Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former head of international tax is in custody in Germany in relation to ongoing investigations into “cum-ex” transactions. According to Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Ulf Johannemann has been in custody since Friday afternoon and has been refused leave to return home “due to the risk of absconding”. He left the firm several weeks ago. […]
Moore Blatch has become the latest firm to make changes to its equity model, following a spate of similar moves by law firms in 2019.
Setting up in Saudi Arabia requires picking through complex regulation. Here’s what you need to know Clifford Chance’s establishment of a professional partnership with Saudi Arabian firm and long-standing association partner Al-Jadaan made headlines early last year. The move allowed Clifford Chance to formally establish its presence in the kingdom through its own legal framework, […]
The Lawyer’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference, in association with EY, raised issues that often receive little attention across the profession.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former head of international tax is in custody in Germany in relation to ongoing investigations into “cum-ex” transactions. According to Sueddeutsche Zeitung, Ulf Johannemann has been in custody since Friday afternoon and has been refused leave to return home “due to the risk of absconding”. He left the firm several weeks ago. […]
Moore Blatch has become the latest firm to make changes to its equity model, following a spate of similar moves by law firms in 2019.
Setting up in Saudi Arabia requires picking through complex regulation. Here’s what you need to know Clifford Chance’s establishment of a professional partnership with Saudi Arabian firm and long-standing association partner Al-Jadaan made headlines early last year. The move allowed Clifford Chance to formally establish its presence in the kingdom through its own legal framework, […]
The Lawyer’s In-house Counsel as Business Partner conference, in association with EY, raised issues that often receive little attention across the profession.
The Lawyer has compiled 2018 trainee solicitor salaries and newly-qualified (NQ) solicitor salaries from the UK’s largest law firms in two easy-to-use tables. The latest salary figures are a reflection of the influence of American firms on the UK market. When Bingham McCutchen became the first firm to offer NQs £100,000 in London back in […]
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Sidley Austin has elected 30 new partners, including a lawyer duo in London. Out of the 30 promoted worldwide, Alastair Hopwood in commercial litigation and disputes and Michelle Tong in private equity were the ones given the nod in the City office. Hopwood acts mostly for clients in the banking, financial services, insurance and reinsurance […]
As talk of a potential IPO rumbles on, Mishcon de Reya has confirmed a number of senior management changes amid plans to distribute leadership more widely and provide a formalised structure at the firm. The first change will see current board members Sandra Davis, Nick Doffman and Nick Davis stepping down from their current leadership […]
11.15: Seat to watch: Chipping Barnet This North London seat is held by the Conservatives by a wafer-thin majority. While there has been talk of Dominic Raab, Iain Duncan Smith or even Boris Johnson losing their seats, Cabinet minister Theresa Villiers is at far more risk. Villiers is a trained barrister but she could be […]
Hogan Lovells has brought in an operations lead from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in a bid to drive efficiencies and manage big-scale projects within its London financial services practice. It is the third such role offered by the firm globally and the first one being trialled in the UK. It complements the remit of two Washington […]
Eversheds Sutherland is one of three firms to have scored a place on Odeon Cinemas’ revised legal roster. Having consolidated the panel from ten firms to three, Eversheds Sutherland and Mills & Reeve have been selected as the cinema chain’s primary firms, to carry out full service work. While both firms are new appointments, Shoosmiths […]
After three years of skyrocketing growth, Fieldfisher‘s turnover for the 2019/20 half-year reached £129m, recording slower growth due to disruption caused by political instability and international trade frictions. The 12 per cent growth marks a more conservative trajectory as opposed to the staggering 26 per cent of the previous year, when revenue around this period […]
