Obituary: Iain Wagstaff, one of Linklaters’ most revered corporate stars
Linklaters is mourning the passing of one of its most prominent deal lawyers, Iain Wagstaff, who has died aged 44.
Obituary: Alistair Asher, A&O partner turned Co-op GC
Veteran Allen & Overy (A&O) partner Alistair Asher, who joined the Co-operative Group as its first general counsel in 2013, has passed away aged 63.
Obituary: Juan Picón, the much-loved leader of DLA Piper and Latham
Tributes have been paid to Latham & Watkins’ Madrid office head Juan Picón, the former senior partner of DLA Piper, who has sadly passed away.
Bakers mourns chair Paul Rawlinson: the visionary who sought to modernise the firm
Tributes have been flooding in for Baker McKenzie’s chair Paul Rawlinson, who unexpectedly passed away last Friday.
Matrix mourns death of Paul Jenkins QC
Matrix Chambers has lost one of its most eminent QCs, Paul Jenkins, who died this morning aged 63.
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Obituary: Kirk Murdoch, Pinsent Masons
Pinsent Masons has announced that its Scotland and Northern Ireland chairman Kirk Murdoch has passed away following a battle with illness.
Penningtons Manches mourns former CEO Lesley Lintott
Penningtons Manches has announced the death of its former managing partner and chief executive, Lesley Lintott.
Slaughters mourns former corporate head Frances Murphy
Slaughter and May has announced that its former corporate head, Frances Murphy, has died after a long illness.
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Hogan Lovells pays tribute to Paris associate Valentin Ribet
Hogan Lovells has paid tribute to Valentin Ribet, a litigation associate in its Paris office who was killed at the Bataclan concert hall in the terrorist attacks on Friday night. In a statement the firm said: “This is an awful tragedy and hard for any of us to truly comprehend. We are shocked by both our […]
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Pinsents mourns death of litigation head James Bullock
Pinsent Masons is mourning the loss of the head of its litigation practice, James Bullock, who died on Monday (14 September). Bullock joined Pinsent Masons’ legacy firm KLegal from Ashurst in 2000, where he founded one of the UK’s first specialist tax litigation practices. He then took on the role of head of risk advisory services […]
News UK general counsel Paul Chinnery dies aged 48
Paul Chinnery, general counsel for News UK and former director of legal and commercial affairs at Channel 5, died this weekend after a battle with cancer. News UK’s CEO Mike Darcy paid tribute to the man whose determination and empathy during his battle with cancer “was humbling, and an inspiration to us all”. “Paul was […]
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Former Friends of the Earth legal head Phil Michaels loses cancer battle
The former head of legal at Friends of the Earth, Phil Michaels, has died after a battle with cancer. Michaels served as the environmental charity’s head of legal for a decade, winning legal fights on issues such as environmental impact reporting, climate change impact, and access to justice (27 February 2006). He left the charity […]