A partner duo from Reed Smith have left the firm to join King & Spalding’s London outpost. Projects and construction partners Vincent Rowan and Shareena Edmonds have left Reed Smith after a decade. The two lawyers had joined from Pinsent Masons in 2010. Rowan had spent his entire career at the firm, having joined in […]
The most successful US firm in London in terms of sheer growth is Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
There are pressures that come with any litigation, but for Doughty Street’s Jennifer Robinson (Call: 2016), it has been an extremely challenging few years working on Julian Assange’s extradition case. The US Government has been attempting to extradite Assange to the US, a policy hastened under Donald Trump’s leadership. This week Judge Baraitser ruled the […]
Kennedys has opened its 12th office in the UK, after bringing in a 36-person insurance team from a local firm. The firm’s Leeds office will also be its 42nd opening globally, after it reached an agreement to take over Langleys’ insurance group. The new office will be headed by David Thomson, who was managing partner […]
The Private Funding of Legal Services Act 2020 is on the horizon in the Cayman Islands. The Act seeks to provide welcome clarity and new opportunities for both potential litigants and litigation funders analysing their respective positions in this jurisdiction.
The aviation industry has been one of the worst hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. If airlines and associated businesses are to survive, it is essential that people start flying again. How to do that safely without promoting the spread of the virus is the sixty-four billion dollar question.
Further to our November Alert the Cayman Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) has provided a further update on Economic Substance matters.
On 7 January 2021, the BVI enacted an important amendment to the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (Virgin Islands) Act which provides that the BVI court now has jurisdiction to grant free-standing interim relief in aid of existing or anticipated foreign proceedings.
The Cayman Islands are an attractive choice for ship owners seeking financing for their vessels and for financiers looking for security in relation to their investment due to the well-established, highly experienced and client-focused shipping registry as well as a legal and political system which creates a strong, stable and creditor friendly jurisdiction. In the […]
A partner duo from Reed Smith have left the firm to join King & Spalding’s London outpost. Projects and construction partners Vincent Rowan and Shareena Edmonds have left Reed Smith after a decade. The two lawyers had joined from Pinsent Masons in 2010. Rowan had spent his entire career at the firm, having joined in […]
The most successful US firm in London in terms of sheer growth is Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.
There are pressures that come with any litigation, but for Doughty Street’s Jennifer Robinson (Call: 2016), it has been an extremely challenging few years working on Julian Assange’s extradition case. The US Government has been attempting to extradite Assange to the US, a policy hastened under Donald Trump’s leadership. This week Judge Baraitser ruled the […]
Kennedys has opened its 12th office in the UK, after bringing in a 36-person insurance team from a local firm. The firm’s Leeds office will also be its 42nd opening globally, after it reached an agreement to take over Langleys’ insurance group. The new office will be headed by David Thomson, who was managing partner […]
By now, most cash guardians would be ambitiously eyeing investments for 2022. Yet as firms still weather the financial impact of the pandemic, CFOs are having to crunch numbers not just for 2022, but for the next few months.
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McDermott Will & Emery is building up its City restructuring practice with the hire of Proskauer’s European restructuring head. Mark Fennessy joins McDermott as head of restructuring in London with fellow restructuring lawyer Sunay Radia, who joins as a partner. Fennessy spent eight years at Proskauer where he specialised in all areas of contentious and […]
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld’s City revenue is now within touching distance of the $150m mark, after double-digit growth in the office. The firm has posted a rise of 19 per cent from $125m to $149m in London. Globally turnover was up 6.5 per cent to $1.209bn from $1.135bn. The biggest global jump was in […]
Allen & Overy wants to increase collaboration between its lawyers and participants of incubator Fuse, while also expecting to run a “hybrid model” of working once a new cohort of start-ups are chosen. The incubator of the magic circle firm is set to start taking applications for its fifth cohort, with both emerging and established […]
Two of Irwin Mitchell’s most highly-regarded employment partners are to launch their own firm, adding to the blossoming number of boutiques in the City. Shazia Khan and Emilie Cole will go it alone as ColeKhan LLP from 2 May 2021. The pair had previously worked together at Bindmans before moving to Irwin Mitchell in 2018, […]
Taylor Wessing has amended its eligibility rules to enable staff to take career breaks and sabbaticals sooner than usual, in response to the third national lockdown. The firm has removed its usual two-year continuous service eligibility for people wishing to take up these unpaid options, as firms continue to think of ways to support staff […]
Goodwin is eyeing up Sidley Austin’s private equity grouping again, with a number of associates set to join a partner team led by Christian Iwasko and Erik Dahl, The Lawyer understands. Goodwin is thought to be hiring up to six associates from Sidley’s private equity team after Goodwin brought in a partner group spearheaded by […]
