DLA Piper raises NQ salaries to £70,000
DLA Piper has raised salaries for its trainees and lawyers
Travers Smith retains 94% of qualifiers
Travers Smith has retained 94 per cent of its qualifying trainees this September. In a result that exactly matches the firm’s result for autumn 2015, Travers took on 17 of its 18 final-seat trainees in newly-qualified roles. It adds to the three out of three trainees retained in the spring, giving the firm total retention […]
PNBA Clinical Negligence conference chaired by Christopher Johnston QC for third time
Christopher Johnston QC and Nicholas Peacock (of Hailsham Chambers) co-chaired the annual PNBA Clinical Negligence conference at Clare College, Cambridge this weekend. Chris and Nick put together the weekend’s programme of medical and legal sessions. Please see http://pnba.co.uk/events/clinical-negligence-conference/ for further details. About 100 delegates attended the conference which is now in its 23rd year.
Law firm sues Lloyds Bank over stolen client funds
A law firm is suing Lloyds Bank over claims it failed to protect its client bank account from fraud, leading it to suffer losses of more than £2m.
Reasonable adjustments: should pay be protected?
DLA Piper raises NQ salaries to £70,000
DLA Piper has raised salaries for its trainees and lawyers
Travers Smith retains 94% of qualifiers
Travers Smith has retained 94 per cent of its qualifying trainees this September. In a result that exactly matches the firm’s result for autumn 2015, Travers took on 17 of its 18 final-seat trainees in newly-qualified roles. It adds to the three out of three trainees retained in the spring, giving the firm total retention […]
PNBA Clinical Negligence conference chaired by Christopher Johnston QC for third time
Christopher Johnston QC and Nicholas Peacock (of Hailsham Chambers) co-chaired the annual PNBA Clinical Negligence conference at Clare College, Cambridge this weekend. Chris and Nick put together the weekend’s programme of medical and legal sessions. Please see http://pnba.co.uk/events/clinical-negligence-conference/ for further details. About 100 delegates attended the conference which is now in its 23rd year.
Law firm sues Lloyds Bank over stolen client funds
A law firm is suing Lloyds Bank over claims it failed to protect its client bank account from fraud, leading it to suffer losses of more than £2m.
Walder Wyss acts for pharma group Recordati on Pro Farma purchase
Recordati, an international pharmaceutical group listed on the Italian Stock Exchange, has acquires the Swiss pharmaceutical company Pro Farma. Walder Wyss acted as adviser to Recordati in all legal aspects of the transaction. The team was led by Florian Gunz Niedermann (partner, corporate/M&A) and included Simon Kehl (managing associate/M&A), Andrea Voëlin (associate, corporate/M&A), Simone Wetzstein […]
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Normanton Chambers to become first in bar’s history to be named after a woman
The bar is to get its first set of chambers named after a woman. 218 Strand Chambers, a set of eight members which launched at the start of 2018, is to rebrand as Normanton Chambers in January 2019, after Helena Normanton KC, the first woman to practice at the bar and the second to be […]
Fried Frank finally gets its man from Freshfields
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has finally sealed the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Ashar Qureshi, also handing a leadership role to the M&A partner. Qureshi will be joining the US firm’s City office as head of its EMEA transactions practice, specialising in equity and debt securities work as well as sovereign-related transactions. He joined the […]
Stewarts boosts trainee numbers and launches seat in compliance
Stewarts has expanded its trainee intake, taking on its largest number ever, and launched a seat in knowledge management and compliance. Stewarts has a large number of paralegals and recruits its trainees directly from that pool. Nine new trainees, eight in London and one in Leeds, have joined the litigation boutique this autumn, up from seven […]
Cleary and Wachtell close Versace sale to Michael Kors
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz, Gianni Origoni, Chiomenti and Orsingher Ortu have advised on the $2.13bn sale of Versace to Michael Kors Holdings, which will be renamed Capri Holdings Ltd. Cleary and Chiomenti took the lead for Versace, representing GiVi Holding (the Versace Family holding company of Gianni Versace S.p.A.), Donatella […]
Fountain Court announces new leadership as Moriarty QC bows out
Fountain Court Chambers’ Bankim Thanki QC has followed up his recent high-profile victories in the Court of Appeal by being named as the set’s new head. An extremely successful month for Thanki saw him play a significant role in high-profile cases for the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) and Ukraine and has now been topped off […]