Eversheds has overhauled its litigation practice, creating the new post of head of international dispute management, which will be taken up by current litigation chief John Heaps. The role, which Heaps will take up on 1 January, is the result of London and international work increasingly becoming more important in the firm’s strategic plans. Heaps, […]
Finers Stephens Innocent has hired Amanda McNeil as head of its property litigation department. McNeil was previously head of property litigation at US firm Faegre & Benson. Earlier this month Finers lost its litigation and dispute resolution partner Mark Brown to Bristows. Finers’ property clients include the Barclay Brothers, who own The Daily Telegraph, X-Leisure, […]
Allen & Overy has taken the first step in rebuilding its Italian banking practice by snatching Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Italian finance chief Stefano Sennhauser. Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken the first step in rebuilding its Italian banking practice by snatching Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s Italian finance chief Stefano Sennhauser. This year A&O lost banking partners […]
Allen & Overy (A&O), Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Mayer Brown have secured lead roles advising on the proposed mortgage securities superfund, which has been designed to help alleviate the impact of the credit crunch. A&O and Mayer Brown are advising the three structuring banks, Citigroup, Bank of America (BoA) and JPMorgan, while Cleary […]
Healthcare specialist Hempsons has boosted its employment practice with the appointment of Bevan Brittan‘s head of health and public sector employment. Jean Sapeta will spearhead growth of the employment team. Hempsons said she would focus specifically on its specialist healthcare practice, which currently provides advice to 130 NHS organisations, as well as GPs and dentists. […]
Allen & Overy (A&O) will lose one of its biggest names as global projects, energy and infrastructure head Graham Vinter moves in-house to become BG Group’s new general counsel. Vinter, a partner at the magic circle firm for nearly 20 years, announced his departure for BG, an A&O client, on 24 October. A week before […]
Three lobbying industry bodies have clubbed together in a perceived attempt to defuse DLA Piper‘s Office of Fair Trading (OFT) complaint for anticompetitive behaviour. As revealed by The Lawyer (10 September), DLA Piper referred the Association of Professional Political Consultants (APPC) to the OFT, claiming the body was trying to persuade government agencies to work […]
Lovells is expanding its Singapore offering by developing its corporate practice after taking extra floor space to accommodate the growth. The firm is doubling its office space in Singapore’s UOB Plaza. “There’s been huge growth in the office in our banking and projects practices and we’re now keen to add a corporate offer-ing,” said Lovells […]
Bird & Bird is not planning to replace Julian Courtney-Stubbs, its outgoing head of the Asia corporate practice. Hong Kong-based Courtney-Stubbs is to leave the firm early next year to join Sydney-based Gilbert & Tobin. “We had been aware of Courtney-Stubbs’ plans to move to Australia for some time,” explained Bird & Bird partner and […]
Kirkpatrick and Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis (K&L Gates) has scored a brace of High Court orders for Sheffield Wednesday FC that will force websites to name anonymous bloggers who voiced their dissatisfaction with the club’s management. The orders will make it more difficult for internet posters to maintain their anonymity. The larger of the two […]
Nabarro has advised longstanding client Land Securities on a series of sales and acquisitions in the City totalling more than £1bn. The key acquisition was the £252m purchase of Thomas More Square – a self-contained office space sold by an AXA joint venture that was advised by LG. Real estate partner Dan Gwilliam led the […]
Fladgate Fielder has acted for television production company Twenty Twenty Television on its acquisition by AIM-listed Shed Media. The latter was advised on the deal by Dorsey & Whitney corporate finance partner Mark Taylor. The team acting for Twenty Twenty, a longstanding client of Fladgate Fielder, was led by corporate partner Anthony Vaughan. He said […]