ESG Summit 2024 – 4 June 2024
Date: Tue 4 Jun 2024 Time: 8.15am – 6.00pm Venue: Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3EE
Commercial Litigation Summit 2024 – 5 Sep 2024
Date: Thu 5 Sep 2024 Time: 8.15am – 4.30pm Venue: Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, UK
Financial Regulatory and Disputes Summit 2024 – 14 Nov 2024
Date: Thu 14 Nov 2024 Time: 8.15am-6.00pm Venue: Queen Elizabeth II Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London, SW1P 3EE
‘The human cost’: Post Office Horizon fiasco throws scrutiny on litigators and shines light on litigation funding
The Post Office Horizon scandal saw over 700 subpostmasters convicted of fraud, theft, or false accounting. The victims were prosecuted for accounting shortfalls that were in fact the result of errors made by the Post Office’s Horizon accounting software. At time of publication, fewer than 100 of those convictions have been overturned.
How do you know when you have a brand advantage?
By Sholto Lindsay-Smith, founding partner and director of brand strategy at Industry, an international brand and business consultancy. As the management mantra goes, ‘you can’t manage what you can’t measure’. Law firms often undertake evaluation of their brand in pockets throughout the organisation by teams in HR, customer experience, internal and external communications. What is …
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Revolving doors: White & Case doubles down on recruitment as BCLP loses three partners
It has been a busy week for White & Case, with the firm seeing the return of Patrick Sarch to its global mergers and acquisitions practice in London. He will be head of UK public M&A in the London corporate/ M&A group. Sarch worked at White & Case between January 2017 and March 2021, moving …
Freshfields snaps up former FTC commissioner to bolster US antitrust offering
In a boost to its Washington DC presence, Freshfields has hired former Federal Trade Commissioner, Christine Wilson, as a senior adviser in its antitrust practice. The firm has made a concerted effort to build out its antitrust offering in both the US and Europe over the last year. In October 2023, it appointed former senior …
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Time to Talk Day Q&A: Andrew Nealon, Vinson & Elkins
For this year’s Time to Talk Day (1 February), which aims to encourage workplaces to start a conversation about mental health, we sat down with Vinson & Elkins energy and infrastructure partner Andrew Nealon (pictured) to discuss the impact of law firm culture on mental health and some of the positive industry changes he has …
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Linklaters’ losses mount as Paul Weiss picks up City public M&A partner
Paul Weiss has added yet another string to its bow, again to the detriment of Linklaters, with the hire of public M&A partner Dan Schuster-Woldan in London. The move, the latest in Paul Weiss’ seemingly relentless onslaught on elite rivals, marks its first London partner hire of 2024.
Revolving Doors: Double loss for Cravath as Freshfields strengthens US presence
Leading the high-profile moves this week, Baker McKenzie has welcomed partner Eric Schwartzman to head up its private equity practice in California, joining from Latham & Watkins. With 25 years’ experience, Schwartzman specialises in advising private equity sponsors and companies on corporate matters, including M&A, recapitalisations, restructurings, and joint ventures across various industries.