Ogier advises on £1bn IPO for chilled foods supplier
Ogier has advised the initial public offering (IPO) of UK chilled foods supplier Bakkavor Group on the London Stock Exchange. Bakkavor announced its IPO on 10 November 2017 and its shares were admitted to trading on the LSE’s main market for listed securities on 16 November 2017. The IPO gives Bakkavor a market capitalisation of […]
Powell Gilbert client Illumina wins High Court battle over prenatal tests
Specialist IP firm Powell Gilbert has won a patent battle for pharma giant Illumina, defeating magic circle firm Allen & Overy and Herbert Smith Freehills in a fight over non-invasive prenatal tests.
Osborne Clarke mourns the death of former partner Speirs
Osborne Clarke is mourning the death of retired partner Simon Speirs, who passed away while taking part in a Clipper Round the World Race. Speirs, who had retired from the partnership earlier this year, was a real estate partner for 31 years at the firm. He specialised in commercial real estate, particularly investment and development. […]
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Arthur Cox scouts Freshfields alumni for aviation practice
Arthur Cox has taken on a double hire, including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former global aviation head, to bolster its aviation team. Partners Rob Murphy and Laura Cunningham, two Freshfields alumni, have moved from London to join the Irish firm’s Dublin office. Murphy joins as co-chair of Arthur Cox’s aviation team, returning to private practice after a year as chief […]
The speed read: the A&O-Deloitte carousel, Brexit in court and a Weil reunion at Kirkland
What a week for Allen & Overy. On Monday it emerged that its one-time managing partner contender Michael Castle is heading to Deloitte to lead its UK legal arm. It took the accountancy firm long enough to get their man: it is nigh on a year since The Lawyer reported it had kicked off its search. […]
Fried Frank bulks up corporate practice in 2019 partner promotions round
Fried Frank has announced its partner promotions round, making up ten partners worldwide, with one sitting in London. This is the second partner the firm has promoted in London in the last two years, with corporate lawyer David Christmas making the cut last year. Christmas’s promotion came after three fallow years where Fried Frank did […]
Mishcon moves to replace Levitt with Kingsley Napley hire
Mishcon de Reya has moved to fill a gap left by its former head of white collar crime and investigation Alison Levitt QC by hiring Kingsley Napley criminal litigation partner Johanna Walsh. Walsh will join the firm on 4 February having previously worked at DLA Piper and litigation boutique Peters & Peters with a focus […]
Clifford Chance among firms advising on halted nuclear project
Japanese firm Hitachi has suspended its £20bn nuclear power plant project in Anglesey, a construction deal that had been overseen by magic circle firm Clifford Chance and Burges Salmon. A Clifford Chance team led by partner Nigel Howorth, who works on areas including planning, energy and environment, was involved as an advisor to Horizon Nuclear […]
CMS places its bets on the North with surprise Liverpool launch
In a bid to pick up further work arising from the “Northern Powerhouse” initiative, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang is opening an office in Liverpool, hiring a partner from DWF for the launch. This will be the firm’s first UK office opening since its tripartite merger with Nabarro and Olswang in May 2017 and its tenth UK […]