Gowling WLG is pleased to announce that infrastructure and construction lawyer Adam Lewinberg has joined the firm as partner in its Toronto office. Lewinberg, who previously was the associate general counsel at Carillion Canada, has broad experience that focuses on P3s/infrastructure, and possesses significant expertise in corporate governance and compliance matters — including designing and […]
The Lawyer’s Career Clinic panel advises on how law firm partners can find a fulfilling role as a non-executive director when approaching retirement. “I’m a partner nearing retirement in the next few years and am keen to keep working after I leave the firm, perhaps in a non-executive directorship (NED) role. However, I don’t really […]
Shoosmiths has boosted its Midlands corporate team with the appointment of experienced deal-maker Maurice Dwyer. Maurice’s appointment follows hard on the heels of Paul Batchelor who moved from PwC Legal in 2017 and provides further evidence of the firm’s desire to grow its corporate footprint and reputation in the West Midlands market. Maurice has considerable […]
Schillings’ industry-leading role in private client service has been recognised at the 2018 Family Wealth Report Awards. Now in their fifth year, the Family Wealth Awards are regarded as one of North America’s leading private client awards, which exist to celebrate and recognise innovation and excellence across the trusted advisor community. This year the glittering awards […]
By Paul M. Murphy, Mark McAuley Overview: The United States seems to be raising the bar for International Development Finance with the proposed BUILD Act. Through the proposed creation of a new U.S. Government institution, the International Development Finance Corporation, the US looks to create a new paradigm for the developing world – in direct response to […]
The technology we increasingly rely on every day such as phones, tablets and personal computers are made up of different components. These components and other parts are made using raw materials that can be found in countries all over the world. Materials including aluminium, lithium and cobalt have been listed by the World Bank as […]
By Samuel R Beighton On 18 September 2018, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (the “CMA”) announced that Heathrow airport (“Heathrow”) will pay a fine of £1.6 million in relation to an infringement of UK competition law arising from a restriction included within a commercial lease. Importantly, this case marks the first occasion that the CMA […]
By Sandra Lando, Julie Djiezion For several years, there have been calls by some associations, including the Québec Association of Building Inspectors, for oversight of the work done by pre-purchase inspectors. On June 12, 2018, they resulted in the introduction of the Act mainly to improve the quality of buildings, the regulation of divided co‑ownership and the […]
By Glen Jennings, Matthew Doak The time has now arrived. A mechanism is finally in place in Canada that will allow for a better process to resolve criminal offences for corporations. In response to a consultation that ended in November 2017, the federal government introduced legislation amending the Criminal Code to allow for remediation agreements (better known as […]
Gowling WLG is pleased to announce that infrastructure and construction lawyer Adam Lewinberg has joined the firm as partner in its Toronto office. Lewinberg, who previously was the associate general counsel at Carillion Canada, has broad experience that focuses on P3s/infrastructure, and possesses significant expertise in corporate governance and compliance matters — including designing and […]
The Lawyer’s Career Clinic panel advises on how law firm partners can find a fulfilling role as a non-executive director when approaching retirement. “I’m a partner nearing retirement in the next few years and am keen to keep working after I leave the firm, perhaps in a non-executive directorship (NED) role. However, I don’t really […]
Shoosmiths has boosted its Midlands corporate team with the appointment of experienced deal-maker Maurice Dwyer. Maurice’s appointment follows hard on the heels of Paul Batchelor who moved from PwC Legal in 2017 and provides further evidence of the firm’s desire to grow its corporate footprint and reputation in the West Midlands market. Maurice has considerable […]
Schillings’ industry-leading role in private client service has been recognised at the 2018 Family Wealth Report Awards. Now in their fifth year, the Family Wealth Awards are regarded as one of North America’s leading private client awards, which exist to celebrate and recognise innovation and excellence across the trusted advisor community. This year the glittering awards […]
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Fieldfisher is poised to open two new offices in Spain, The Lawyer understands. The first office will be based in Madrid, an attractive city for law firms due to a strong banking and corporate scene, while the second will be located in Barcelona with the aim of taking advantage of its thriving tech start-up scene. Far […]
Kingsley Napley has announced the hire of Serious Fraud Office (SFO) general counsel Alun Milford, the latest in a string of departures from the Government body. 26-year prosecution veteran Milford will join his new firm as a partner in its criminal litigation team in the new year with the SFO confirming that it will begin […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Cravath, Swaine & Moore have spearheaded a proposed merger to create the world’s largest gold miner, valued at $18bn (£13.7bn). The merger between two of the biggest players in the industry sees Canada’s Barrick Gold buy FTSE 100-listed US goldmining company rival Randgold Resources for $6bn, under an all-share agreement. Freshfields has advised Barrick, with a […]
Big Four powerhouse PwC and US firm Fragomen Del Rey Bernsen & Loewy have entered a strategic alliance to pitch jointly for immigration-related work from clients across the world. PwC’s global immigration practice covers more than 170 countries, while New York-based US immigration specialist Fragomen has more than 50 offices in over 25 countries, including 16 offices across […]
Slaughter and May corporate veteran Nigel Boardman will step down as a partner next April, leaving behind a lustrous and lucrative legacy within the magic circle firm spanning nearly 40 years. When he retires from the partnership as the end of April next year, he will continue at Slaughters as a part-time consultant. Long regarded as […]
Housing set Arden Chambers will merge with public, planning and property set 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square effective from 1 October in the latter’s second merger in just over five years. The new set will take 4-5 Gray’s Inn’s name initially, with Arden Chambers senior practice manager Emily Martin continuing to lead the legacy set’s work […]
