Cobbetts Lee Crowder has lost property partner Jeni Gee to Pinsents’ Birmingham office. Gee, a member of Cobbetts Lee Crowder’s social housing property team, specialises in acquisitions and disposals of sites from local authorities, developers and private companies. Gee, a salaried partner since 2003, is joining Pinsents as an associate. She is leaving Cobbets Lee […]
The legal director of the Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) Riccardo Nardi has been fired following allegations that he defrauded the organisation of more than £1m. Nardi, who is accused of swindling ABTA out of £1.2m over a period of nine years has been replaced by the organisation’s legal adviser Simon Bunce. ABTA is […]
DWS becomes latest City firm to abandon global model; culls Asia in bid to add £2m to profit pool
Top SRT partner’s comments in discrimination case branded ‘malicious’; leads to £3,000 extra aggravated damages
You might almost think Denton Wilde Sapte (DWS) has a bit of a crush on CMS Cameron McKenna. First it takes on Camerons’ troubled Central Asia offices, then it follows Camerons in chopping China. The difference is that DWS had to bring in former Clifford Chance chief Geoffrey Howe to tell it what to do […]
Three English barristers, including Sir Sydney Kentridge QC, are set to go face-to-face with the might of George Bush’s legal team in a direct challenge to his policies at Guantanamo Bay. Kentridge, whose long career of conducting landmark human rights cases stretches back to representing Nelson Mandela in 1961, will be joined by Colin Nicholls […]
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has lost high-profile corporate partner Michel Frieh. Frieh, a specialist in leveraged and management buyouts, is understood to be leaving for a leading UK firm’s Paris office. At this stage, Frieh’s destination is unknown, although likely contenders are Allen & Overy, which could be looking to add a private equity specialist […]
French advertising giant Publicis Group has launched a UK legal function with the appointment of Elizabeth Kiernan as its first UK legal head. Kiernan joined the company from Harbottle & Lewis, where she specialised in advertising and media work.As first reported in The Lawyer (17 November), Publicis has been looking to create a legal post […]
Bond Pearce in clinical negligence expansion” />Bond Pearce has launched a claimant clinical negligence practice in Bristol as it continues to expand its insurance defence offering. The firm is pinning its hopes on winning referrals from local firms and has instituted referral fees as a sweetener. Maria Voisin, who established Bond Pearce’s claimant clinical negligence practice in […]
The flailing London office of Morgan Cole has been depleted further with the departures of two energy heavy-hitters to Charles Russell. Barrister Geoff Hewitt, a former in-house counsel at Saga Exploration, and assistant Gordon Clark, who previously worked at TXU, will join Charles Russell’s energy team as consultant and assistant respectively. The news comes hard […]
Scotland’s Harper Mac-leod has launched a standalone corporate finance arm to target small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). HM Corporate Finance Solutions will advise clients on a broad range of corporate finance deals valued at up to £25m, including mergers, acquisitions, management buyouts/buy-ins, private equity and debt fund raisings. Harper Macleod senior corporate partner Donnie Munro […]
McNeive Solicitors and the London-based partners of UK entertainment firm Lewis Davis Shapiro & Lewit have merged to create a new media, entertainment and technology firm called Smiths. The new three-partner firm features internet expert Liam McNeive and music specialists Andrew Lewis and Paul Jones. The three met when McNeive was negotiating a record deal […]