DWF real estate partner lands new role at DLA Piper
DWF former City funds head Lorraine Reader is to join DLA Piper’s real estate team, just months after news of DWF’s intended IPO broke in June last year.
The speed read: Freshfields’ private equity woes, and why Clyde’s women need to avoid blandness
Happy New Year. The Speed Read is back for 2019 and those who took an extended Christmas break will find, as they slope back into the office wiping the last crumbs of mince pie from their mouths, that a number of interesting developments have already taken place in the legal world this year. Those lawyers whose […]
Ogier advises on £46 billion Shire acquisition in largest Jersey scheme of arrangement on record
An Ogier team led by partners Simon Dinning and Nick Williams has advised Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical on its £46 billion (over £63 billion including Shire’s debt) acquisition of Shire, creating one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms. The deal is the largest ever foreign takeover by a Japanese company. The Ogier team advised on the […]
Pinsents swoops into Frankfurt with six-partner team
Pinsent Masons is to open its third office in Germany, hiring partners from a number of different firms for its latest international launch in Frankfurt. The office will be its third location in Germany, after Munich and Düsseldorf, and will focus on the technology, energy and real estate sectors. The founding team have been recruited from […]
Six technology startups to watch out for in urban planning
Alberta: Court applies more muscle to role as gatekeeper in certification of class proceedings
In its recent decision denying certification under the Alberta Class Proceedings Act (“CPA”), the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench (the “Court”) reinvigorated its role as a gatekeeper providing more serious scrutiny of the evidence of loss at this early stage in a potential class proceeding.
The patent bar and beyond: in conversation with Sir Robin Jacob
How has the patent landscape changed over the last 40 years and how has this impacted IP case law globally?
Electric vehicles: Accelerating in British Columbia and beyond
Recent developments, including significantly increased funding under the Specialty Use Vehicle Incentive and Commercial Vehicle Pilots Program announced January 13, 2021, are accelerating the adoption of Electric Vehicles (EVs) and their associated infrastructure in British Columbia.
Brexit: governing law, jurisdiction and enforcing judgments
Relatively easy cross-border enforcement of court judgments has been a quiet success of the EU. Now that we have the UK-EU Trade and Co-Operation Agreement we are able to report on how governing law, jurisdiction and enforcement of court judgments works post-Brexit between the UK and EU.
UK Supreme Court rules on Covid-19 business interruption claims
The much anticipated decision of the UK Supreme Court in a test case addressing insurance coverage issues arising in connection COVID-19 business interruption (“BI”) claims was handed down on January 15, 2021 in FCA v. Arch Insurance (UK) Ltd., [2021] UKSC.
DWF real estate partner lands new role at DLA Piper
DWF former City funds head Lorraine Reader is to join DLA Piper’s real estate team, just months after news of DWF’s intended IPO broke in June last year.
The speed read: Freshfields’ private equity woes, and why Clyde’s women need to avoid blandness
Happy New Year. The Speed Read is back for 2019 and those who took an extended Christmas break will find, as they slope back into the office wiping the last crumbs of mince pie from their mouths, that a number of interesting developments have already taken place in the legal world this year. Those lawyers whose […]
Ogier advises on £46 billion Shire acquisition in largest Jersey scheme of arrangement on record
An Ogier team led by partners Simon Dinning and Nick Williams has advised Japan’s Takeda Pharmaceutical on its £46 billion (over £63 billion including Shire’s debt) acquisition of Shire, creating one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical firms. The deal is the largest ever foreign takeover by a Japanese company. The Ogier team advised on the […]
Pinsents swoops into Frankfurt with six-partner team
Pinsent Masons is to open its third office in Germany, hiring partners from a number of different firms for its latest international launch in Frankfurt. The office will be its third location in Germany, after Munich and Düsseldorf, and will focus on the technology, energy and real estate sectors. The founding team have been recruited from […]
2
What I wish I knew… that asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness
A senior associate in a City law firm shares his story.
Find legal roles
Make your next move with The Lawyer Careers. Search and apply for thousands of vacancies, or receive email alerts for new roles when they go live. Whether you're looking at private practice, in-house legal or an exciting business support role, you'll find your future here.
Search vacancies
Men – it’s time for some self-care
The total number of callers to LawCare is up for a sixth successive year.
The DLA Piperisation of DWF
DWF’s board is filled with former DLA Piper leaders.
Slaughters’ property deal is not what it seems
A recent welter of City office moves and lease renegotiations limited Slaughters’ options.
Law firm mergers are dead: discuss
Strategic merger opportunities lie in the lower echelons of the UK Top 200.
Spreadsheet, spreadsheet, do a trawl – which is the hottest firm of all?
Which organisation has had most lawyers featured in the Hot 100 over the 20 years?
Come for the rugby, stay for the M&A
Revived interest in Japan from certain law firms may have something to do with the Rugby World Cup.
Revealed: Nearly a quarter of the Top 100 are still using furlough scheme
Firms including Trowers & Hamlins and TLT were among those that made claims through the UK Government’s coronavirus job retention scheme last month, according to new data released by HMRC. The data shows that 17 law firms from the top half of The Lawyer’s latest UK200 report were still making claims for furlough at the […]
Paul Hastings secures investigations duo from White & Case
Paul Hastings has hired two white-collar and investigations partners from White & Case, as US firms look to expand their City teams. The firm has brought in lawyers Jonathan Pickworth and Joanna Dimmock to the London office. They will join from White & Case, where Pickworth led the white-collar crime practice. Pickworth spent more than […]
White & Case litigator departs after three years
Another partner from White & Case’s disputes department is leaving, as Steven Baker exits the firm after three years. Baker joined White & Case in 2018 as part of an expansive lateral hiring strategy in the City. In 2018 Baker left Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft to join White & Case alongside international arbitration partner David […]
Shoosmiths appoints inaugural GC
Shoosmiths has appointed its head of personal advisory as its first general counsel (GC). Richard Follis takes on the inaugural GC role at the 196-partner firm, where he will enhance focus on managing the increasing compliance burden required to support business activity, as well as take on the quality and risk responsibilities that sit with […]
Ashurst to school students in NewLaw uni partnership
A team of lawyers and technologists from Ashurst’s NewLaw arm is set to take on teaching duties as part of a module launched by the firm with the University of Stirling in Scotland. The firm is working with the university on a strategic partnership aimed at cultivating talent that will be able to populate the […]
Magic circle CMO veteran leaves Freshfields after a decade
The chief marketing officer and executive board member of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is leaving the firm after 12 years. The departure of Lucy Murphy, chief marketing and business development officer at the magic circle firm, was announced internally in an email, sources told The Lawyer. Murphy had been in her role since 2015. Sitting on […]
Jobs
Top Jobs
