As UK Prime Minister David Cameron has unveiled a range of new measures to boost the UK’s fight against white-collar crime at the Anti-Corruption Summit 2016, City law’s crime specialists have been discussing their impact.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has been criticised in a Legal Services Board (LSB) report for its failures in its enforcement work and its IT systems, as part of a wider review of legal regulators.
Victoria Young talks to the long-serving Europe and Middle East managing partner When Legal Business last profiled Squire Patton Boggs’ UK legacy firm Hammonds in 2005, the cover line was ‘Bad habits’ – profits had slumped, lock-ins had been introduced and outgoing partners were considering legal action. New managing partner Peter Crossley pledged to get …
Both Stephenson Harwood and Charles Russell Speechlys have promoted nine partners, with the two firms almost doubling the number of promotions they made last year.
Less than a fortnight after negotiations were reported, Reed Smith and Pepper Hamilton have called off talks over a combination.
After two years of having the bulk of its promotions in the Asia-Pacific region, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has gone for a more geographically balanced round of partner promotions this year, making up ten lawyers in the UK and EMEA, and ten in Asia-Pacific.
Travers Smith has secured a win against British entrepreneur Vincent Tchenguiz, as a Commercial Court judge dismissed a £2.2bn claim against Jóhannes Rúnar Jóhannsson, who had helped wind up Icelandic bank Kaupthing.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) have been criticised in a parliamentary report into ScottishPower’s ‘cashback guarantee’ scandal.
Clyde & Co has announced a record number of promotions, adding 16 new partners, half of whom are women.
In a move to boost its real estate finance practice, Linklaters has hired former Allen & Overy (A&O) real estate finance head Mark O’Neill.
