NHS launches tender for £100m shared business services panel
The NHS has launched the tender process for its shared business services (SBS) panel which could be worth up to £100m of work.
Ropes finance partner exits for Bakers
Ropes & Gray finance partner Matthew Cox is joining Baker McKenzie after being one of the longest-serving lawyers in the US firm’s London office.
Vischer advises CRISPR Therapeutics on 5 million shares public offering
CRISPR Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases, announced on January 4, 2018 the pricing of a public offering of 5 million of its shares at an offering price of $22.75 per share, before underwriting discounts. In addition, an option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares that […]
Love and Other Awkward Losses
Seminar: Love and Other Awkward Losses 31 January 2018 No5 Barristers’ Chambers, 38 Queen Square , Bristol BS1 4QS
US managers choosing funds-of-one and PE vehicles to support investors
Take nothing for granted – legal privilege and internal investigations
By Nick Williams, Rebecca McNulty The subject of legal professional privilege has been back in the spotlight recently, with the English Court of Appeal decision in SFO v. ENRC substantially reversing the original High Court decision. This stops – at least for now – the erosion of a fundamental legal principle: that a person can seek legal […]
GP/LP advice, women in PE and downstream trends
By Joanne Huckle More LPs are seeking independent legal advice.. Increasingly, I am instructed by LPs seeking their own Cayman legal counsel prior to committing capital. It has always been a mystery to me why investors are willing to rely on the GP’s Cayman counsel when committing significant capital to a new fund. As an attorney […]
Why all Guernsey homeowners need to make a will
By Alison Ricketts, Martyn Baudains Over the last ten years significant changes have been made to Guernsey’s laws of succession, the effects of which may be overlooked by some homeowners. Prior to 2008 if you were married with ‘legitimate’ children (children born during your marriage) and died without having made a will then your houses and land, […]
At-a-glance guide to Lasting Powers of Attorney
By Victoria Grogan, Simon Lofthouse, Fiona Lilleyman, Stephanie Button After a much-needed reform in the law, people in Jersey can now create Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) to record their decisions and intentions about their assets and care, so that if they lose mental capacity, their wishes will still be respected. Similar legislation has existed […]
Jersey: Changing rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants
By Katharine Marshall Letting out property in Jersey was once a strictly private affair between a landlord and a tenant but, for some tenants, this came at the risk of uncertainty, an uneven playing field and at worst exploitation. It is now more than five years since the first in a series of laws and regulations […]
NHS launches tender for £100m shared business services panel
The NHS has launched the tender process for its shared business services (SBS) panel which could be worth up to £100m of work.
Ropes finance partner exits for Bakers
Ropes & Gray finance partner Matthew Cox is joining Baker McKenzie after being one of the longest-serving lawyers in the US firm’s London office.
Vischer advises CRISPR Therapeutics on 5 million shares public offering
CRISPR Therapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative gene-based medicines for serious diseases, announced on January 4, 2018 the pricing of a public offering of 5 million of its shares at an offering price of $22.75 per share, before underwriting discounts. In addition, an option to purchase up to an additional 750,000 shares that […]
Love and Other Awkward Losses
Seminar: Love and Other Awkward Losses 31 January 2018 No5 Barristers’ Chambers, 38 Queen Square , Bristol BS1 4QS
Squire Patton Boggs takes Dentons team for Atlanta launch
Squire Patton Boggs has hired a three-partner team from Dentons to launch a new office in Atlanta.
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The speed read: why KWM still draws in the readers, private equity moves and legal ops innovation
“No-one’s interested in KWM any more,” we’re confidently told by, er… lots of former KWM partners. This comes as news to us, as our analysis of what happened to the trainees who had to be rescued from the smoking ruins of King & Wood Mallesons’ UK operation is our most-read article of the month to […]
WFW reveals half-year results as management duo extend their reign
Watson Farley & Williams has re-elected its co-managing partners for a further five years, with the firm also revealing its half-year results for 2018/19. London-based Chris Lowe and Hamburg’s Lothar Wegener first took up the post in 2014 and will now increase their reign by five years taking them until 2024. Lowe said: “We are energised […]
2018 was dominated by #MeToo: it’s unedifying to see seven City firms trying to pretend it never happened
When Deloitte announced it had fired 20 partners over a four-year period for inappropriate behaviour it was praised on all sides for its open approach. The biggest City law firms, however, are trying to close down the discussion, but The Lawyer isn’t going to collude with them in their efforts to duck the biggest issue […]
Sidley Austin stays loyal to Chicago in partner promotions
Sidley Austin has announced its partner promotions for the New Year, making up 30 partners worldwide. While this is a big increase on the 19 partners elected last year, the firm stayed cautious in London, promoting just one. Lyndsey Laverack will become a partner in the M&A and private equity group in London. She has been […]
Tech start-up gets cash injection from Clifford Chance and Latham
Reynen Court, the platform claiming to be a “one-stop” tech solution for the legal industry, has completed its first series A investment round, attracting cash from two of its biggest law firm backers. The heavyweight firms joined Prins H LLC, an investment vehicle set up by the platform’s founder and CEO Andrew Klein to provide […]
Shearman jumps on infrastructure PE bandwagon with Bakers hires
Baker McKenzie infrastructure PE duo Tim Sheddick and Katie Hicks have joined Shearman & Sterling in London, the latest in a series of moves to US firms in this space. Sheddick has been with Bakers since 1999 and was made a partner in 2006. One of his key clients is Macquarie, which he advised in […]