Big Law’s Milbank LLP has bought the London office of Scottish-based Dickson Minto, the long-established law firm.The Lawyer reported the news of New York-based Milbank’s acquisition of the firm, which was founded in 1985 and has seven partners in the London office.Firm co-founder Alastair Dickson will not join Milbank and the firm’s Edinburgh office will […]
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A look at some key issues that can arise under UK divorce lawLaura Syme* With around 40-50% of first marriages resulting in divorce or separation, dividing financial assets is a source of pain and anxiety for many. When a business is part of the negotiations, the effects can be intensified and a source of major
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In a bid to reduce its carbon emissions, Shoosmiths said it would deduct funds from team travel each time its lawyers flew to a meeting, according a report in The Telegraph.The firm’s objective is to encourage the firm’s more than 1,000 employees to consider alternatives to flying as the company aims to reduce its carbon emissions
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Two entrepreneurial London law firms are involved in the latest lawsuits launched against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers.Hamlins Law and Gunnercooke are representing Prince Harry, Elton John and others in a lawsuit against the publishers of the Daily Mail, Associated Press, yet another lawsuit Prince Harry has taken against the company.Both law firms are boutique
George and Amal Clooney, Co-Founders of The Clooney Foundation for Justice and Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, will host the first-ever ‘Albie Awards’ at the New York Public Library later this week.Named after Justice Albie Sachs, revered for his heroic commitment to ending apartheid in South Africa, the Albie Awards will honor courageous
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The Zantac lawsuits continue but what and who are some of the major zantac law firms?The Zantac lawsuits are some of the largest to come before the US courts and have wiped billions of dollars off the value of big pharma companies as plaintiffs lodge their claims for alleged cancers caused by the popular drug
The steps towards divorce in different jurisdictions differ and LawFuel has asked UK divorce lawyers Major Family Law at to explain the key steps to take with divorce law in the United KingdomWhatever the reasons for divorce: infidelity, getting married too early or gradually drifting apart, it’s important to be aware of the process that
One of Japan’s biggest law firms has opened an office in London, its first office opened outside of Asia.Anderson Mori & Tomotsune opened its first international office in Beijing in 1998 and says its London opening was to provide ‘timely’ advice to businesses operating in Japan and for their home-base clients operating in the West.Anderson
Latham & Watkins recently provided information about their ‘affinity groups’ involved in pro bono projects, including the firm’s involvement in the first-ever online legal clinic to assist trans, nonbinary and gender diverse young people change their name in the United Kingdom Details of the clinic are provided in the firm’s content, produced below –
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The death of The Queen has raised questions about the nature and disposition of her assets, but details of her will and assets are likely to remain confidential, in part because of efforts made by her long time lawyers, Farrer & Co, to exempt her estate from death duties, while the will’s content will remain
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