Katy is The Lawyer’s Horizon editor. Returning to The Lawyer after a three-year break in 2020, Katy initially covered litigation and the Bar and was the publication’s senior writer between 2014 and 2017.
Clyde & Co is set to become the first international firm to open a base in post-Gaddafi Libya after it hired Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) general counsel Albudery Shariha. The news comes a week after the firm announced its move into the Australia market through the hire of an insurance team from Linklaters alliance firm […]
Keystone Law is aiming to more than double its turnover within three years to £25m by attracting 50 new lawyers to its ranks. The recruitment drive comes as the firm posted turnover of £11.2m at the 2011-12 year-end, a rise of 14.3 per cent on last year’s £9.8m. Managing partner James Knight said the firm […]
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has appointed former judge Geoffrey Rivlin QC to advise it on bringing cases to court. It is one of a number of appointments at the agency, including the hire of Alun Milford as general counsel. Milford, the former head of the CPS Organised Crime Division, succeeds Vivian Robinson QC, who […]
RPC has revealed a 10 per cent rise in turnover to £68m for the 2011-12 financial year, while net profit has climbed 9.5 per cent to £23m. Managing partner Jonathan Watmough said the growth had been largely organic with investments in lateral hires beginning to pay off. In the three years to the end of […]
Representing a Russian oligarch is a high-pressure gig – but the fees a top QC can charge are even higher
For the past three years the courts have been bristling with recession-related claims. As every year passes, however, the disputes become more complex, the sums get bigger and the legal teams involved swell. Consequently the bar’s rising stars are cutting their teeth on what will be the defining cases of the recession, a situation that […]
After months of speculation about the possibility of shareholder action against a high street bank, Lloyds TSB is now facing two test cases relating to the bank’s ill-fated takeover of HBOS.