Green Ambassadors: United States
Energy perspectives: David Bone
What made you decide to become a lawyer and, once you’d made that decision, why energy? I decided to become a lawyer in my early teens, through watching courtroom dramas on TV. As it turned out, however, I have only appeared in court once and that was sitting on the bench (another story!). Becoming a …
Energy perspectives: Maria Connolly
What made you decide to become a lawyer and, once you’d made that decision, why energy? I chose to do law at university as I felt it would be a good base for a future career choice, whether that was law or otherwise. Even the prospect of doing a degree was pretty daunting at first, …
Euro Elite: Germany – Flight to quality
Past experience, such as the financial crisis in 2008/09, has shown that the German legal market is robust. Today, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, independent law firms are therefore largely confident that the market will remain stable and reasonably active. This is not to say that the pandemic has not had an impact. …
Der Freshfields-Skandal
It’s 9 September in the German parliament. Stefan Liebich of the democratic socialist party, Die Linke, stands up to quiz finance minister Olaf Scholz, a member of the Social Democrat Party. His question: ‘Have there been any thoughts on your part whether firms like Freshfields or others should be excluded from receiving future instructions?’ Scholz responds: …