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 Siobhan Bishop and James Hall In this podcast we are discuss some of latest developments in unfair dismissal from the initial stages of suspension, right through the investigation and ultimately to dismissal…
By Siobhan Bishop and Alice Loughney There are some tricky issues relating to recruitment arising out of the introduction of the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) rules, which came into force on 25 May 2018. This podcast looks at the impact of the GDPR on preemployment medicals, criminal convictions and equal opportunities monitoring…
During the run-up to the recent Ontario election, Doug Ford’s Ontario PC Party released its policy platform “For the People: A Plan for Ontario.” The PC Party’s stated plans for Ontario’s energy sector contained several broadly worded promises of keen interest to Ontario’s electricity generation sector: they would repeal the Green Energy Act, cancel energy […]
By Emma Carr, Ashley Pigott and Teresa Edwards Terminating a contract because one party is in breach is not as straightforward as it sounds. Does the breach entitle you to terminate? Getting the answer right is crucial. Getting it wrong can be very costly. Here, we consider: Repudiatory / anticipatory repudiatory breach of contract What do I […]
By Ian Mason, Penny Sanders, Kam Dhillon and Jonathan Chamberlain The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published its near-final rules and guidance on the Senior Managers & Certification Regime (SMCR). The SMCR will replace the current Approved Persons Regime on 9 December 2019… We focus here on the extension of the SMCR for FCA solo-regulated firms…
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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An 8 per cent increase in turnover at Mishcon de Reya last year saw the firm break through the £160m barrier for the first time in its history, posting £161.3m for the 2017/18 financial year. The increase in the firm’s top line means it has now added more than £30m in revenue growth in the […]
Gateley’s revenue has increased by 11 per cent from £77.6m to £86.1m in its third full year as a listed entity. The firm posted double-digit rises across the board for 2017/2018, with profit before tax increasing by nearly 12 per cent from £13.1m in 2016/2017 to £14.6m. Adjusted earnings before interest and tax (EBITDA) saw a […]
A High Court judge has slammed Pinsent Masons for its actions following the death of Russian oligarch Nikolay Glushkov, accusing the firm of having lost “sight of any basic standard of decent and compassionate behaviour” in a long-running case brought by Russian airline Aeroflot. The litigation centered around allegations made against, among others, the late Russian oligarch […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Paul Hastings have picked up lead roles on the latest bumper deal in the increasingly active telecoms sector. The magic circle firm has been advising South African company MTN Group on its sale of subsidiary company MTN Cyprus to Monaco Telecom for approximately €260m. Paul Hastings is representing the buyer Monaco […]
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang is to nearly halve the size of its Reading office after a review affecting the firm’s real estate practice, just over a year into its tripartite merger. The Lawyer understands the firm held a consultation with seven fee-earners in the real estate asset management practice, with the majority of the group relocating to […]
The former general counsel of MarketInvoice Simon Coles has joined fintech start-up Capital On Tap as its first legal head. Capital On Tap provides tech-driven funding facilities to SMEs and enables customers to access instant funding to grow their business. Before his stint as general counsel at cashflow finance provider MarketInvoice, which ended last year, […]
