Mishcon de Reya has become embroiled in a row that has ended with the firm being forced to trot out its star lawyer, Anthony Julius, to defend its reputation in the Royal Courts of Justice. Mishcon is being sued by the former chief executive of charity Jewish National Fund UK (JNF), Simon Winters, who is […]
Reed Smith has recruited real estate lawyer Stéphane Illouz for its Paris office. He joins the property group from local firm De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, along with two associates, Nadia Chatraoui and Pauline Lefevre. Illouz has experience in real estate transactions and also in corporate law, M&A, restructurings of companies and property sector debts. Reed […]
Eversheds is to make as many as 33 lawyers firm-wide plus support staff redundant, and is closing its Norwich base in response to the downturn in property work. Eversheds to axe 33 lawyers; Norwich to close” />Eversheds is set to make as many as 33 lawyers across the firm plus related support staff redundant, and […]
Brown Rudnick has become the latest firm to benefit from a string of departures from fallen banking giant Bear Stearns. The US firm’s London office has taken on former Bear in-house lawyer Sonya Van de Graaff as a partner in the bankruptcy and corporate restructuring group. Brown Rudnick has now hired three new partners in […]
A team of three real estate partners has left Halliwells’ London office for the legal arm of PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). London real estate head Simon Hardwick (pictured) has moved on, together with Adam Perry and Tim Hart. A spokesperson for Halliwells said: “Simon, Adam and Tim have decided to take on a new challenge and we […]
Bingham McCutchen has recruited two former Bear Stearns lawyers to beef up its international securities practice. Kenneth Kopelman, the former Bear fixed income and derivatives legal head, and the bank’s managing director of legal, Gerald Russello, will join Bingham in New York as partner and of counsel respectively. While at Bear, Kopelman managed legal and […]
Reed Smith has bolstered its French arm with the hire of a three-lawyer shipping team from local Paris firm Bouloy Grellet & Godin. The firm has hired name partner Luc Grellet and two associates to work on matters including insurance disputes and marine casualties. His practice already shares clients with Reed Smith’s shipping department, such […]
Clifford Chance taps Linklaters for NY hire” />Clifford Chance has turned to magic circle rival Linklaters for its latest New York partner hire, signing up tax lawyer Robert Thornton Smith. The hire of Thornton Smith, who joined Linklaters from White & Case 10 years ago, brings Clifford Chance’s New York tax partner headcount to six. […]
Private client firm Boodle Hatfield has hired an LG tax and private capital partner. Karen Marks will join as a partner and act for clients such as offshore trustees, private banks and financial institutions, and high net worth individuals. She told The Lawyer, “I had a terrific opportunity here to build the tax department,” adding […]
Debevoise & Plimpton hires 2Birds litigation partner” />New York-based Debevoise & Plimpton has snared Bird & Bird partner Sophie Lamb to boost its European litigation practice. Lamb (pictured), who specialises in international commercial arbitration, joins as international counsel. Debevoise is also transferring international counsel Gaëtan Verhoosel from its Paris office to London. Debevoise European chair […]
The frantic close of the football transfer window saw lawyers working late into Monday night on some of the Premiership’s biggest ever deals, including the £200m sale of Manchester City FC. A Hammonds team led by corporate partner David Hull (pictured) represented the club in the sale, which was sold by former Thai prime minister […]
A record of strict controls on mortgage-backed financing and robust demand for new homes means it won’t be too long before Spanish real estate firms are making hay again The economic downturn is affecting all economies. In Spain this has been evidenced by slowing economic growth, rising unemployment, interest rates, prices and a slowdown in […]