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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Not Freshfields this time, but Weil: Kirkland makes second partner hire of the year
In what has already been a busy January for Kirkland & Ellis‘s City operations, the firm is gearing up to hire another new lateral from Weil Gotshal & Manges. The Lawyer understands that Weil’s most senior tax lawyer in London, David Irvine, has resigned for Kirkland. Irvine started his career at Deloitte in Australia as a tax […]
HSF takes £40m alternative legal services hub to New York
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is to launch its first alternative legal services centre in New York, with the firm’s in-house tech unit now generating over £40m worth of revenue worldwide. The firm is opening in New York with a new e-discovery team, as well as a smaller operation in Hong Kong. Building on its existing e-discovery capabilities […]
Legal cutbacks expected in Jaguar Land Rover’s company-wide purge
Legal employees at Jaguar Land Rover face uncertainty at the company after it announced it was embarking on a programme to slash 4,500 jobs worldwide. The job cuts across the vehicle manufacturer, which are part of its £2.5bn plan to reverse losses, will begin with a voluntary redundancy programme in the UK. The bulk of the cull will […]
Dechert’s former Dubai co-head moves to new firm in London
Dechert’s former Dubai co-managing partner Gavin Watson has left the firm for Pillsbury, where he will work as a partner in its London office. Watson has relocated from the Middle East to London, with a focus on cross-border corporate transactions in the oil and gas space. He joined Dechert in 2012 from defunct firm Dewey & […]
Deliveroo legal chief among raft of high-level exits from startup
Deliveroo has reshuffled its in-house legal team after the departure of chief legal officer Rob Miller, who has left the food delivery service after just 12 months. Miller joined Deliveroo at the start of 2018 from tech startup Improbable, where he led its legal team for a year too. The former Fieldfisher lawyer also held […]
Knights completes third acquisition since listing
Revealing today double-digit revenue growth in its first six months as a listed firm, Knights is also looking to streamline its management functions with a new COO from Procter & Gamble. The appointment of Richard King as the firm’s first COO means Knights CEO David Beech can focus more on increasing the firm’s top line, new […]