US firms on call as New Look seeks rescue deal with creditors
Paul Hastings and Sidley Austin have won lead roles on fashion retailer New Look’s company voluntary arrangement (CVA), which was announced this morning.
Gowling advises SmartestEnergy on Origami Energy deal
Gowling WLG’s Energy and Technology specialists have advised client SmartestEnergy on the adoption of Origami Energy’s flexible energy management technology platform. In a strategic move, SmartestEnergy – the UK’s leading purchaser of independent energy generation and a supplier of 100% certified renewable electricity – has chosen the platform to manage its customers’ distributed energy assets […]
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Tech will transform the global real estate legal market: true or false?
Later this month The Lawyer will publish its analysis of the global real estate legal market, which will assess the impact of technology on the world’s largest international real estate legal practices and their clients. The Lawyer’s Global Real Estate 50 2018 report, which focuses specifically on property tech, will include the results of a survey of […]
Revealed: Sexual harassment in the UK’s 100 biggest firms
Sexual harassment has taken place in at least 55 of the UK’s top 100 firms in the last year, according to respondents to The Lawyer’s survey of the legal market.
US firms on call as New Look seeks rescue deal with creditors
Paul Hastings and Sidley Austin have won lead roles on fashion retailer New Look’s company voluntary arrangement (CVA), which was announced this morning.
Gowling advises SmartestEnergy on Origami Energy deal
Gowling WLG’s Energy and Technology specialists have advised client SmartestEnergy on the adoption of Origami Energy’s flexible energy management technology platform. In a strategic move, SmartestEnergy – the UK’s leading purchaser of independent energy generation and a supplier of 100% certified renewable electricity – has chosen the platform to manage its customers’ distributed energy assets […]
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Tech will transform the global real estate legal market: true or false?
Later this month The Lawyer will publish its analysis of the global real estate legal market, which will assess the impact of technology on the world’s largest international real estate legal practices and their clients. The Lawyer’s Global Real Estate 50 2018 report, which focuses specifically on property tech, will include the results of a survey of […]
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Three new London partners for BCLP in first post-merger promotions round
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has made up 23 lawyers to partner in its latest promotions round, with the majority being legacy Bryan Cave lawyers. It is the first set of promotions since Bryan Cave and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) merged in April. Eighteen lawyers have been promoted across the United States, while three solicitors – all […]
Live blog: crunch time for the Brexit deal
The latest reaction as Theresa May fights to get her Brexit deal through Parliament.
Simpson Thacher makes major infrastructure PE play with Clifford Chance hire
Clifford Chance infrastructure M&A star Amy Mahon is joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s City office in yet another departure from the magic circle firm’s private equity group. Mahon’s exit follows that of Brendan Moylan to Latham & Watkins earlier this year, along with Allen & Overy infrastructure finance partner Conrad Andersen. After Moylan, Mahon was […]
Brick Court and Quadrant silks to star in first live-streamed Civil Appeal hearing
The first ever Court of Appeal (Civil Division) hearing to be live-streamed in full is to begin today, as part of a pilot intended to to increase public access to the court. The first case to be streamed will be WH Holding Ltd and Anr v E20 Stadium LLP, the dispute between West Ham United FC […]
Slaughters takes lead in Premier Foods’ custard sale
Slaughter and May is representing Premier Foods as it seeks to sell off its Ambrosia brand in order to to appease disgruntled shareholders. Corporate and finance partner Robert Byk and co-head of Slaughters’ infrastructure group Michael Corbett are advising institutional client Premier Foods in its talks with third parties over the possible sale of Ambrosia. The […]
Paul Hastings wins role for Elevate in latest legal tech acquisition
Provider Elevate has acquired AI firm LexPredict, in a move that hints at rising consolidation in the market of alternative legal services providers. Elevate was advised during negotiations by a Paul Hastings team led by Century City M&A partner David Hernand that included corporate associates Christopher Edwab and Tashiana Hudson, as well as Los Angeles-based counsel Ron […]