For legal head Judi Gadsby, a lunchtime walk through the Goodwood Estate, with her golden retriever in tow, is one of the many perks of her day job. The 300-year-old estate is the seat of the Duke of Richmond and comprises nearly 11,000 hectares of land in Chichester, West Sussex. As head of legal at […]
The mammoth Russian aircraft claims are set to continue in England and Wales after today’s High Court judgment dismissed defendants’ applications to have the dispute heard in Russia. The Russian aviation claims are one of The Lawyer’s top 20 cases of 2024, seeing aircraft lessors take on their insurers for vessels trapped in Russia since […]
Around 200 attendees piled in for a live hearing for the “dieselgate” group action earlier this month, according to a judgment handed down today. The group actions, brought by several claimant boutique law firms, revolve around the claim that car buyers were allegedly misled about the levels of dangerous emissions produced by diesel vehicles. Mrs […]
Five train operators, five heads of legal: how this all-female team manages the legal functions for the likes of LNER, Northern and Southeastern railways.
Fighting referendums and interfacing with nearly 300 cities is all in a day’s work for Sarah Binder. Relocating from London to San Francisco, she joined the legal team at micromobility company Lime in May 2021, which now comprises 20 lawyers and eight paralegals. Since then, Binder has celebrated some major wins. She led Lime in […]
Teams from Ince & Co’s Piraeus office are joining the Greek operations of Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) and Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW). The moves follow the collapse of Ince last year, after it was bought out of administration by Axiom DWFM, which subsequently became Axiom Ince. WFW is hiring partners Jamila Khan, Aris Moschopoulos […]
Hill Dickinson has launched an office in Limassol in Cyprus with a shipping team from Ince. The firm has formed an association with shipping partners George Zambartas and Ester Toumpouris to establish a new base on the island that will be known as Hill Dickinson in association with G Zambartas LLC. G Zambartas LLC formerly […]
Red Bull Racing more than doubled the size of its legal team last year, as a result of increasing regulations in Formula One and focus on the sport. Headcount size grew 150 per cent from four at the start of 2023 to 10 members one year on. The technological arm of the Oracle Red Bull […]
Norwegian firm Wikborg Rein has taken another growth step in 2023, as it looks set to open its third domestic office. The Norwegian Big Five firm is expected to launch in the energy hub of Stavanger after hiring corporate partner Per Kristian Ramsland from Norwegian rival Arntzen de Besche. Ramsland joined the firm in early […]
When it comes to talking about transport companies, there’s a danger of using too many puns. Describing FirstGroup’s principal legal advisers, general counsel Christy Baker explains “we hitched our wagon to Burges Salmon right at the start of privatisation”. The privatisation of the railways started in 1994 meaning FirstGroup’s relationship with Burges Salmon now spans […]
Partners continue to defect from ailing Axiom Ince, as a 17-strong shipping and insurance team leaves to join the London office of a major European law firm. The team, which includes seven partners from the legacy Ince business, has moved to Norwegian Big Five firm Wikborg Rein. The arrivals will boost the Nordic outfit’s shipping […]
Potential suitors continue to emerge for the Ince Group, which was placed into administration this month, with a UK Top 50 firm the latest to consider a deal. The Lawyer understands that Hill Dickinson is lining up an offer for the law firm, with its interest primarily in Ince’s shipping division, as well as the […]