Slaughter and May and SJ Berwin have profited from their longstanding ties with British Airways (BA) and Qantas, advising the two respective airlines on their proposed merger. Slaughters and its best friends have had close links to BA for a long time, most recently advising the firm on the BA/Iberia link-up (30 July 2008). Likewise, […]
Clifford Chance has suffered its fourth litigation defection in New York in days. Clifford Chance loses fourth US litigator this week” />Clifford Chance has suffered its fourth litigation defection in a week. New York class action partner James Moyle moved to US firm Morgan Lewis yesterday. Earlier today, The Lawyer revealed that New York litigation […]
Clifford Chance US hit by triple partner departure” />Clifford Chance’s US litigation practice has been hit by the defection of three partners just weeks after losing a partner duo to Bingham McCutchen. Former US head John Carroll and partners Warren Feldman and David Meister have left the magic circle firm’s New York office and are […]
Irish firms A&L Goodbody and Arthur Cox have reprised their roles for Ryanair and Aer Lingus respectively as the former prepares to make another attempt to buy the latter. A&L Goodbody corporate partner John Given is leading the team acting for Ryanair, which is set to make an all-cash offer for Aer Lingus that would […]
Real estate is one of the sectors worst affected by the economic downturn. But the difficulties of the market have inevitably brought new opportunities and challenges for real estate lawyers as they stick by their clients. On the face of it, real estate is one of the sectors worst affected by the economic downturn. But […]
The Government’s attempts to fast-track its so-called eco-town planning procedures have hit an impasse. Simon Ricketts reports Housing Minister Margaret Beckett on 4 November launched ;the ;latest salvo in the eco-towns programme – a refined shortlist of 12 sites, with a draft planning policy statement and sustainability appraisal, seeking comments by 19 February 2009. But […]
The Government’s taxing of buildings left empty is not having the desired effect of filling the premises and has instead created more dangerous buildings, a loss of jobs and a disincentive on the part of developers. By Lee Nuttall It would be safe to say that it is irrational for any landowner to purposely keep […]
When Pavel Klimov embarked on his career in communist Russia he had few options open to him. Now he is a globetrotting lawyer in charge of Unisys’ Emea legal team. It can be hard to understand what it is like to have no say in the direction of your own future. For Pavel Klimov, Unisys […]
Collyer-Bristow is facing a £50m legal battle brought by more than 500 investors in schemes drafted by the firm’s former company commercial chief John Bailey. London firm Collyer-Bristow has become embroiled in a £50m legal battle brought by more than 500 investors in schemes drafted by the firm’s former company commercial chief John Bailey. The […]
UK litigators at US firms are overwhelmed with credit crunch-related disputes, but do any of them have a truly transatlantic practice? When I meet Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft partner Tom O’Riordan it is two days since Iceland made its dramatic contribution to the global financial crisis, and O’Riordan has been up all night counselling clients […]
Dr Johnson famously said that the prospect of hanging concentrates a man’s mind wonderfully. It can equally be said that the prospect of an economic recession concentrates the legal adviser’s mind wonderfully. Or at least it should do. So how should property lawyers approach their work in the current climate? To answer this question, one […]
The Guardian newspaper has lost its head of legal Nuala Cosgrove to media regulator Ofcom. Cosgrove, who was director of editorial legal services at Guardian News & Media (GNM), will join Ofcom in the new year. She will report to general counsel Polly Weitzman and work on Government policy issues. GNM, which publishes The Guardian […]