Moscow gold: For City lawyers, the oligarch era is over
The changing political environment is making life harder for the London lawyers servicing Russia’s super-rich.
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The changing political environment is making life harder for the London lawyers servicing Russia’s super-rich.
The High Court has ordered the trustees of Boris Berezovsky’s estate to hand over more than £12m in unpaid legal fees to Addleshaw Goddard. Details of the case emerged today (28 July 2014) in a judgment that detailed how the estate’s trustees, Grant Thornton partners Nick Wood and Kevin Hellard, challenged how the firm structured […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Paul Hastings have picked up lead roles on the latest bumper deal in the increasingly active telecoms sector. The magic circle firm has been advising South African company MTN Group on its sale of subsidiary company MTN Cyprus to Monaco Telecom for approximately €260m. Paul Hastings is representing the buyer Monaco […]
As Davenport Lyons enters administration, The Lawyer relates its final days. The mood at Davenport Lyons is as low as it could be. Staff were told the firm was going into administration last Friday (25 April). That day those offered a job – mostly partners – were called one by one into a meeting with […]
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The changing political environment is making life harder for the London lawyers servicing Russia’s super-rich.
The High Court has ordered the trustees of Boris Berezovsky’s estate to hand over more than £12m in unpaid legal fees to Addleshaw Goddard. Details of the case emerged today (28 July 2014) in a judgment that detailed how the estate’s trustees, Grant Thornton partners Nick Wood and Kevin Hellard, challenged how the firm structured […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Paul Hastings have picked up lead roles on the latest bumper deal in the increasingly active telecoms sector. The magic circle firm has been advising South African company MTN Group on its sale of subsidiary company MTN Cyprus to Monaco Telecom for approximately €260m. Paul Hastings is representing the buyer Monaco […]
As Davenport Lyons enters administration, The Lawyer relates its final days. The mood at Davenport Lyons is as low as it could be. Staff were told the firm was going into administration last Friday (25 April). That day those offered a job – mostly partners – were called one by one into a meeting with […]
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