We would like to think that staying one step ahead is one of Garrigues’ hallmarks – one of our obsessions. Garrigues was the first Spanish law firm to become an institutional organisation and leave behind the traditional model of an inherited family business to become a firm owned purely on merit, and this some decades …
On 24 March 2015 Legal Business held the GC Power List 2015 reception, sponsored by RPC, Barclay Simpson and Thomson Reuters at the Grosvenor Hotel, London. Photos from the event can be viewed here.
WHITTAKER STEPS DOWN AS LLOYDS GC Group general counsel (GC) Andrew Whittaker is stepping down from his role at Lloyds Banking Group with deputy GC Kate Cheetham set to replace him. Whittaker joined the bank in May 2013 after having served as the legal head of the Financial Services Authority. The bank also saw the …
GE RESTRUCTURING BRINGS IN RAFT OF ADVISERS A host of firms picked up work on General Electric (GE)’s restructuring, fielding large cross-border teams as the industrial giant sold $26.5bn of real estate assets and announced it would divest most of GE Capital’s other holdings. Hogan Lovells led for GE on the real estate sale, with …
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Richard McLerie of JLegal outlines the picture across the region. When trying to predict what the legal recruitment market will look like in the Gulf region it is easy to be seen as sitting on the fence. There are conflicting signs at every turn and until every scenario plays out, it is impossible to tell …
As the UK heads to the polls for the general election, senior legal figures provide their views on the current mood in the City. TAXING ISSUE ‘There is an undercurrent of disenchantment. People have gone through a period when living standards have been static or have even fallen in real terms. They are upset and …
With the rise of multi-disciplinary practices (MDPs) receiving daily comment in the professional news, this is certainly a question worth asking. Before adding my own observations to the debate, I should spell out what I am thinking about and what I am not. For starters, I appreciate that much work of many solicitors’ firms in …
Andri Tsangarou and Andrianna Solomonides of Kinanis LLC discuss a new use for the CIT. The economic and business instability of recent years, stemming from the worldwide economic crisis as well as widespread uncertainty and increased national scrutiny, have changed the rules of the business game dramatically. The international investor is faced with the need …
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Menu Game Over – Global London firms make winning moves as US players secure their breakthrough Global London 2015: Main Table The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics Game theories – many approaches as European firms tackle the City A new model, a new game as US …
Menu Game Over – Global London firms make winning moves as US players secure their breakthrough Global London 2015: Main Table The Third Wave – high stakes City deals for Akin and Cooley highlight changing tactics Game theories – many approaches as European firms tackle the City A new model, a new game as US …
