Shoosmiths has spun out its volume recoveries business, with a large team of qualified lawyers and support staff moving over to work on the new venture. The firm has launched Equivo with collections, recoveries and enforcement business Chartsbridge. Shoosmiths’ chief executive Simon Boss said the reasoning behind the creation of Equivo was that there was […]
Law students increasingly view US firms as more attractive places to work.
Linklaters‘ former global head of leveraged finance has found his next role, months after leaving the firm where he spent most of his 25-year career. Adam Freeman has taken on a position as an associate at the Møller Institute, a leadership and professional development entity at Churchill College, one of the colleges of the University […]
Womble Bond Dickinson and Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan lost out to boutique outfit Clintons in the Court of Appeal this week, in a challenge over the terms of a film contract. The dispute centred around the meaning of ‘return’ in one of the many commercial contracts relating to a film called ‘Starbright’. Under the […]
Emma Himsworth QC (Call: 1993) is often found advising big household brands, having built a reputation for acting in trademark, copyright and passing off disputes. Her latest win was for Nike, in which the High Court rejected Puma’s attempts to block its rival from trademarking the term “footware”. Up against Three New Square’s Douglas Campbell QC […]
While the pandemic was an unexpected addition to GC workloads over 2020/21, how to deal with environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) concerns is an issue that lingers and continues to puzzle corporate entities. This was discussed in more detailed earlier this month at a roundtable hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, as part of The […]
While the pandemic was an unexpected addition to GC workloads over 2020/21, how to deal with environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) concerns is an issue that lingers and continues to puzzle corporate entities. This was discussed in more detailed earlier this month at a roundtable hosted by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, as part of The […]
In our latest 60-second interview, Blake Morgan partner George Panteli talks to The Lawyer about the impact of the pandemic on client – law firm relationships and the importance of having a community of like-minded people to call on. This is in line with the concept behind the Counsel+ initiative, a networking forum for in-house […]
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Seven in-house lawyers express their gratitude to external advisers for helping them through the pandemic, while giving pointers on how to move forward.
The latest developments in the aftermath of the collapse of the breakaway league from the legal point of view. Contact alex.taylor@thelawyer.com with related news or analysis.
Last month’s China sanctions against a number of individuals and entities, including Essex Court Chambers, sparked a weekend of discussions for City litigators.
Last month, Cooley unveiled its first revenue dip since it opened in the City in 2015. Behind that lies a major tussle over firm strategy – and in particular, its relationship with one of the most powerful companies in the world.
Members of The Lawyer Hot 100 have just two things in common. The first is excellence. Every year, our Hot 100 covers an incredibly diverse mix of legal professionals: scrappers from the rough and tumble of criminal law; sharp-suited corporate dealmakers; intellectuals and silver-tongued advocates from barristers’ profession; the in-house counsel with the ear of […]
As the world reopens, law firms will likely experience some push and pull from employees and from clients.
Today the Queen’s Speech set out the government’s agenda for the next session and its plans to build back better from the pandemic and level-up opportunities across the country. The speech contained reference to more than 30 Bills. Some of the most prominent are commented on here.
Recent changes to the Guernsey Companies Law are set to improve the administration process for Guernsey companies and have been welcomed by the industry.
In our previous Future of Work blog we looked at the concept of universal virtuality and how it will be both a driver and a result of digitization and automation in the future workplace. With a more virtual workforce, businesses will need to put greater effort into keeping their employees engaged.
This report sets out our Lex Mundi member firms’ insights and predictions for 2021 in respect of mergers and acquisitions, including key concerns facing private company M&A practitioners, deal activity by market segment and sector, in their respective jurisdictions.
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Ahead of the inaugural Smarter Working Week in association with Shoosmiths event, Shoosmiths chief executive Simon Boss spoke with The Lawyer about the concept of smarter working and how that has evolved over the past year. “Many people may think smarter working is just about efficiency or productivity” and while it includes that, it’s actually […]
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Shoosmiths’ Caroline White-Robinson on finding the confidence to say “this isn’t going well” and that no, this is not “the worst thing that could have happened”.
