Clash of cultures can scupper law firms’ mergers September 7, 2010 THE Americans are coming. Hammonds has become the latest firm to announce that it is to merge with a US firm, confirming last week that it is to link up with Squire Sanders. It follows the merger of Hogan & Hartson and Lovells earlier in the year, and the announcement that SJ Berwin is talking [...]
Simmons in US tie-up talks June 21, 2010 UK LAW firm Simmons & Simmons and US firm Mayer Brown have been locked in merger talks. It is understood that Simmons’ management emailed partners on 17 June to confirm that “preliminary discussions” about a merger were taking place with Mayer Brown senior figures. The email is also understood to have said that partners would [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 28, 2010 Norton Rose The law firm has made two new additions to its dispute resolution practice. Paul Morris joins as partner from Denton Wilde Sapte, where he was a partner and joint head of dispute resolution. He is an experienced contentious corporate trustee practitioner. Also joining the firm as partner is David McKie, who is moving [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS June 28, 2010 Norton Rose The law firm has made two new additions to its dispute resolution practice. Paul Morris joins as partner from Denton Wilde Sapte, where he was a partner and joint head of dispute resolution. He is an experienced contentious corporate trustee practitioner. Also joining the firm as partner is David McKie, who is moving [...]
LEGAL VIEWS: HOW DO YOU VIEW THE BA/UNITE APPEAL COURT DECISION? May 20, 2010 PAUL REEVES | STEPHENSON HARWOOD “Despite the court’s judgment today to allow the BA strikes to go ahead next week, this was always a win-win situation for BA and its chief Willie Walsh. He either succeeded in getting the strike called off or he bought himself and the company more time, by delaying the walk [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS July 8, 2010 Jones Lang LaSalle The property-focused financial and professional services firm has appointed James Brown from Grosvenor as its new head of retail research and consultancy for the EMEA region. Brown is currently UK director of research at Grosvenor, where he is responsible for property market forecasting and analysis of demand, supply and values, local market [...]
Rail link and bookie set to be privatised June 22, 2010 THE High Speed 1 rail link, air traffic control, the student loan book and Tote, the national bookmaker, are among assets to be sold off by the coalition government. Chancellor George Osborne yesterday said it was high time to return the businesses to private ownership, a move that will generate billions of pounds to begin [...]
FSA survives after Lib-Con compromise May 12, 2010 THE FINANCIAL Services Authority (FSA) was given a stay of execution yesterday, after the Tories had to scrap plans to disband the watchdog under a deal brokered with their Liberal Democrat coalition partners. Chancellor George Osborne was preparing to wind down the FSA, dividing its responsibilities between the Bank of England and a handful of [...]
Legal threat hangs over City decision April 27, 2010 A LEADING sports lawyer has told Tottenham, Aston Villa and Liverpool they could consider action against the Premier League after Manchester City were afforded special dispensation to sign a goalkeeper last night. League chiefs allowed City boss Roberto Mancini to recruit Sunderland’s Marton Fulop to his squad after Shay Given’s injury left the inexperienced Faroe [...]
Jarvis reaches the end of the line as administrator called in March 25, 2010 RAIL maintenance contractor, Jarvis is set to appoint Deloitte as administrator after the firm said earlier yesterday it had run out of cash. It is understood that four partners at the professional services firm, including Neville Kahn, will be handed the task of sorting through the struggling company’s finances. Jarvis filed for administration yesterday morning [...]