BCLP faces claim Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has been hit with a claim against solicitors and barristers, according to the public filing system. The matter has been lodged by Osman Ertosun and three other members of the Ertosun family. Ertosun is the CEO of Excelcare, which owns and operates 31 senior care homes across the UK […]
Possible High Court opt-out group action heads to Court of Appeal Heading to the Court of Appeal on Tuesday (21 November) for two days is the group action case brought by the Commission Recovery Limited (CRL) against IP law firm Marks & Clerk and its affiliated partnership, Long Acre Renewals. In February 2023, the High […]
This week on The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker, we explore Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Mass Claims Unit (MCU). Offering a novel take on how to handle this ever-growing part of the European disputes market, the magic circle firm wants to be a one-stop shop for the largest mass claims and tap into previously unexplored talent pools. The […]
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. It’s only Thursday, but it has already been a memorable week for the UK’s legal profession as, once again, the courts clash with the UK Government. Normal service will resume in The Hearing shortly as we look […]
BCLP faces claim Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has been hit with a claim against solicitors and barristers, according to the public filing system. The matter has been lodged by Osman Ertosun and three other members of the Ertosun family. Ertosun is the CEO of Excelcare, which owns and operates 31 senior care homes across the UK […]
Possible High Court opt-out group action heads to Court of Appeal Heading to the Court of Appeal on Tuesday (21 November) for two days is the group action case brought by the Commission Recovery Limited (CRL) against IP law firm Marks & Clerk and its affiliated partnership, Long Acre Renewals. In February 2023, the High […]
This week on The Lawyer’s Litigation Tracker, we explore Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Mass Claims Unit (MCU). Offering a novel take on how to handle this ever-growing part of the European disputes market, the magic circle firm wants to be a one-stop shop for the largest mass claims and tap into previously unexplored talent pools. The […]
Hello and welcome to this week’s edition of The Hearing, your insider’s guide to the UK litigation market. It’s only Thursday, but it has already been a memorable week for the UK’s legal profession as, once again, the courts clash with the UK Government. Normal service will resume in The Hearing shortly as we look […]
RPC’s head of financial markets disputes Simon Hart believes the firm is one of the few full-service operations in the City that have a clear run against the largest investment banks. The firm, with its heritage in insurance, has tried to diversify over the years by positioning itself in a more commercial space. While insurance […]
The latest newly-qualified (NQ) salary rise from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer still managed to raise interest last week, despite the fact enormous pay hikes are the new normal these days and that even £150,000 isn’t unusual any more (as of last week, Quinn’s £180,000 tops the market alongside Gibson Dunn). But it is still significant because […]
European firms see more value in having a physical office in the Square Mile than they do in the Big Apple. Last week, Spanish firm Uría Menéndez became the latest to shut up shop in New York, having been there for 30 years. Uría was the final member of Slaughter and May’s fabled Best Friends […]
Thanks to Paul Weiss, Skadden and Kirkland & Ellis (but mainly Paul Weiss), Linklaters has a few empty chairs at Silk Street. One way a firm can replenish its ranks is through lateral hiring – enter Travers Smith corporate partner Richard Spedding – or internal promotions. Last month, a total of 14 lawyers were made up […]
Paul Weiss’ UK spending spree is far from over. Just a year ago, this firm was small fry among the US City titans. Cue an audacious carve-out of some of Kirkland & Ellis’ superstars last summer and everything changed. That initial raid (which included debt finance heavyweight Neel Sachdev and corporate star Roger Johnson) was […]
In October 2018, the journalist and critic of the Saudi Arabian regime Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The international reaction was swift. Dozens of major organisations, including HSBC, Ford and JP Morgan Chase, dropped out of the planned “Davos in the Desert” Saudi investment summit. “We are going […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this edition we take a look at the third generation of De Brauw’s private equity group and how domestic and regional firms in Ukraine may look to reshape after the war. De Brauw has entered […]
Litigation firm CANDEY appears before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) this week, alongside former partner Richard Morris, over allegations of anti-money-laundering (AML) failures. The matter regards a £24m deal for a Northumberland country estate in 2015. No actual fraud or money-laundering has been identified. The SRA alleges that the firm and Morris, who left for […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, which up until 18 months ago had steered clear of the lateral hiring market, has added a new London partner from Kirkland & Ellis. Alexander van der Gaag is joining Cleary from Kirkland’s debt finance team. He worked at Kirkland for nine years, arriving as an associate from Baker McKenzie. […]
Clarke Willmott is assessing the environmental footprint of its offices, with the firm collecting information on its staff’s route to work and an expected relocation in Cardiff. The firm is gathering data from its employees to improve the accuracy of emissions data that the firm holds. A survey has been created with the firm’s consultants, […]
An Osborne Clarke partner is being referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) following a formal complaint made by Clifford Chance’s former UK tax head. In July 2022, ex-Clifford Chance partner Dan Neidle made headlines for a series of posts on the tax arrangements of leading Conservative politicians, including Nadhim Zahawi. He claimed that Zahawi had […]
