Manches has ramped up its family practice in response to a rush of enquiries following the economic slump. The firm has hired eight associates in the last month, raising its fee-earning capacity from 34 to 41. Family partner James Stewart said the department was now the “largest family practice in England”. “It’s a terrible financial […]
Capsticks takes regional plunge in Birmingham” />London healthcare firm Capsticks is opening an office in Birmingham as part of a drive to take the firm national. The office will be the firm’s first launch outside London. Capsticks drew up its Birmingham launch plan in autumn last year after securing a series of places on the […]
Eversheds has chopped the size of its in-house IT team by 40 per cent – from 200 employees to 120 – following the outsourcing of its daily operations. The news comes as two of the IT experts who spearheaded the outsourcing, Malcolm Simms and Richard Leonard, are leaving to set up specialist legal IT company […]
Lord Justice Simon Tuckey is to join 20 Essex Street at the start of next year following his retirement from the bench in December. Tuckey LJ, who became a Lord Justice in 1998 and was previously a High Court judge in the Queen’s Bench Division, ;will ;join ;the chambers as an arbitrator. 20 Essex Street […]
Halliwells has launched a redundancy consultation across its real estate practice, potentially cutting as many as 40 staff. The consultation will affect both fee-earners and support staff in the firm’s Liverpool, London, Manchester and Sheffield offices. This will be the second time this year that Halliwells has had to make job cuts. In March the […]
Bermuda-based fixed satellite provider Intelsat has appointed the former head of business and legal affairs for the emerging markets division of MTV Networks International as its assistant general counsel, principally responsible for Europe and the Middle East. Robert ;Cummins replaces Armando Tirado and will manage the regional contracts team based in Intelsat’s London and […]
The Scottish bar has abolished the so-called ‘mixed doubles’ rule following consultations with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Scottish Government. The Scottish bar has abolished the so-called ‘mixed ;doubles’ ;rule following consultations with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) and the Scottish Government. The 1993 rule, which did not allow advocates and solicitor-advocates representing […]
One Crown Office Row has hired Joanna Glynn QC from 23 Essex Street, taking the set’s tally of female silks to four. Glynn, who was called in 1983 and took silk in 2002, said she was moving chambers in a bid to develop the disciplinary and regulatory aspects of her practice. One Crown Office Row’s […]
US firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo is to move into bigger offices in London as it seeks to build up its reputation for corporate and IP in the UK capital. The firm has taken 7,700 sq ft of new space at office block Alder Castle in Noble Street, London, which will be […]
Pinsent Masons has hired former Eversheds partner Peter McHugh to head its commercial practice. McHugh was head of Eversheds’ Birmingham commercial practice and left earlier this year after the corporate and commercial groups merged. At Pinsents McHugh will head up the commercial practice, which forms part of the outsourcing, technology and commercial group led by […]
Linklaters follows magic circle pack with plans for Abu Dhabi opening” />Linklaters is developing plans to launch an office in Abu Dhabi in response to client demands. The magic circle firm’s Emerging Europe, Middle East and North Africa (Eemena) head Nick Eastwell confirmed that an Abu Dhabi office was part of Linklaters’ plan for the […]
New York’s finest bankruptcy lawyers descended on Manhattan’s downtown bankruptcy court on Friday 19 September to decide the fate of Lehman Brothers’ investment arm. With history in the making, The Lawyer joined them. Epic bankruptcy hearing goes into the small hours New York’s finest bankruptcy lawyers descended on Manhattan’s downtown bankruptcy court on Friday 19 […]