The junior lawyer pay wars in seven charts
This summer has seen another round of big pay rises for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors: here’s the wider context.
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.
Accounts Committee queries Linklaters' £13m rail bonanza
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Government for the way it paid Linklaters & Paines more than £13m for advice on the sale of the first three rail franchises. The report criticises the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, Opraf, for not using a competitive tender to choose Linklaters and for not […]
The JLD blog: How your personal brand can win you a training contract
Oscar Wilde is credited with saying, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken”. With competition for training contracts rife, you need to stand out from the crowd. While there is no magic formula to securing a training contract, a strong personal brand will make a big difference. Here are five tips to help you along the way.
Top Lisbon firm decimated as partners walk following management new broom
Just down the road from CMS and Linklaters,one of the most venerable firms in Lisbon is undergoing a shake-up that has left the local market dazed.
Implementation of the deposit-return scheme pilot project
Decree-Law no. 152-D/2017 of 11 December established the “Management System for Specific Waste Streams Subject to Extended Producer Responsibility”. This Decree-Law has now been amended by Law no. 69/2018 of 26 December, which introduces a system to encourage (i) the return and deposit of single-use (one-way) plastic drinks packaging, and (ii) the deposit of plastic, […]
Electronic Complaints Book: Extension of deadline for registration
Numerous complaints have been made by associations representing traders from various sectors due to the problem of unavailability of the platform where economic operators have to register. As a result, the Ministry of the Economy announced the extension of the deadline for operators to register until 31 December of the current year. The original deadline […]
Competition law and policy 2nd quarter 2019
Portuguese Competition Authority fines the companies Mota-Engil – Engenharia e Construção and Futrifer – Indústrias Ferroviárias, S.A. On 12 April 2019, the Portuguese Competition Authority (PCA) fined the company Mota-Engil – Engenharia e Construção, S.A and one of its managers a total of EUR 906,000 for allegedly participating in a five-company cartel that acted in […]
New legal rules for foreign citizens in the Republic of Angola
Law no. 13/19 of 23 May was published on 23 May and approves the new Legal Rules on Foreign Citizens in the Republic of Angola (Regime Jurídico dos Cidadãos Estrangeiros na República de Angola – “RJCE”). As expected, the new law establishes the legal rules on entry, exit, stay and residence of foreign citizen in […]
BRRD amendments: Senior Creditors Worse Off
The amendments to the Portuguese Banking Law, which extend the depositor preference to all deposits, will mean that in the event of a bank insolvency common creditors will likely see their recovery expectations greatly reduced in comparison with the previous regime. As a consequence, in the event of a bank resolution, the value of the […]
The junior lawyer pay wars in seven charts
This summer has seen another round of big pay rises for newly qualified (NQ) solicitors: here’s the wider context.
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.
Accounts Committee queries Linklaters' £13m rail bonanza
The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has criticised the Government for the way it paid Linklaters & Paines more than £13m for advice on the sale of the first three rail franchises. The report criticises the Office of Passenger Rail Franchising, Opraf, for not using a competitive tender to choose Linklaters and for not […]
The JLD blog: How your personal brand can win you a training contract
Oscar Wilde is credited with saying, “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken”. With competition for training contracts rife, you need to stand out from the crowd. While there is no magic formula to securing a training contract, a strong personal brand will make a big difference. Here are five tips to help you along the way.
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Gowling WLG is latest firm to grab Commonwealth Games advisory role
Gowling WLG has won the advisory role for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games following a tender process for the post. The firm will support the organisers on corporate governance, procurement and general commercial matters. Gowling’s pitch team was led by partner Michael Luckman, who will be working with Birmingham 2022’s chief legal officer Caroline McGrory […]
Latham exits continue as energy partner joins Morgan Lewis
Latham & Watkins partner Ayesha Waheed has left the firm after over a decade to join Morgan Lewis & Bockius’ London office. Waheed joined Latham in 2008 from Clifford Chance, where she had spent three years as a foreign lawyer in the banking and finance department of its Frankfurt office. She focused on project finance, […]
Former Twenty Essex barrister rejoins set after offshore stint
Commercial set Twenty Essex has hired a barrister from Walkers to add to its civil fraud and asset tracing team. Sarah Tresman has spent three years as a litigation lawyer in the Cayman Islands. Previously she was a barrister at Twenty Essex for seven years, where she began her career. She returns to the chambers […]
Hogan Lovells lands role on British Steel’s rescue talks with Turkish bidder
Three months after British Steel was placed into compulsory liquidation, two firms are leading on the proposed purchase of the business.
A&O to lose fraud head to Milbank’s expanding City office
Milbank has made its second hire from Allen & Overy in 2019, recruiting the firm’s head of fraud to lead a new group in its City office. Mona Vaswani, who is also the co-head of firm’s UK banking, finance and regulatory litigation practice, will join Milbank after spending 26 years at the magic circle firm […]
LLP accounts: White & Case growth slows after years of expansion
White & Case’s UK and Africa staff numbers went down by 2 per cent over 2018, its accounts have revealed, after a six-year period of rapid growth across both jurisdictions. Over 2018, the firm’s employee headcount dropped from 633 to 619, with a fall in both fee-earner and non fee-earner numbers. The average number of […]