Heathrow has appointed Mine Hifzi as its new general counsel after Carol Hui departed in August. Hifzi’s new role is due to take effect in July 2022. Since Hui stood down, Mark Oliver, deputy GC has served in the position for the interim. Hui was one of three people who left Heathrow, including chief strategy […]
Bolt is embarking on a wide-scale panel review as it expands into new regions and business verticals. Having put a mini panel in place in May this year, the Tallinn-headquartered ride-hailing app will begin looking to assemble a formal panel in early 2022. Though the current panel is largely UK and Western Europe-focused, the new […]
Addleshaw Goddard has gone in-house for its latest recruit, bringing in a ports and terminals specialist from Dubai Ports (DP) World. Ian Le Pelley joins the firm’s transport team in Edinburgh. He was previously group deputy GC at DP World, an Emirati multinational logistics company based in Dubai, until 2018. Between then and now Le […]
Trainline has appointed a new general counsel as its current GC steps down after 16 years at the business. James Hanratty succeeds Neil Murrin in the top legal post at the online train and coach booking platform. Hanratty joined Trainline as senior legal counsel in 2009 and was appointed head of legal in 2013, then […]
Ashurst has lost its spot on a UK Government panel aimed at supporting the aviation industry through Covid-19, after the places were retendered this year. Linklaters has bagged the panel spot and will net £750,000 to provide legal services as part of the legal roster of Project Spring. This is a Department of Transport initiative […]
Bolt is set to launch an inaugural legal panel as it fires up expansion in London and Western Europe. The panel process is being carried out by new head of legal Alex Wong, who joined the ride-hailing app from Revolut last month. He will appoint up to three firms, made up of one main provider […]
Network Rail’s John Rowland moved around his organisation to get a better perspective on his own role
Revolut senior counsel Alex Wong has moved to Bolt as its new head of legal, as the ride-hailing app looks to grow in London. Wong joined Revolut in September 2019 from Amazon, where he was corporate counsel. Having trained at Shoosmiths in 2006, he also spent time in-house at Wiltshire Council and Capita, where he […]
Slaughter and May advised the Department for Transport on a £600,000 mandate around a financial package to protect freight routes during the Covid-19 pandemic, building on a string of profitable public work mandates. A response to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request revealed that the firm advised on a £35m financial aid package approved by […]
The Supreme Court has handed down its second landmark judgment this month, ruling in favour of BCLP and Heathrow Airport in a dispute of plans to build a third runway. This rolled-up case was an amalgamation of five separate claims against the Secretary of State for Transport over plans to build a third runway at […]
Linklaters is set to cash in around £1.5m after winning a mandate from the Department for Transport (DfT) into recovery measures for the embattled rail industry. The magic circle firm has been advising on the replacement of agreements that were put in place amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The mandate, according to public records, is worth […]
The Ince Group is expanding its consulting business in the Middle East with the opening of a new office. The listed firm is debuting a consultancy in Abu Dhabi, complementing an existing legal outpost in Dubai. It marks the second consulting opening after a similar launch in Hamburg in 2016. Working alongside Ince’s partners, the […]