Why subsidiary boards are increasingly in the spotlight
There is a cultural shift to allow effective decision-making at entity level to be embedded in the values of medium-sized and large organisations
Authorised push payment scams – a voluntary code?
Will pressure to sign up bring in enough payment service providers to allow the code to deliver the benefits it promises?
Context is key for challenges facing GCs in today’s landscape
Much is written on the challenges facing general counsel, but the reality is that every organisation is different and likewise every in-house team is too. Only by understanding the wider business context can external support be truly effective
Take on technology, deal with data – it’s simply good business
Disruptive forces are converging on the legal industry but firms that embrace change will reap the benefits. Here is how to stay on the right side of the ‘S-curve’ By Philip Goodstone I attended a talk recently about how markets change over time. The speaker explained how periods of change can be presented visually as […]
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BCLP grabs two more partners from Paris boutique
The ever-expanding Paris office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has hired yet more lawyers from a boutique French firm, this time adding in employment and antitrust. The lawyers all join from Franklin; they are antitrust partner Julie Catala Marty, employment partner Claire Fougea and employment of counsel Marion Brière Ségala, who joins BCLP as […]
King & Spalding loses QC to Wilberforce
Wilberforce Chambers has secured the services of a high-profile silk from private practice, with Stuart Isaacs QC joining the set from King & Spalding. After a five-year stint as a partner in the global disputes team at King & Spalding, the commercial specialist will now resume his practice at the Bar. Isaacs is the second […]
The speed read: junior concerns; restructuring booms; and NRF rolls back the years
This week saw Norton Rose Fulbright revive its Flex scheme of 2009/10, while junior barristers voiced concerns over their livelihoods. Here are the key takeaways. Norton Rose Fulbright rolls back the years As we’ll no doubt be reminding people a lot in the coming weeks, the firm that probably came out best reputation-wise from the […]
Ely Place Chambers to close its doors for good after two decades
Ely Place Chambers is to cease operations from the end of July, as the Bar as a whole faces economic upheaval during the coronavirus pandemic. The set will not continue “in its present form” from the summer, at which point some members are expected to move to new homes. Others are “investigating creating a new […]
Forsters lures 10-lawyer real estate team from Orrick
A ten-lawyer real estate team, led by partner Anne O’Neill, is to leave Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe’s London office for West End firm Forsters. O’Neill joined Orrick in 2005 from the now-dissolved Coudert Brothers, and was one of eight of its London partners to move in one go. She led Orrick’s UK real estate practice […]
Balfour Beatty GC resurfaces at Aldermore Bank
Former Balfour Beatty general counsel Jonathan Lagan has landed in the top legal role at Aldermore Bank. Lagan joins the FTSE 250 bank after a short spell at the construction giant. At Aldermore, Lagan will be responsible for all legal issues and risk including leading the legal and company secretarial teams, and will work with […]