Coronavirus: Taylor Wessing closes London HQ after employee tests positive
Taylor Wessing has closed its London office until next Wednesday after one of its London employees tested positive for coronavirus.
Hammerson hires Debenhams GC amid retail uncertainty
Hammerson has appointed Debenhams’ former general counsel as its new legal chief. Alice Darwall will join the FTSE 100 shopping centre and outlets owner this month as GC and company secretary, following the departure of Sarah Booth. Darwall moves across from Debenhams, where she had been acting as interim GC and company secretary from April […]
New QCs at a time of change: the silks of 2020
As 114 new silks celebrated their success in the 2020 Queen’s Counsel appointments, they were also marking the end of an arduous selection procedure – all for the honour, pride and privilege of securing those two prestigious letters that can reshape a legal career. Finally gaining the QC kitemark gives some barristers a sense of […]
Coronavirus and the courts: how will a pandemic affect the conduct of litigation?
The risks to legal services posed by the spread of Covid 19 were highlighted last week when international law firm Baker McKenzie closed its London office after a staff member was thought to have been at risk of contracting the new coronavirus. Many office-based lawyers have been able to work from home, but how will an impending pandemic affect the conduct of litigation?
Redundancies expected as BCLP reviews support function
Coronavirus: Taylor Wessing closes London HQ after employee tests positive
Taylor Wessing has closed its London office until next Wednesday after one of its London employees tested positive for coronavirus.
Hammerson hires Debenhams GC amid retail uncertainty
Hammerson has appointed Debenhams’ former general counsel as its new legal chief. Alice Darwall will join the FTSE 100 shopping centre and outlets owner this month as GC and company secretary, following the departure of Sarah Booth. Darwall moves across from Debenhams, where she had been acting as interim GC and company secretary from April […]
New QCs at a time of change: the silks of 2020
As 114 new silks celebrated their success in the 2020 Queen’s Counsel appointments, they were also marking the end of an arduous selection procedure – all for the honour, pride and privilege of securing those two prestigious letters that can reshape a legal career. Finally gaining the QC kitemark gives some barristers a sense of […]
Coronavirus and the courts: how will a pandemic affect the conduct of litigation?
The risks to legal services posed by the spread of Covid 19 were highlighted last week when international law firm Baker McKenzie closed its London office after a staff member was thought to have been at risk of contracting the new coronavirus. Many office-based lawyers have been able to work from home, but how will an impending pandemic affect the conduct of litigation?
In-house interview: Crabtree & Evelyn GC Katie Power on the benefits of flexibility
The UK is being slow to shift from the traditional nine to five, but thanks to Katie Power, Crabtree & Evelyn is using flexible working to its advantage
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TLT leads on Boohoo brand acquisition
TLT and Manchester-based firm Pannone Corporate were the two firms on call as online retailer Boohoo acquired the remaining stake in the PrettyLittleThing brand. Boohoo bought the 34 per cent of women’s clothing brand PrettyLittleThing that it did not already own, valued at up to £323.8m, having acquired a majority 66 per cent stake back […]
MoFo strikes Freshfields again with NY hire
Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) has hired another M&A partner from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in New York, making it the US firm’s second magic circle recruit in two months. This time, MoFo has turned to partner Omar Pringle, who spent almost twelve years at Freshfields. He was promoted to partner in 2017. He specialises in cross-border […]
Ex-Leeds United director told to pay back millions to Middle East PE fund
A court ruling has ordered David Haigh, the former managing director of Leeds United FC, to repay millions to a Middle Eastern private equity fund. GFH Capital brought High Court proceedings against Haigh – who was also its former general counsel – to enforce a decision made in 2018, which was upheld by Mr Justice […]
Law firm website usage down 15 per cent, claims new report
Audiences are spending less time reading law firm websites than before, according to a new report, despite the need for firms to disseminate information during the coronavirus pandemic. According to findings published in The Digital 100, engagement levels for the websites of the world’s largest firms dropped 15 per cent over the last quarter. Just […]
Former Freshfields partner resurfaces at litigation boutique
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former head of commercial disputes has joined Signature Litigation – after he left the firm earlier this year following an internal investigation. Tom Snelling left Freshfields in March, having been made a partner at the firm in 2010. He will join Signature’s partnership on June 1. Snelling has been involved in a range […]
PwC loses corporate partner to Forsters
PwC Legal has lost another partner from its London ranks, with a longtime corporate lawyer set to leave for Forsters. Starting in June, partner Stuart Hatcher will join the nine-strong corporate team of the West End firm. He joins after 13 years in the legal ranks of the accountancy firm, where he assisted startups and […]