Dewey & LeBoeuf client and Olympic hopeful, sprinter Oscar Pistorius has won his appeal against a decision banning him from competing with able-bodied athletes. The sensational landmark decision at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne opens the door to double amputee Pistorius competing at this year’s Olympics in Beijing. A team of […]
Orrick Herrington & Suttcliffe has bolstered its litigation practice with the hire of a partner from the New York office of Heller Ehrman. Richard Martin, who was formerly managing partner and head of litigation at Heller Ehrman’s New York office, has joined Orrick as a partner in New York to strengthen its dispute resolution and […]
Herbert Smith and Freshfields Bruckhaus & Deringer have scooped lead roles advising on mortgage bank Bradford & Bingley’s £300m rights issue. Herbert Smith corporate head Michael Walter led the team advising Bradford & Bingley on the deal, while Freshfields partner Will Lawes led the Freshfields team advising underwriting banks Citi and UBS. Walter said: “We […]
Ashurst, Hammonds and Linklaters have lined up to fight the £1bn takeover battle for kitchen equipment maker Enodis. The London-listed company, advised by Ashurst and corporate partners Richard Gubbins and Anthony Clare, has received a £1.03bn cash offer from US-based Illinois Tool Works (ITW). ITW has turned to Hammonds corporate partners Giles Distin, Jane Haxby, […]
K&L Gates merges with Taiwan firm” />US firm K&L Gates has announced a merger with Taiwanese firm J&J Attorneys-at-law, strengthening its Asian capabilities. Nine-lawyer J&J, based in Taiwanese capital Taipei, has been added to the firm’s existing offices in Asia in the cities of Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai. K&L Gates Asia managing partner David […]
Freshfields and Linklaters have won places on the £4bn listing of Mexican silver giant Fresnillo on the London Stock Exchange in the second largest IPO of the year.
Nabarro partner Ian Flowers has moved over to Reading firm Pitmans to establish a London-based pensions team. Flowers, who previously worked between the Sheffield and London offices at Nabarro, told The Lawyer that he will be assisted by Reading-based lawyers as he builds up a pensions offering at Pitmans two-year-old office in the capital. He […]
A rebound in the insurance and litigation markets helped Davies Arnold Cooper (DAC), Nabarro and Weightmans cushion against a second-half market downturn.
City litigation teams are battling to win financial institution clients as the credit crunch leads to an upturn in disputes. CMS Cameron McKenna and Norton Rose are the latest firms to reposition their disputes practices with a focus on the financial sector following the likes of Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP), Eversheds, Herbert Smith and Lovells. […]
Thomson Reuters has unveiled a restructured legal team following the firms’ merger and installed a new general counsel for Europe.
Bird & Bird has launched a Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) desk with the hire of rated Czech Republic technology and media partner Stephen Kines, paving the way for an office opening in Prague.
The founder of IP consultancy Rouse & Co International has been appointed chief executive at common law set Seven Bedford Row (7BR).