Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, Clyde & Co and Taylor Wessing have all been named as firms linked to secret offshore entities in the latest leak of over 11.5m files as part of the Panama Papers investigation.
Newly qualified solicitors at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have an extra £17,500 in their pay packets this year after the firm announced it has folded a discretionary bonus into NQ salaries from 1 May.
As the SRA prepares to overhaul its handbook, we ask whether its new focus on in-house will be enough to help tackle the ethical issues general counsel face. ‘There’s a serious danger of a regulator trying to regulate something that it doesn’t understand,’ says Kingfisher group general counsel (GC) and company secretary Clare Wardle. Her …
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Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy, Baker & McKenzie and Norton Rose big winners Royal Dutch Shell has cut its global panel from 11 firms to just six, as the company reorganises its legal arrangements following its merger with BG Group.
The international news outlet’s long-serving GC discusses the company’s buy-back move and its digital ventures It was third time lucky when Legal Business finally managed to catch up with The Economist Newspaper’s general counsel (GC) and company secretary, Oscar Grut. The GC offered a stream of apologies on this reporter’s arrival in his Canary Wharf …
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Allen & Overy (A&O) has added a three-strong US securities team to its Australian operations. The team joins the firm after leaving Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, which confirmed it was closing its Sydney office in February, reducing its presence to just one partner in the country.
Allen & Overy and Linklaters have won roles on the creation of Froneri, a 50/50, €3bn joint venture between global food giant Nestlé and British frozen food firm R&R Ice Cream to sell ice cream in more than 20 countries.
Clyde & Co is advising global metals group Liberty House in its bid to acquire Tata Steel’s UK assets. Liberty House Group confirmed it had formally submitted its bid yesterday (3 May) for Tata Steel’s UK assets, including its biggest UK plant, Port Talbot works.
In a significant drop in numbers from last year, Ashurst has added 12 to the partnership in its 2016 promotions round with just four women (33%) made up this time.
The future of the profession looks increasingly female and focused away from the traditional domination of private practice according to the most comprehensive demographic picture of the profession.
