Brabners Chaffe Street managing partner Michael Brabner has been appointed as the new chairman of Eurolegal, the European network of independent law firms. Eurolegal comprises 21 member firms in 16 countries. Brabners was a founding member of Eurolegal when the network was set up in 1990.
Allen & Overy‘s (A&O) Amsterdam office has scooped its first instruction from Stibbe client Wolters Kluwer. A&O has acted for banks on previous transactions involving the publisher, but never for Wolters itself. In-house counsel Maarten Thomson brought A&O in to advise on the launch of a public offer for its bonds, due in 2005-06. The […]
Simmons & Simmons has been handed the mandate by stockbroker Collins Stewart to recreate the innovative structure it built for the acquisition of Northumbrian Water on the proposed deal to buy Center Parcs UK. A group of fund managers led by Collins Stewart has approached private equity firm MidOcean Partners, the owner of Center Parcs, […]
Peter Carter-Ruck and Partners, a firm best known for suing newspapers, has won an intriguing case for a former town mayor who was libelled by a millionaire who attached banners to his private jet saying she was a thief. Jennifer Howlett, a former mayor and town councillor of Castle Point, Essex, won £65,000 in damages […]
Norton Rose scoops Credit Lyonnais HK work thanks to Suez Asia Holdings Norton Rose has muscled in on its first deal for Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia (CLSA), advising as lead manager on the HK$1.4bn (£107.5m) IPO of Ports Design. Although Norton Rose has strong ties with Credit Lyonnais in Paris, it has not previously received […]
Desmond Browne QC has plenty to say about Fleet Street’s proposal to split the libel bar into claimant and defendant specialists. A successful interview is a sparkling conversation managed by the journalist. With Desmond Browne QC, I have failed. The joint head of media set 5 Raymond Buildings is sparkling, and an excellent orator, but […]
Manchester firm George Davies Solicitors has won a host of new employment work after launching a scheme to help football clubs nationwide with employment issues. The firm has been on the road presenting free seminars to managers and other staff who operate ‘Football in the Community’ schemes. These schemes are organised by the Footballers’ Further Education […]
North West employment firm Mace & Jones has exp-anded its specialist HR consultancy with the hire of HR consultant Vince Housecroft. Housecroft is the former HR director at Dalkia, an employer of more than 2,800 staff and a client of the firm’s employment law group. He joins Gordon Capper and Alison Wood in the firm’s […]
Employment law alliance ius laboris has expanded into Finland with the addition of Finnish firm Roschier Holmberg, taking the total number of firms in the alliance to 20. Managing director of the alliance Jean-Francois Gerard cited the move as an important step into the Nordic region. “The Nordic market is seen more and more as […]
Survey shows only 22 per cent of companies prepared for forthcoming age discrimination legislation Just 22 per cent of employers have introduced new age discrimination policies, despite the fact that employees will be able to bring claims from December this year, a survey by Pinsents has revealed. The Equality & Diversity Survey, based on responses from 331 companies, […]
The Government’s initiative to confound illegal workers could prove a hindrance to those who choose to do it legally. Nicola Tiffen reports Recently, the Government has made several changes to the immigration laws in the hope of achieving its stated goal of ‘managed migration’ into the UK. However, the relevance of these measures is not […]
Andrew Chamberlain investigates the role of the ‘eight-week rule’ in the Friction Dynamics dispute On 29 August, shortly before the start of this year’s TUC Conference in Brighton, Sir Bill Morris, general secretary of the Transport and General Workers’ Union (T&G), issued a scathing calling notice. In it he claimed: “Government legislative failure on employment […]