Leading UK law firm Mischon de Reya is closing its New York office, established since 2010, saying it was no longer consistent with the firm’s London business. The tough New York market has more lawyers than any in the United States, but also has a highly lucrative legal industry worth an estimated $430bn in the […]
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Powered by LawFuel – Global law firm White & Case LLP international arbitration partner Andrew de Lotbinière McDougall has been appointed Queen’s Counsel (QC) by Her Majesty the Queen on the advice of the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland QC MP, following recommendation by the independent Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel. “Congratulations to Andrew on this significant
Such is the state of the #Metoo movement in the legal profession that Magic Circle firm Linklaters has launched a ‘sober supervisor’ scheme to avoid bad behaviour after boozy lunches and social gatherings. The seemingly growing array of prosecutions and cases of sexual harassment and other incidents has lead to what some may see as
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Crowell & Moring has continued its practice of making high profile hires for its London office after taking on a “go to” senior litigator from Squire Patton Boggs. Nicola Phillips has been recruited for Crowell & Moring’s international dispute resolution group and is the seventh hire from Squire Patton Boggs in the past year. Legal
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Eve Cornwell is a trainee at Linklaters, London office and has released a much-watched, ‘unfiltered’ view of the Magic Circle firm’s office with a video view of everything in the firm’s London HQ – with the blessing of the firm, who want to lift the lid on working at Big Law, London. Everthing from the
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Powered by LawFuel – MJ Hudson, the asset management consultancy, which provides expertise and infrastructure support to fund managers, investors and other specialists in the asset management industry, is pleased to announce that admission and dealings in its Ordinary Shares commenced today, Thursday 12th December at 8.00 a.m. on the London Stock Exchange’s Alternative Investment
Global legal giant Baker + McKenzie have been under some stringent criticism for the way in which they handled the issues relating to the former senior partner, Gary Senior, who faces charges of sexually harassing a younger female solicitor. The criticism came at the 15 day hearing before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) where lead
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Volkswagen AG is facing one of the largest-ever U.K. class action lawsuits over the so-called ‘Dieselgate’ scandal, with almost 100,000 vehicle owners accusing VW of misleading them by installing emissions-cheating software that made it appear their diesel vehicles met environmental standards. Slater & Gordon represent the owners and need to get past first base by
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The new regulatory rules governing solicitors in the UK has seen sexual harassment and money laundering infringements with other measures made more robust by the new regulations, while also easing the way for lawyers to work individually. The oversight of solicitors has been introduced by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), coming into force in September
Weil Gotchal has acquired profile partner Neil Devaney in boost its restructuring law practice. The Weil Gotshal press release – Powered by LawFuel – LONDON, November 15, 2019: International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP today announced that Neil Devaney will join the Firm as a partner to play a leadership role in its
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