Gett hires ex-Freshfields lawyer as new GC
Taxi app company Gett has appointed a general counsel from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as the business eyes a potential IPO.
Asda recruits new GC from Mars Wrigley
Asda has appointed a new general counsel after kicking off the year with fresh board appointments. Helen Selby joins the supermarket giant as general counsel and company secretary, after under a year as GC at Mars Wrigley. Asda has been on the hunt for a new GC since September when its former head of legal […]
A&O becomes seventh global firm to secure Shanghai JV
Allen & Overy has gained approval for a joint operation in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, becoming the seventh firm to launch such a venture. In doing so, A&O is also the second magic circle firm to expand its capabilities in China with a joint operation; Linklaters was the first to secure Chinese law capability […]
City duo advise on L’Oréal’s HQ move
Macfarlanes and DAC Beachcroft have acted on L’Oréal’s London HQ move to White City Place.
The speed read: Latham Ghosn-shamed; Dentons does Dublin; and last orders for law’s drinking culture?
Gett hires ex-Freshfields lawyer as new GC
Taxi app company Gett has appointed a general counsel from Bank of America Merrill Lynch, as the business eyes a potential IPO.
Asda recruits new GC from Mars Wrigley
Asda has appointed a new general counsel after kicking off the year with fresh board appointments. Helen Selby joins the supermarket giant as general counsel and company secretary, after under a year as GC at Mars Wrigley. Asda has been on the hunt for a new GC since September when its former head of legal […]
A&O becomes seventh global firm to secure Shanghai JV
Allen & Overy has gained approval for a joint operation in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, becoming the seventh firm to launch such a venture. In doing so, A&O is also the second magic circle firm to expand its capabilities in China with a joint operation; Linklaters was the first to secure Chinese law capability […]
City duo advise on L’Oréal’s HQ move
Macfarlanes and DAC Beachcroft have acted on L’Oréal’s London HQ move to White City Place.
Kirkland alumni club: Willkie secures double-partner hire in London
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has secured its long-awaited hire of two partners from Kirkland & Ellis, as they join former colleague Claire McDaid to expand its City private equity team. Gavin Gordon and David Arnold are to join Willkie in the City, following on from the firm’s hire of Dechert tax partner Jane Scobie last […]
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Taylor Wessing calls time on Singapore alliance
Taylor Wessing is to part ways with its alliance firm in Singapore, eight years after the firm first sealed an association in the region. The firm’s Singapore office had operated as an associated verein structure with local firm RHT Law, under the name RHT Law Taylor Wessing. However, the two will now be separating following […]
Bailed-out Russian bank wins damages row with former shareholders
Russia’s National Bank Trust has succeeded in its dispute against former shareholders, in a judgment that has taken over a year to be handed down. The case against six former shareholders first reared its head in 2017, when the new owners of the bank instructed Steptoe & Johnson to commence litigation proceedings against the shareholders […]
Dentons shakes up training contract with three new add-ons
Dentons has refreshed its training contract for its new 2020 trainee intake, laying out three new modules. The modernised contract will include three additional modules: legal project management, innovation and resilience, aimed at embedding trainees with other skills, abilities and mindsets, on top of the traditional lawyer training. Dentons says that these will not replace […]
CMS’s corporate lawyers set to benefit from salary uplift
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang bumped up the salaries of its corporate lawyers this month, it has emerged, a day after it was confirmed the firm would be losing its UK private equity head to Goodwin Procter. The pay packets for London lawyers in the corporate team are understood to have been reviewed by the […]
Osborne Clarke set for High Court hearing in outsourcing clash with MoJ
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) is continuing to defend itself from legal action launched by outsourcing giant Mitie, with the facilities management company calling on Osborne Clarke ahead of a High Court hearing next month. Mitie’s pursuit of the government department follows on from this month’s decision to award a contract to French rival Engie […]
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Diversity at the Bar: law firms challenged to report gender instructions
Following The Lawyer’s analysis of gender instructions at the Bar, the Employment Lawyers Association is calling on firms to join its monitoring scheme.