Insurance boutique Hextalls has lost a team of eight, including two partners, to Kennedys. Insurance boutique Hextalls has lost a team of eight, including two partners, to Kennedys. Personal injury specialists Joe McManus and Charles Martin will join the firm today along with a team of four solicitors and two secretaries. They will arrive with […]
The new Cheshire West and Chester Council, one of nine unitary authorities launched on 1 April, has hired Simon Goacher to run its 50-strong legal team. Goacher, who was head of legal and democratic services at Wirral Borough Council, starts the role next week. The seven local authorities around Cheshire have been split into two […]
Insurance group Pearl is cutting back its legal function following its £5bn takeover of rival Resolution. The company is currently undergoing a redundancy consultation with lawyers in its life assurance arm, with the aim of reducing headcount from 13 to seven. Pearl has also appointed lawyers to head its united legal function, with Pearl’s pre-takeover […]
SJ Berwin has reinforced its move towards becoming an international firm by setting up an office in Dubai less than a month after launching in Hong Kong. SJ Berwin has reinforced its move towards becoming an international firm by setting up an office in Dubai less than a month after launching in Hong Kong. The […]
Kirkland & Ellis and Maitland Chambers have secured a High Court ruling that has clarified the position for creditors of Financial Services Authority (FSA)-regulated companies that deal with client money. The liquidators of derivatives broker Global Trader Europe (GTE), Stephen Cork and Joanne Milner of Smith & Williamson, asked the court for clarification on how […]
Yoplait, the maker of Petits Filous yoghurts, has bought out its joint venture partner Dairy Crest, leading to instructions for Eversheds and Nabarro. Yoplait called on Nabarro corporate partner Caroline Newsholme, paying Dairy Crest £63.5m for its 49 per cent share of the venture. Eversheds corporate partner Aleen Gulvanessian represented Dairy Crest. Allen & Overy […]
A trio of UK law firms has landed the leading roles advising on the restructuring of the investment vehicle for the multibillion pound King’s Cross Central regeneration scheme in Central London. Lovells partner Andrew Sanders advised longstanding client Argent Group as the head of a consortium that invested £150m to be put towards the construction […]
Linklaters has seen off competition from Slaughter and May to advise platinum miner Aquarius on its $191m (£134.67m) fund-raising and all-share offer for rival Ridge Mining. Linklaters corporate partners Charlie Jacobs and Robert Cleaver advised Aquarius on the $121.7m (£85.81m) share placing and $69.6m (£49.07m) rights issue, while private equity partner Carlton Evans acted on […]
The Brazilian member of Affinitas, the South American alliance led by Garrigues, has left the network to maintain its independence. Jose Maria Alonso The Brazilian member of Affinitas, the South American alliance led by Garrigues, has left the network to maintain its independence. As reported in The Lawyer (2 February), Garrigues wants to merge with […]
The company behind Southampton Football Club has fallen into administration, leading to instructions for DLA Piper, Clarke Willmott and Dundas & Wilson. London-based DLA Piper restructuring and insolvency partner Michael Fiddy is acting for Begbies Traynor partners Mark Fry and David Hudson, who put Southampton Leisure Holdings, the AIM-listed company which owns the football club, […]
Star family barrister Nicholas Mostyn QC was at the Court of Appeal this morning trying to prevent a precedent setting case, which would give hard-done-by spouses the opportunity to renegotiate divorce settlements. The case of Myerson v Myerson was thrown out after Mostyn successfully argued that the fund manager husband of his client should not […]
Lovells has launched a Middle East real estate practice with the recruitment of a former Al Tamimi partner. Lovells has launched a Middle East real estate practice with the recruitment of a former Al Tamimi partner. Mohammed Kamal has joined the firm as of counsel and will lead a team of three lawyers. Kamal said: […]