Arbitrators dominate solicitor appointments amid creation of 119 new silks as Latham does double Red Lion Chambers and Garden Court Chambers saw six and five of their respective barristers take silk in this year’s QC appointments round, while the number of successful solicitors becoming QCs dipped from last year.
It was a prized scalp. In December, Clifford Chance (CC) became the first Magic Circle player to fall foul of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), when the firm and its disputes partner Alex Panayides were each fined £50,000 for their role in the well-documented Excalibur professional negligence saga. It was a highly-symbolic move. But the …
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It has been the question raised over wine by many seasoned litigators for months now: what’s going on at Enyo Law? At the beginning of last year, the litigation boutique hit the headlines thanks to surprise merger talks with fellow disputes specialist Stewarts Law, but since the discussion was abandoned the influential outfit has gone …
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The train puns were inevitable, but it took longer than expected. Towards the end of my conversation with the general counsel (GC) of online ticket retailer trainline, Neil Murrin, he says: ‘It’s a matter of getting people to join us on that journey.’ And adds: ‘Getting people on the right track and all that.’ Coming …
Former Sidley Austin partner Matthew Cahill, who was accused of tax offences, has had all charges against him dropped after the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) admitted to ‘wholesale failures’ in its disclosure process. Meanwhile, a Dentons partner accused of sexual harassment has left the firm following an internal investigation. Cahill’s charges related to investments he …
There was good news and bad news yesterday (7 Feb) for disputes shop Leigh Day, first announcing an ambitious equal pay claim against Tesco, that could see the supermarket giant pay out £4bn in compensation to its workers. But the firm was later brought back down to earth by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA), which …
DLA Piper and Addleshaw Goddard have won roles advising on the sale of part of recently-collapsed Carillion’s business while Watson Farley & Williams (WFW), Allen & Overy (A&O), Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Paul Hastings and Kirkland & Ellis all picked up major deals this week. Addleshaw Goddard advised engineering and construction company J Murphy & …
The trial of three Tesco executives charged with fraud by the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has been abandoned after one of the co-defendants, former UK finance chief Carl Rogberg, suffered a heart attack last week. Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) partner Neil O’May, who is representing Rogberg, said in a statement: ‘Mr Rogberg is devastated at …
Baker McKenzie is to launch a review of its procedures following the handling of an allegation that one of its partners sexually assaulted a junior lawyer. Bakers confirmed the move after details of the incident and its handling went public on Friday (2 February). In a statement, Bakers confirmed the partner will be leaving the …
US litigation specialist Hausfeld has added to its considerable strength on the continent with the opening of a new Paris office. The new outpost will be Hausfeld’s fifth in Europe and tenth worldwide. French antitrust partner Laurent Geelhand will lead the Paris office supported by a team of seven French-speaking lawyers who will divide their …
