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Live blog: law and the Super League
The latest developments in the aftermath of the collapse of the breakaway league from the legal point of view. Contact alex.taylor@thelawyer.com with related news or analysis.
Listed group CEO sets out vision for £30m Memery Crystal deal
RBG Holdings’ £30m acquisition of Memery Crystal could lead to a working separation at the listed company as CEO Nicola Foulston lays out her plans to split contentious and non-contentious work between brands. Foulston told The Lawyer that her long-term idea for the group is for Rosenblatt to take control of disputes and for Memery […]
In court this week: Google, Facebook and TFS Stores
Almost two years after a significant turnaround in the Court of Appeal, Lloyd v Google is now set for its Supreme Court showdown. The mammoth data protection dispute will be heard across two days before a panel of five starting Wednesday. An estimated 4.4 million iPhone users are on the respondent’s side in this legal […]
London is still a big problem for KWM
KWM is downsizing a Europe LLP that currently owes more money than it makes.
South Square QC calls on Mayer Brown to defend £16m negligence case
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Live blog: law and the Super League
The latest developments in the aftermath of the collapse of the breakaway league from the legal point of view. Contact alex.taylor@thelawyer.com with related news or analysis.
Listed group CEO sets out vision for £30m Memery Crystal deal
RBG Holdings’ £30m acquisition of Memery Crystal could lead to a working separation at the listed company as CEO Nicola Foulston lays out her plans to split contentious and non-contentious work between brands. Foulston told The Lawyer that her long-term idea for the group is for Rosenblatt to take control of disputes and for Memery […]
In court this week: Google, Facebook and TFS Stores
Almost two years after a significant turnaround in the Court of Appeal, Lloyd v Google is now set for its Supreme Court showdown. The mammoth data protection dispute will be heard across two days before a panel of five starting Wednesday. An estimated 4.4 million iPhone users are on the respondent’s side in this legal […]
London is still a big problem for KWM
KWM is downsizing a Europe LLP that currently owes more money than it makes.
Osborne Clarke tops up credit facilities by £10m
Osborne Clarke has extended its revolving credit facility in light of the pandemic, the firm’s latest limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts show, a precautionary measure against the financial consequences of the pandemic. The UK firm has added a further £10m to a £5m facility it already had from previous years, reaching a total of £15m. […]
Pinsent Masons and Mills & Reeve are cornering the university market
The Higher Education sector is in big trouble. As we reported last month, universities are struggling to fill places on their undergraduate courses – not least for law degrees. Many are in financial distress. Tuition fees for home students have been capped at £9,250 since 2017 and are falling well behind what is profitable, but […]
Slaughters and Freshfields share a trainee strategy
Associate retention is one of the biggest bugbears for law firm leaders, as competitive salaries and the promise of greater opportunities lure rising stars away. Added to this, a firm’s biggest cost is its people, but that didn’t stop Freshfields last year pledging to up its trainee intake from 90 to 100 from 2025. Should […]
HSF is leaning on London
Of the UK Top 50 firms, just 16 have no overseas offices, and of the remaining 34, more than half (19) were bigger outside the UK last year. Internationalisation is a hallmark of a Top 50 firm, but for many it is the UK that keeps the investment pipelines pumped. For firms with international offices, […]
Good things happen when partners aren’t in charge
The upcoming UK200 has welcomed its sixth employee ownership trust (EOT) member. Altrincham’s Myerson Solicitors joins Yorkshire’s Ison Harrison and the West Midlands’ Talbots Law in embracing employee ownership, having converted from a limited liability partnership (LLP) to a 100 per cent employee-owned company last week. The EOT model allows all employees to take a […]
A&O partner cuts will hit hardest outside the UK
A&O Shearman is looking to cut 10 per cent of its global partnership, but it’s doing so in a year in which its London recruitment team has been at its busiest. The firm has hired eight lateral partners in the City so far this year and last week’s announcement of “planned business changes” does little […]
Addleshaws zeroes in on IP with five-strong team hire
In a bid to expand its intellectual property practice, Addleshaw Goddard is adding five lawyers to its ranks from a specialist City firm. Stobbs’ head of litigation Geoff Steward is joining Addleshaws, along with four lawyers. Steward has worked at Stobbs for nearly six years, and played a key role in developing the firm’s IP […]
Shoosmiths moots bonus revolution to reward stars over teams
Having introduced a firmwide bonus for the first time two years ago, Shoosmiths is now contemplating whether to develop an individual reward scheme for its lawyers. The firmwide bonus, set up in August 2022, recognises all firm employees (excluding partners). It set out to pay staff between 5 to 7 per cent of their basic salary […]
NatWest’s former boss resurfaces at Mishcon
NatWest’s former chief executive officer is stepping into a new role at Mishcon de Reya, well over a year after leaving her post at the bank. Alison Rose joins Mishcon as an adviser following a 23-year long career at NatWest, where she started as managing director for leveraged finance before rising through the ranks in […]
33 Chancery Lane marks new era with CEO and barrister hires
33 Chancery Lane is undergoing a mass operational overhaul and rebrand, hiring its first chief executive, three new barristers and moving premises. The 19-barrister set, led by Kennedy Talbot KC, has hired Outer Temple’s practice director Sam Carter as chief executive and director of clerking to help guide the chambers through its new chapter. Carter […]
Eversheds Sutherland names first new bosses since merger
Eversheds Sutherland has anointed its next co-CEOs for the international and US sides of the business, as Lee Ranson and Mark Wasserman prepare to step down. Eversheds Sutherland partners have decided that managing partner Keith Froud will take the reins from Ranson, while Austin-based global energy co-head Lino Mendiola will replace Wasserman in the US. […]