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Hogan Lovells and Macfarlanes have acted on The Courtauld Institute of Art’s new lease at Somerset House, its home since 1989.
Hogan Lovells has revealed its trainee retention figures for autumn 2019. It will keep on 28 of 31 final-seat trainees as newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors, giving it total retention of 90 per cent, The firm retained 26 of 29 in London, after making 27 offers to 28 applicants, as well as its two Birmingham-based trainees. Nine […]
A Hogan Lovells partner has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for failing to inform the regulator of a dispute he had with an employee last year. Finance partner Sylvain Dhennin was fined £18,000 last year by an employment judge after dismissing his pregnant nanny. Dhennin gave Saesi Muslipah one week’s notice and […]
Three months after British Steel was placed into compulsory liquidation, two firms are leading on the proposed purchase of the business.
Hogan Lovells and Macfarlanes have acted on The Courtauld Institute of Art’s new lease at Somerset House, its home since 1989.
Hogan Lovells has revealed its trainee retention figures for autumn 2019. It will keep on 28 of 31 final-seat trainees as newly-qualified (NQ) solicitors, giving it total retention of 90 per cent, The firm retained 26 of 29 in London, after making 27 offers to 28 applicants, as well as its two Birmingham-based trainees. Nine […]
A Hogan Lovells partner has been rebuked by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for failing to inform the regulator of a dispute he had with an employee last year. Finance partner Sylvain Dhennin was fined £18,000 last year by an employment judge after dismissing his pregnant nanny. Dhennin gave Saesi Muslipah one week’s notice and […]
Three months after British Steel was placed into compulsory liquidation, two firms are leading on the proposed purchase of the business.
Hogan Lovells has brought in a Barclays legal professional to spearhead the launch of a new legal managed services and outsourcing unit, The Lawyer has learned, as firms increasingly invest in diversifying their services to counter the rise of alternative services providers. The new unit, which is still under development, is housed within the firm’s […]
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Hogan Lovells is in talks to take on 280,000 square feet in a development opposite its Atlantic House headquarters. The firm is understood to have set its sights on Royal London’s upcoming Holborn Viaduct scheme, which comprises Kimberley House (14-21 Holborn Viaduct), Meridian House and 32 Farringdon Street. Altogether, the scheme covers 387,000 square feet, […]
Another private equity house has taken its first foray into the legal sector with the acquisition of a UK200 firm. Consumer firm Fletchers Solicitors has been acquired by an affiliate of Sun European Partners. The private equity business looks for “defensible businesses in growing markets with tangible performance improvement opportunities” and focuses on the business […]
Bolt is embarking on a wide-scale panel review as it expands into new regions and business verticals. Having put a mini panel in place in May this year, the Tallinn-headquartered ride-hailing app will begin looking to assemble a formal panel in early 2022. Though the current panel is largely UK and Western Europe-focused, the new […]
The Ince Group is purchasing corporate advisory business Arden Partners for a proposed £10m, as the listed firm once the again enters the M&A scene. The acquisition should close in the first quarter of 2021. The acquisition of Arden by Ince will value each Arden share at approximately 31 pence. Upon completion of the transaction, […]
Linklaters, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Reed Smith are lined up on IKEA’s £378m acquisition of Topshop’s former flagship store on Oxford Street. Ingka Investments, IKEA’s largest owner and operator, has agreed to purchase the sprawling property at 214 Oxford Street. The crowning jewel in Philip Green’s Arcadia empire, Topshop’s 100,000-sq ft-store was vacated in December last year. […]
Slaughter and May partners will be able to invest their own money in tech startups enrolled in the firm’s incubator programme. It is the first time Slaughters gives its partnership opportunities for direct investment in companies involved in its 2019-launched Collaborate accelerator, which next year kicks off its third edition. Collaborate cohort members will be […]
