MasterCard to appeal £68m Sainsbury’s interchange fee ruling
MasterCard has applied to appeal a ruling that it must pay supermarket giant Sainsbury’s £68.5m in damages, The Lawyer has learned.
New life for former Yorkshire Post site
Residential Real Estate lawyers at Walker Morris have advised the landowner on the sale of the former Yorkshire Post Gateway site on Wellington Street in Leeds City Centre. The landowner, Stirling Investments, has exchanged contracts to deliver a large 18 storey residential building offering 242 apartments aimed at the Private Rented Residential Sector (‘PRS’), along with […]
DLA Piper raises NQ salaries to £70,000
DLA Piper has raised salaries for its trainees and lawyers
New partner in Paris
Gowling WLG’s Paris office welcomes Alexandra Plain, the newest partner in its real estate team. Admitted to the New York Bar and Paris Bar, Alexandra Plain has extensive knowledge in advising foreign investors, including investment funds, real estate acquisitions and disposals in France and in Europe.
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MasterCard to appeal £68m Sainsbury’s interchange fee ruling
MasterCard has applied to appeal a ruling that it must pay supermarket giant Sainsbury’s £68.5m in damages, The Lawyer has learned.
New life for former Yorkshire Post site
Residential Real Estate lawyers at Walker Morris have advised the landowner on the sale of the former Yorkshire Post Gateway site on Wellington Street in Leeds City Centre. The landowner, Stirling Investments, has exchanged contracts to deliver a large 18 storey residential building offering 242 apartments aimed at the Private Rented Residential Sector (‘PRS’), along with […]
DLA Piper raises NQ salaries to £70,000
DLA Piper has raised salaries for its trainees and lawyers
New partner in Paris
Gowling WLG’s Paris office welcomes Alexandra Plain, the newest partner in its real estate team. Admitted to the New York Bar and Paris Bar, Alexandra Plain has extensive knowledge in advising foreign investors, including investment funds, real estate acquisitions and disposals in France and in Europe.
Win on behalf of Chief Constable in discrimination claim case
Judgment has been delivered in the widely publicised proceedings against the Chief Constable of Northumbria Police by the former Director of Legal Services, Denise Aubrey, following her dismissal. All Ms Aubrey’s claims were dismissed including her claims for sex discrimination, harassment, victimisation, disability discrimination, whistleblowing and unfair dismissal. The case gave rise to widespread publicity in […]
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Weil makes up for last year’s London omission with three City promotions
After promoting no-one in London last year, Weil Gotshal & Manges has announced its highest number of City promotions in three years. The US firm has made up three new partners in London out of a total of 11 globally. James Bromley will be a partner in the private funds practice, while Alexander Martin will join the […]
Mayer Brown’s global promotions hit seven-year high
Mayer Brown is to make up 34 lawyers to partner next year, its highest global round since 2012 when 39 promotions took effect. Four City partners have been made up; employment lawyer Giles Bywater, banking and finance lawyer Merryn Craske and litigators James Morris and James Whitaker. Morris trained at Nabarro and Craske at Baker McKenzie, […]
Revealed: Slaughters’ expected fees for Wonga’s collapse
Slaughter and May is in line to pick up a pay packet of £700,000 for its work advising on the administration of payday lender Wonga, falling in line with fees already paid to legal advisers on retail restructurings. The firm was drafted in when Wonga collapsed into administration under a mass of compensation claims at […]
Deloitte legal arm to launch early next year with a “Big Bang”
Over 10 months since announcing its intentions to launch a UK legal arm, Deloitte is gearing up for an official opening at the start of next year with a team of 60 lawyers, The Lawyer has learned. The big four accountancy firm, which currently has a team of 50 practising lawyers and 125 fee-earners, is getting ready […]
A&O and Shearman lead in Boston Scientific’s £3bn takeover of UK plc
A host of notable names in the City have been drafted in to advise on the latest bumper deal in the pharmaceutical market, as Boston Scientific has tendered a £3.3bn offer to take over UK drugs company BTG. White & Case, Allen & Overy, Shearman & Sterling, Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer and Travers Smith […]
Bakers joins forces with A&O-supported startup Avvoka
Avvoka, the startup that has already found favour with Allen & Overy, has partnered up with Baker McKenzie in a bid to develop new technology applications, The Lawyer has learnt. Created in 2016 by former solicitors David Howorth and Eliot Benzecrit, the digital platform allows businesses to automatically create, e-sign and store contracts online. The duo joined Fuse, A&O’s […]