European Medicines Agency loses £500m ruling over bid to cancel lease amid Brexit move February 20, 2019 The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has lost a court battle to break a £500m London office lease in the wake of its planned move to Amsterdam post-Brexit. In a landmark case for the commercial property industry ahead of Britain’s departure from the EU, landlord Canary Wharf has won a ruling that means the EMA must [...]
Queen’s Birthday Honours: the full 2021 list June 12, 2021 Below the full list of names for this year ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) The Rt. Hon. Frederick Richard Penn Curzon, The Earl Howe. For political and parliamentary service. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire) ORDER OF THE BATH Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) [...]
Mark Carney and Sadiq Khan throw weight behind City mental health campaign as research show number of staff raising mental heath concerns is rising May 14, 2018 Bank of England governor Mark Carney and London Mayor Sadiq Khan have thrown their weight behind a campaign led by the Lord Mayor of the City of London to end the stigma around mental health in the workplace. This comes as new research from the Institute of Directors (IoD) shows that business leaders have seen [...]
Tessian, a tech startup using machine intelligence to transform email security, lands $13m series A from Balderton and Accel June 18, 2018 London-based cybersecurity startup Tessian has today announced the closing of $13m (£9m) in a series A round, led by Balderton Capital and existing investor Accel Partners. Top venture capital firms like Amadeus Capital Partners, Crane, and LocalGlobe among others also participated in the round. A tech startup with its founders’ roots in investment banking, Tessian’s [...]
Pinsent Masons tops Acritas legal brands survey alongside DLA Piper, CMS, Linklaters, Allen & Overy, Eversheds Sutherland and Clifford Chance May 2, 2018 An index of the leading UK legal brands has seen law firm Pinsent Masons take the top spot for the first time, beating Eversheds Sutherland into second place. The biggest climber is CMS, which following its three-way merger with Olswang and Nabarro last year, has climbed to fourth in the rankings, from 13th last year. [...]
Autumn Budget 2017: Boost to North Sea oil as government plans to introduce key tax change next year November 22, 2017 North Sea oil and gas producers received a boost from the government today as chancellor Philip Hammond announced tax changes aimed at increasing investment. In the Autumn Budget, Hammond revealed the government would introduce transferrable tax history for oil and gas fields in the North Sea from November 2018. Currently, the history of tax paid [...]
Uber loses workers’ rights appeal: Here’s how employment experts have reacted November 10, 2017 Uber has lost an appeal against a tribunal ruling that it must give its drivers employment rights. The ride-hailing app went to the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) to challenge an earlier ruling by the Employment Tribunal which said Uber drivers are entitled to basic workers’ rights. The EAT rejected Uber’s argument that it is merely [...]
Law firm Clyde & Co confirms faith in Europe by launching first German office July 11, 2016 Clyde & Co is taking its first steps onto German soil, announcing today that it will be launching an office in Dusseldorf. The Dusseldorf office, which will open in the autumn, is the firm's 15th in Europe and 46th worldwide. The new office will initially be populated by a five-strong team from European law firm Noerr, which Clyde [...]
Small businesses to launch claim against Clydesdale Bank ‘this side of Christmas’ December 7, 2017 Clydes Bank has come a step closer to facing legal action over its alleged mis-selling of business loans. RGL Management, which brings claims against banks on behalf of small firms, co-ordinated a meeting yesterday with companies who claim to be were victims of Clydesdale’s Tailored Business Loans (TLBs). Read more: Small businesses to bring legal [...]
City Moves for 2 February 2017 – who’s switching jobs? February 2, 2017 Today's City Moves are infrastructure-heavy, covering legal eagles, property and utilities. Take a look at these movers and shakers: Clyde & Co David Hansom has been appointed as a partner in global law firm Clyde & Co’s infrastructure group, where he will lead the firm’s public procurement offering. David is a leading procurement lawyer with [...]