Sackers’ Pittaway wins second term
Ian Pittaway is to serve a second term as senior partner of pensions boutique Sacker & Partners, having been asked to do so by the firm’s partnership.
US defence lawyers’ body spreads to EU
DRI, a national membership organisation that represents more than 22,000 defence trial lawyers and corporate counsel in the US, has launched a European arm.
Olswang acts on EU rollout of film studios’ digital cinema
Olswang has advised new client Arts Alliance Media on five long-term deals to secure the rollout of digital cinema for five studios across Europe.
Lovells scores role on ITV sale of Liverpoolfc.tv
Lovells has maintained its relationship with ITV following the departure of relationship partner Hugh Nineham, advising the company on the sale of its share in Liverpool FC website www.liverpoolfc.tv.
Freshfields, lovells lead on duty free deal
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Lovells have steered BAA’s £546.6m sale of World Duty Free Europe Ltd (WDF) to Autogrill.
Lords win for 9 Gough Square will enable suicide wife to claim
Common law set 9 Gough Square has won a House of Lords ruling enabling a widow to claim damages from her husband’s employer after a work accident led to his depression and suicide.
Reed Smith, Amarchand team up on Standard sale
Reed Smith Richards Butler has strengthened its relationship with Indian firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co by teaming up on the acquisition of Standard Chartered’s Indian asset management business.
White & Case London office demands recognition from those damn Yankees
Allen and Goetz have walked, but can the finance partners be appeased?
NABARRO WRAPS UP £61m duo of deals
Nabarro has closed a pair of deals, acting for Premier Recruitment International in its £45m offer for competitor Imprint, and representing Chelford Group on its £16m offer from Solarsoft Business Systems.
White & case skews UK-US extradition treaty
White & Case has won a landmark House of Lords victory that will undermine key points of the UK’s extradition treaty with the US.
Getting wiggy with it
Are wigs and gowns really necessary?
Dispute pursuit
With 2008 promising to be a huge year for disputes in the UK, three representatives of US firms set out their strategies for getting in on the action