Clydes to female lawyers: get out of your comfort zone and speak in public
Clyde & Co has launched a programme to raise the profile of female lawyers by giving them more roles as spokespeople for the firm.
Blackstone trio lead the way in latest barrister rankings
As if to underline the set’s pole position in the rankings, three of the top four busiest barristers of 2018’s first three quarters all call Blackstone Chambers home. Nathalie Lieven QC and Ben Jaffey QC were a close contest coming in second and joint-third positions, having handled 12 and 11 cases respectively, though it was […]
Dechert’s former Dubai co-head moves to new firm in London
Dechert’s former Dubai co-managing partner Gavin Watson has left the firm for Pillsbury, where he will work as a partner in its London office. Watson has relocated from the Middle East to London, with a focus on cross-border corporate transactions in the oil and gas space. He joined Dechert in 2012 from defunct firm Dewey & […]
Clifford Chance expands in Luxembourg with second hire in a month
Clifford Chance has ramped up recruitment efforts in Luxembourg with a second partner hire so far this year, taking on magic circle rival Linklaters’ funds partner Emmanuel-Frédéric Henrion this time. Henrion joins Clifford Chance as a partner in the investment funds practice in Luxembourg. This is the firm’s second lateral partner hire in the European […]
Significant beneficial owner: SEBI makes listed companies comply
India: Supreme Court rules universality is the test for allowances as ‘basic wages’
A Bench of Hon’ble Justices Arun Mishra and Navin Sinha of the Hon’ble Supreme Court vide judgement dated 28 February 2019 in the case of The Regional Provident Fund Commissioner (II) West Bengal Vs Vivekananda Vidyamandir & Ors. has reiterated the principle that the crucial test to be applied for inclusion of allowances as part […]
Significant beneficial ownership filings by listed companies – SEBI extends timelines
On 8 February 2019, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) released the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) Amendment Rules 2019 (New SBO Rules) to revise and amend the Companies (Significant Beneficial Owners) 2018 (Old SBO Rules). As per the New SBO Rules, the first SBO-related filing is due on 12 May 2019. Vide circular No SEBI/HO/CFD/CMD1/CIR/P/2018/0000000149 […]
Plastic ban on 36 major railway stations
On 22 January 2019, the National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi (NGT) in the case of Saloni Singh & Anr v Union of India & Ors (OA No. 141 of 2014) inter alia, directed the Railway Administration, Ministry of Railways, Government of India (Railway Administration) to develop ‘eco-smart stations’ which would serve as model […]
RBI relaxes the 20% concentration limit for FPIs to invest in the Indian debt market
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) through its circular dated 15 February 2019 (RBI Circular) relaxed one of the restrictions imposed on foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) while investing in the Indian debt market. On 15 June 2018, the RBI had introduced certain conditions for FPIs looking to invest through the bond route in India (2018 […]
Licensing structure for defence manufacturing by the MCI
On 1 January 2019, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) vide Press Note No.1 of 2019 Series (Press Note 2019) specified the list of defence items under the Industries (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951 (IDRA) and the list of arms and ammunitions requiring license under Form VII of the Arms Act, 1959 (Arms Act), […]
Clydes to female lawyers: get out of your comfort zone and speak in public
Clyde & Co has launched a programme to raise the profile of female lawyers by giving them more roles as spokespeople for the firm.
Blackstone trio lead the way in latest barrister rankings
As if to underline the set’s pole position in the rankings, three of the top four busiest barristers of 2018’s first three quarters all call Blackstone Chambers home. Nathalie Lieven QC and Ben Jaffey QC were a close contest coming in second and joint-third positions, having handled 12 and 11 cases respectively, though it was […]
Dechert’s former Dubai co-head moves to new firm in London
Dechert’s former Dubai co-managing partner Gavin Watson has left the firm for Pillsbury, where he will work as a partner in its London office. Watson has relocated from the Middle East to London, with a focus on cross-border corporate transactions in the oil and gas space. He joined Dechert in 2012 from defunct firm Dewey & […]
Clifford Chance expands in Luxembourg with second hire in a month
Clifford Chance has ramped up recruitment efforts in Luxembourg with a second partner hire so far this year, taking on magic circle rival Linklaters’ funds partner Emmanuel-Frédéric Henrion this time. Henrion joins Clifford Chance as a partner in the investment funds practice in Luxembourg. This is the firm’s second lateral partner hire in the European […]
Fieldfisher duo vie for top job in senior partner elections
Fieldfisher has started the process to find a successor to senior partner Matthew Lohn, The Lawyer has learned, with two partners throwing their hats in the ring. Corporate partner David Wilkinson and real estate partner Anthony Phillips are understood to be the first to have launched their bids. Both partners are longtime Fieldfisher lawyers. Wilkinson was […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
A&O to ‘industrialise’ Fuse incubator in next growth stage
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 […]
Irwin Mitchell duo to set up employment boutique
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 tweaks sabbatical rules over lockdown
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 set to hire six-strong associate group after Sidley raid
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 […]
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