Latham & Watkins has a median bonus pay gap of 83 per cent, with its figures falling largely in line with those reported by US peers Kirkland & Ellis and White & Case.
Alison Saunders is to become a partner at Linklaters, following five years as the UK’s director of public prosecutions (DPP).
TLT has helped to secure a landmark victory for the leading frozen food specialist, Iceland, reducing its liability for rates paid on its premises. The case comes as retailers face rapidly increasing business rates, and could have far-reaching implications for businesses in the retail and other sectors. The Supreme Court – the highest appellate court […]
Name: Julia Boyle Organisation: Telefonica Position: Deputy GC Trained at: Norton Rose In Hot 100 for: Work opposing the judicial review of Ofcom’s spectrum auction last year and negotiating renewal of rights to O2 events. Read her full Hot 100 profile. What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? The only one I’m prepared to admit […]
By Yi Ling Wong and Samarth Chaddha In the June-July 2016 edition of Al Tamimi’s Law Update Article (http://www.tamimi.com/law-update-articles/crowdfunding-platforms-in-the-uae/), we have previously provided an overview on the Crowdfunding Platforms in the UAE and highlighted some of the key regulatory issues commonly encountered. In an effort to facilitate the growth of the SME sector and FinTech […]
By Fiona Robertson The GDPR is intended to protect the data of residents of EU countries but in doing so, there are claims that it has the capacity to extend beyond the jurisdiction of the European Union to the operations of entities outside that region. The intention of this article is not to provide an […]
Smart contracts will have a disruptive effect on traditional contractual performance, both practically and conceptually. However, are smart contracts actually “contracts” and are they really “smart”? What are smart contracts?
By Ahmed Al Barwani With the fast development and implementation of technology and the internet in processing operations in private and public sectors, and concluding transactions locally and internationally online or electronically on a cross-border basis, it has become essential to develop a legal framework to safeguard the rights and interests of stakeholders utilising such […]
By Sabrina Saxena The UAE is not as flexible as other jurisdictions and does not accommodate many types of business models. Before an expatriate is eligible to work in the UAE, they must receive approval from the UAE immigration and labour authorities and are required to obtain a residence visa and work permit. As part […]
Latham & Watkins has a median bonus pay gap of 83 per cent, with its figures falling largely in line with those reported by US peers Kirkland & Ellis and White & Case.
Alison Saunders is to become a partner at Linklaters, following five years as the UK’s director of public prosecutions (DPP).
TLT has helped to secure a landmark victory for the leading frozen food specialist, Iceland, reducing its liability for rates paid on its premises. The case comes as retailers face rapidly increasing business rates, and could have far-reaching implications for businesses in the retail and other sectors. The Supreme Court – the highest appellate court […]
Name: Julia Boyle Organisation: Telefonica Position: Deputy GC Trained at: Norton Rose In Hot 100 for: Work opposing the judicial review of Ofcom’s spectrum auction last year and negotiating renewal of rights to O2 events. Read her full Hot 100 profile. What’s your most vivid memory from being a trainee? The only one I’m prepared to admit […]
Pinsent Masons head of corporate crime Barry Vitou has joined US firm Greenberg Traurig to establish the firm’s first white collar practice in London.
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Pinsent Masons will remain Eon’s sole UK legal provider until at least 2023 after the energy supplier renewed its five-year deal with the firm for a second time. This is the second prominent sole provider model that the firm has retained in 2018 following its March announcement that Balfour Beatty would be retaining its services […]
Linklaters, Slaughter and May and Davis Polk & Wardwell are among the legal advisers set to rake in more than $110m in fees after working on the bidding war for Irish drug maker Shire. Shire was eventually sold to Japanese company Takeda, although two of its approaches were rebuffed by shareholders before the eventual proposal, valued […]
One of Blackstone Chambers’ longest serving members will appear before a hearing later this week after allegations of sexual harassment led an inquiry to recommend his suspension from the House of Lords until 2022. Lord Lester of Herne Hill QC will attend a hearing at the House on Thursday (15 November), which will rule on whether […]
An announcement on Clifford Chance‘s next senior partner is expected this week as two of the frontrunners are understood to have dropped out of the running, leaving partners with an all-male trio to choose from. Of the three, corporate partners David Dunnigan and Katherine Coates have dropped out, having been outliers from the offset. The […]
White & Case is to round off 2018 with its second lateral hire from Weil Gotshal & Manges this year, taking on the firm’s London head of banking. The Lawyer can reveal that Mark Donald is joining White & Case as a partner, after six years at Weil. He joined following a spell of almost 15 […]
Shiseido Group’s general counsel Elaine Hutton has taken on a new role at San Francisco-headquartered e-cigarette company JUUL. Hutton is understood to be JUUL’s first European legal director in London and will act as the corporation’s associate general counsel. JUUL is a spin-off from Pax Labs, which started in 2017. It currently has more than half of […]
