Skadden announced today that Bruce Embley will join the firm’s London office as an M&A partner. Prior to joining Skadden, Bruce was global co-head of M&A at another highly regarded global law firm. He has over 25 years’ experience advising on private equity and public and private M&A transactions in all sectors, including financial services, energy and … [Read more...]
WHO DARES WINS: EUROPEAN M&A OUTLOOK 2020
CMS - Powered by LawFuel - The COVID-19 pandemic has taken a heavy toll on European dealmaking activity. However, opportunities remain for those willing to take risks, according to the eighth edition of the European M&A Outlook, published by CMS in association with Mergermarket. The report is a comprehensive assessment of dealmaking sentiment in the European M&A … [Read more...]
Legal Futurists Talk About The Rush To Technology That Has Lawyers Confronting Their Digital Future
The pandemic has altered the lives for everyone and a recent report in the Financial Times highlights how lawyers have been forced into their digital future faster than they might have imagined. While lawyers and accountants have often been immune to rapid technological change, that too is changing rapidly. They are now entering a new era of rapid legal-tech change. And … [Read more...]
Chapman Tripp Run COVID Test Case Over Business Interruption
Chapman Tripp are running a test case looking at business interruption insurance policies, similar to cases being heard overseas. A recent High Court case in London found cover could be provided for policies that had extra clauses involving public authority bans on entering premises. And in Australia the Insurance Council has indicated it would also file a test case to seek … [Read more...]
Lawyer Accepts Over 70 Breaches of Rules Around Documents
Treadwell Gordon principal Kirsten Harper Order to pay over $20,000 Manawatu lawyer Kirsten Gaye Harper has been censured and ordered to pay $21,833 in costs by the New Zealand Lawyers and Conveyancers Disciplinary Tribunal. Mrs Harper accepted a charge of misconduct for more than 70 breaches of the rules surrounding the witnessing of documents, and subsequent … [Read more...]
Uptime Legal’s JurisPage Brand Launches Comprehensive Marketing Offering for Law Firms: Legal Marketing 360™
Powered by LawFuel - Uptime Legal, the nation’s leading legal technology provider, today announced the launch of it’s all-in-one digital marketing service for law firms, Legal Marketing 360™ Legal Marketing 360 is an end-to-end marketing engine designed for a singular purpose: to generate new clients and cases for law firms. For a long time, law firms have had to cast … [Read more...]
Market for D&O insurance hardest in living memory
Directors in New Zealand and Australia are facing the most volatile and restrictive liability insurance market in living memory, according to a report released today by the Institute of Directors (IoD) with Marsh and MinterEllisonRuddWatts. And there are no signs of it improving anytime soon. “Regionally, D&O claims payments have dwarfed the total insurance premium … [Read more...]
