Mayer Brown has promoted partner Gillian Sproul to head of competition and antitrust in its London office. Gillian Sproul Sproul replaces Frances Murphy, who led the London team for eight years. Murphy will leave the firm in the next few weeks to head the London antitrust practice at Jones Day. Sproul’s promotion comes as the […]
While the sceptics are questioning the motives behind Lord Justice Jackson’s report on civil litigation costs, one straight-talking litigation chief is calling on London’s litigators to stand proud. This week, Lovells global litigation chief Patrick Sherrington tells The Lawyer that London is a key destination for commercial clients looking to do battle (see blog). Sherrington […]
The 2008-09 year-end figures for Lovells’ litigation practice show that the group is beginning to benefit from the disputes arising from the economic downturn. The litigation practice has increased fee income by 27.3 per cent from £95.8m a year earlier to £122m. Revenue per partner (RPP) has risen sharply from £1.36m in 2007-08 to £2.35m, […]
Weil Gotshal & Manges has hired an Allen & Overy tax partner to bulk up its London office. Brenda Coleman Partner Brenda Coleman will start in her new role in mid-September. Weil London head Michael Francies said: “Our London corporate tax team, led by Sarah Priestly, has played a central role on a wide range […]
Linklaters has retained its place as the largest corporate practice in the UK, according to figures compiled for The Lawyer’s UK 200 Annual Report 2009. Bolstered by instructions from Lloyds TSB on the takeover of HBOS and the Government’s recapitalisation programme, Linklaters’ corporate department brought in £453.3m in fees during 2008-09. Despite this figure representing […]
A riot at a detention centre has resulted in a clearer definition of ‘damages’ in public liability cases, says Richard Mattick Richard Mattick The question: ‘What are the ‘damages’ for which an insurer must indemnify its policyholder under a public liability (PL) policy?’ has come up for judicial determination on more than one occasion in […]
News Corporation has appointed Andrea Appella in the newly-created role of director of legal, competition and regulatory affairs for Europe and Asia. Appella was previously head of international at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), where he led a team that contributes to multilateral competition bodies, such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development […]
White & Case has scored a lead role advising the Kazakhstan government on the creation of new restructuring laws in the country. Francis Fitzherbert-Brockholes London-based European capital markets co-head Francis Fitzherbert-Brockholes led the advice to the Kazakhstan government. The mandate was awarded after the US firm won a role advising UBS on the restructuring of […]
Herbert Smith is bolstering its Middle East disputes practice by relocating London partner Stuart Paterson to Dubai. Paterson will work alongside disputes partner Craig Shepherd, who transferred to Dubai from London two years ago (27 April 2007). The firm’s disputes head Sonya Leydecker said: “Since setting up two years ago our disputes team in the […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have played key roles in the restructuring of German company Schaeffler’s debt, paving the way for the ball-bearing maker to merge with auto-parts manufacturer Continental. Neil Weiand A&O was handed the mandate from Schaeffler thanks to a long-standing relationship between the company and A&O Dusseldorf partner Rolf Koerfer. Known […]
Addleshaw Goddard has hired a litigation partner duo from US firm Winston & Strawn. Kent Phillips Kent Phillips and Jamie Harrison will join the national firm as partners in the London office. The defections leave Winston with just three partners based in London. Harrison was head of Winston’s UK litigation practice and Phillips was an […]
Next month’s publication of The Lawyer UK 200 Annual Report is likely to make grim reading for most of the market’s transactional lawyers. Not so the litigators. As we reveal today in a sneak preview of the annual report, litigators have been waiting in the wings for a while for their time in the sun […]