Clifford Chance is looking to increase the headcount of its recently acquired Carillion Advice Services (CAS) hub in Newcastle, pitting it against Norton Rose Fulbright’s similar operations that launched the previous year. The Lawyer has learned that the magic circle firm aims to reach 75 employees in the city by the end of the financial […]
Norton Rose Fulbright is edging closer to its target of 100 employees in its Newcastle services hub, with the competition for talent heating up after the takeover of Carillion’s legal hub by Clifford Chance earlier this year. Norton Rose Fulbright is to take on a second floor of its Newcastle building, having launched in the North […]
DAC Beachcroft has raided DWF’s Newcastle insurance practice for the second time in two months after picking up a four-lawyer professional indemnity (PI) team.
Muckle has appointed Jason Wainwright as its new managing partner, replacing Steve McNicol, who has stepped down after 10 years in the role. A real estate partner, Wainwright has been with Muckle since 2005, having previously been group company solicitor at Arriva. He will take over the managing partner role from 2 April. Wainwright’s appointment to […]
Clifford Chance is looking to increase the headcount of its recently acquired Carillion Advice Services (CAS) hub in Newcastle, pitting it against Norton Rose Fulbright’s similar operations that launched the previous year. The Lawyer has learned that the magic circle firm aims to reach 75 employees in the city by the end of the financial […]
Norton Rose Fulbright is edging closer to its target of 100 employees in its Newcastle services hub, with the competition for talent heating up after the takeover of Carillion’s legal hub by Clifford Chance earlier this year. Norton Rose Fulbright is to take on a second floor of its Newcastle building, having launched in the North […]
DAC Beachcroft has raided DWF’s Newcastle insurance practice for the second time in two months after picking up a four-lawyer professional indemnity (PI) team.
Muckle has appointed Jason Wainwright as its new managing partner, replacing Steve McNicol, who has stepped down after 10 years in the role. A real estate partner, Wainwright has been with Muckle since 2005, having previously been group company solicitor at Arriva. He will take over the managing partner role from 2 April. Wainwright’s appointment to […]
Eversheds Sutherland has entered into a portfolio arrangement with Harbour Litigation Funding, becoming the latest law firm to make such a move. The collaboration offers clients access to litigation funding through Harbour, in standalone claims and a portfolio of cases. Eversheds has also decided to take a stake in the outcome, reducing overall costs. The […]
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Keystone Law, the listed flexible working legal services business, today confirmed that it would not be paying shareholders a dividend when it announces its full-year results for the period ended 31 January 2020, blaming the “uncertain” and “unprecedented” times resulting from the Covid-19 crisis. The company stressed that despite the deferment of the dividend, which […]
McDermott Will & Emery has hired a finance partner from Reed Smith, the latest in a string of senior laterals to join over the past few months. The US firm has taken on longtime Reed Smith London partner Ranajoy Basu. The finance lawyer has spent over seven years in the City outfit of the US […]
The changing dynamics between firms’ corporate and restructuring teams was highlighted this week, while listed law firms brace for tough times due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here are the key takeaways. What a time to be a restructuring lawyer If you’re a corporate lawyer right now, you’re probably still flat-out speaking to clients as they […]
DWF has braced its investors on the impact of the coronavirus on its business, highlighting that will seek additional contingency facilities from its lenders. The firm said this was needed to ensure it has “increased headroom for working capital purposes and a relaxation of certain covenants for a period of time.” It already has an […]
The High Court has delivered another blow to businessman Hamdi Akin Ipek, after it granted a freezing injunction that prevents him from using funds held by a Turkish mining conglomerate. Ipek wanted to use millions of Koza Ltd’s funds to pay for a personal international arbitration dispute between him and the Republic of Turkey. Following […]
Business tycoon Philip Day has failed in a bid to make his former solicitors at Womble Bond Dickinson stump up the bill for his £450,000 fine imposed in 2017 by the Crown Court. Day was accused of causing the unauthorised cutting down of 43 trees and subsequent construction of a vehicle track in Cumbria. Criminal […]
