Masons has suffered a double blow with the departure of two more partners, taking the number of partners to quit the firm to seven in as many months. Former head of property Guy Jordan is leaving the firm to join the highly rated property group at London firm Forsters. The hire brings the number of […]
Edinburgh’s Balfour & Manson has scooped the bulk of the personal injury (PI) practice of Aberdeen’s Burnside Kemp Fraser, gaining its first office outside the Scottish capital in the process. The move comes after three-partner firm Burnside Kemp Fraser was absorbed by Simpson & Marwick. David Burnside, a former Burnside Kemp Fraser partner, said the […]
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw and Baker & McKenzie have barged aside the trademark agents to land top five positions in 2003’s community trademark filings chart. Mayer Brown boosted its trademark filings by 77 per cent in 2003, according to figures released by the Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, moving it up to third place […]
The British Virgin Islands (BVI) will be the venue for the final part of law firm Stephenson Harwood’s case against disgraced former Conservative council leader Dame Shirley Porter. The law firm has already racked up some £1.7m in legal fees after years of high-profile litigation. The lead partner on the case, commercial litigator John Fordham, […]
Travers Smith Braithwaite has scooped its first instruction from Cazenove, advising on what is the bank’s second successful AIM float – the initial public offering (IPO) of Dealogic. Cazenove has historically been advised on its own account work by Slaughter and May, although Macfarlanes has also won pieces of the bank’s own work. It has […]
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has boosted its energy practice with the hire of John Cogan from King & Spalding. Cogan will join the firm as head of Akin Gump’s global energy transactions practice and will be based in London and Houston. The move follows the arrival in March of Vinson & Elkins energy […]
Regional firm Harold Benjamin is undergoing expansion following the appointment of a partner to the real estate team. Stephen Reid joins the 14-strong department following a long-term tenure at property development company Rialto. The firm has also announced the opening of a new office in Hatfield.
London-based firm Bates Wells & Braithwaite has scored two new partners from Reid Minty in an effort to beef up its practice. Martin Gunson joins as a property partner and corporate partner Jonathan Ebsworth is to head the newly created sports and media group. Additionally, solicitor Lesley Robinson has been promoted to property litigation partner, […]
Telecoms specialist Daniel Prieskel has teamed up his three-lawyer niche practice with the technology, media and telecoms (TMT) practice at Charles Russell. Prieskel has launched a non-exclusive referral relationship with the firm and will be employed by Charles Russell as a consultant. “This is a part-time role that could lead to a full-time relationship,” said […]
Asb law is ramping up its aviation department, with the acquisition of a specialist aviation practice. Humphrey Dawson, formerly a sole practitioner, joins the firm as a consultant. His practice consists of litigation, mediation and arbitration and the purchase, sale and lease of aircraft, engines and parts. Clients of asb law’s aviation practice include First […]
Linklaters’ UK client Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has turned to Davis Polk & Wardwell for its surprise £5.8bn acquisition of US retail bank Charter One. Davis Polk is working with Boston-based firm Goodwin Proctor on the transaction, which is being conducted through RBS’s wholly-owned subsidiary Citizens Financial Group and is expected to be finalised […]
Dewey Ballantine has poached Shearman & Sterling tax star Hanno Berger for its Frankfurt office. Berger, who joins with a team of three associates, will become Dewey’s second German partner, joining Frankfurt managing partner Philipp Von Illberg. The loss is a rare blow for Shearman. Under Georg Thoma the firm made a virtually unqualified success […]