Clifford Chance has beefed up its Prague office with the hire of White & Case partner David Kolacek. Kolacek, whose practice focuses on M&A, privatisations, joint ventures and private equity transactions, brings Clifford Chance’s partner headcount in Prague to four. He will work alongside existing partners Vlad Petrus, Emil Holub and Alex Cook. Cook said: […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Osborne Clarke and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett scooped lead roles on the transatlantic Carphone Warehouse and Best Buy joint venture worth $1.1bn. The collaboration will see UK telephone retail business Carphone Warehouse team up with US electronics retailer Best Buy, which will launch operations in Europe for the first time. The deal […]
Arnold & Porter has snared WilmerHale’s London head of employment to launch its own employment team in the UK.
Former shareholders in nationalised bank Northern Rock have today (8 May) applied to launch a judicial review claiming the Government’s proposed compensation package is inadequate. The judicial review is being led by the UK Shareholders Association, which represents individuals who held shares in the bank and is advised by Edwin Coe partner David Greene. Hedge […]
HBJ Gatelely Wareing is set to merge with niche shipping and transport firm Holmes Hardingham.
Media law firm Schillings scored a victory in the Court of Appeal today (7 May), which held that the privacy of client and Harry Potter author JK Rowlings’ five-year-old son had been infringed. Rowling, who used her married name Joanne Murray, and her husband Dr Neil Murray, brought the case as litigation friends on behalf […]
IP firm Rouse Legal has boosted its partnership with the hire of the head of Allen & Overy‘s intellectual property group. Catriona Smith joins Rouse Legal at the start of next week after spending more than 15 years as a partner at A&O. Her practice has focused on UK IP and IT litigation and has […]
Family lawyers have expressed shock at the death of Mark Saunders, who was killed in a shoot out with police last night (6th May) in London’s Chelsea neighbourhood.
Clifford Chance shores up Far East” />Clifford Chance has moved to strengthen its Far East presence with the relocation of London partner Geraint Hughes to Hong Kong and the hire of a Norton Rose partner in Singapore. Energy and infrastructure partner Hughes, who has been qualified in Hong Kong since 1993, has spent time in […]
Simmons & Simmons head of construction Robert Bryan has exited the firm for HBJ Gateley Wareing. Bryan has joined the Midlands firm as an equity partner, launching the London construction practice, which will target both contentious and non-contentious work. HBJ national chairman and head of the London office Bijan Sedghi told the Lawyer that the […]
Magic circle partners gather for New York summit on the crisis in the US and European syndicated loan market.
Allen & Overy (A&O) has elected Stephen Kensell and Andrew Trahair as joint managing partners of its banking practice. The pair was formally voted in on 30 April. Both were originally partners in the firm’s banking practice. Kensell and Trahair take over the position from Christopher Rushton, who is rejoining theprojects team. Michael Duncan will […]