Loyens & Loeff, attorneys at law, tax advisers and civil law notaries, has become the Legal Partner of the Blockchaingers. The Blockchaingers, powered by DutchChain, is the largest open blockchain innovation programme in the world. Furthermore it hosts the Blockchaingers Hackathon 2018, the second edition of the largest blockchain hackathon in the world. Martijn Schoonewille, […]
Legal and commercial specialists are offering different definitions of Building Information Model (BIM) Level 2, according to The Winfield Rock Report, developed in association with the UK BIM Alliance. Launched at the BIM Show Live on Wednesday 28 February 2018, the report was conducted by BIM legal specialists May Winfield, Senior Legal Counsel at ENGIE Services Ltd and Gowling WLG senior […]
White & Case has replaced traditional phone conversations with internal videoconferencing in a push to increase connectivity around its London office, The Lawyer has learned.
Over 85 per cent of lawyers who have witnessed or suffered sexual harassment did not report it, data gathered by The Lawyer reveals. The survey, which collected 1,000 responses from the legal industry, shows that over a third of lawyers have witnessed sexual harassment in the workplace. Almost half (49.1 per cent) of survey respondents […]
The Property Alliance Group (PAG) has had its appeal against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) dismissed in the protracted £30m Libor battle
Loyens & Loeff, attorneys at law, tax advisers and civil law notaries, has become the Legal Partner of the Blockchaingers. The Blockchaingers, powered by DutchChain, is the largest open blockchain innovation programme in the world. Furthermore it hosts the Blockchaingers Hackathon 2018, the second edition of the largest blockchain hackathon in the world. Martijn Schoonewille, […]
Legal and commercial specialists are offering different definitions of Building Information Model (BIM) Level 2, according to The Winfield Rock Report, developed in association with the UK BIM Alliance. Launched at the BIM Show Live on Wednesday 28 February 2018, the report was conducted by BIM legal specialists May Winfield, Senior Legal Counsel at ENGIE Services Ltd and Gowling WLG senior […]
White & Case has replaced traditional phone conversations with internal videoconferencing in a push to increase connectivity around its London office, The Lawyer has learned.
Over 85 per cent of lawyers who have witnessed or suffered sexual harassment did not report it, data gathered by The Lawyer reveals. The survey, which collected 1,000 responses from the legal industry, shows that over a third of lawyers have witnessed sexual harassment in the workplace. Almost half (49.1 per cent) of survey respondents […]
Valiant Bank Ltd. has acquired a stake in the start-up company AgentSelly Ltd. and made additional capital available to its further growth. AgentSelly Ltd. operates the platform www.agentselly.ch through which homeowners can efficiently sell their properties. To date, the company had operated a similar platform under the URL www.fidesso.ch. Together, the three founders of AgentSelly Ltd. remain the […]
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DLA Piper and Addleshaw Goddard have stepped in to rescue ailing retail giant American Golf from administration as it is purchased by private equity investor Endless. With its head office in Warrington, American Golf’s buyout was handled entirely in the firms’ regional bases. DLA Piper’s corporate restructuring partner Richard Obank and corporate insolvency partner Colin […]
Ten start-ups have joined the second cohort of Dentons’ SpaceTech accelerator as the firm dives deep into a sector increasingly relevant to the UK economy. The cohort entered the firm’s London HQ in September and, over three months, will explore space tech applications under the guidance of “experts in residence” Justin Hill, TMT partner and […]
TLT has acquired Glasgow commercial real estate firm Leslie Wolfson to enhance its offering in the Scottish city and add three partners to its more than 200-strong real estate practice. Leslie Wolfson senior partner Howard Beach joins the Bristol-headquartered firm along with partners Andrew McCowan and Donna Strong, while Alan Carlton – Leslie Wolfson’s fourth […]
Building on its key hire of K&L Gates white-collar partner Christine Braamskamp earlier this year, Jenner & Block has taken its second partner from the US firm in a bid to build out in the City. Jenner & Block has hired London-based partner Paul Feldberg into Braamskamp’s team. Feldberg spent less than a year at K&L […]
Ahead of his session at In-house Counsel as Business Partner in association with EY, Shoosmiths partner Tony Randle talks to The Lawyer about the need for a fundamental understanding of the in-house environment, and of private practice and in-house lawyers working together on driving efficiency. In a world where innovation is the new norm, what will differentiate […]
Property mogul Robert Tchenguiz has walked away from his lawsuit against accountancy firm Grant Thornton, three months after completely overhauling his legal line-up. Tchenguiz argued he was owed £1.6bn following the collapse of Icelandic bank Kaupthing and later alleged that Grant Thornton conspired to have the Serious Fraud Office investigate him to prevent him from […]
