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Covington & Burling’s EMEA co-head of white-collar defence and commercial litigation has moved to disputes boutique Quillon Law. Ian Hargreaves will be the sixth partner at Quillon, which was launched in October 2021 by former Addleshaw Goddard duo Mark Hastings and Michael Barnett. The boutique’s recent cases have seen it represent Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has been accused of “vigorously” resisting an application to provide information in the long-running saga between Russian oligarchs Vladimir Chernukhin and Oleg Deripaska. Deripaska and his company Filatona Trading, represented by Quillon, filed an application in September 2021 against Quinn, seeking information relating to another High Court case brought by […]
The former CEO of Taylor Vinters has left Mishcon de Reya 21 months after the firms completed their merger. According to Companies House, Matt Meyer was terminated as a member on 30 September 2024. Meyer was a member of the senior management team at Mishcon and sat on the board, where he had responsibility for […]
With real estate in high demand across the Inns, firms and chambers are seeking out new floor space after last week’s collapse of 9 Stone Buildings. The departure of 9 Stone’s 17 remaining barristers for Selborne Chambers and Tanfield Chambers last Monday forced the set to dissolve. A skip could be seen outside 9 Stone Buildings […]
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2024 has already been a memorable year for the English courts. With the Michaelmas term set to begin tomorrow, The Lawyer takes a look at the cases to watch out for this month.
Litigation boutique Candey has today been cleared by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) of anti-money laundering (AML) failures regarding a £24m deal for a Northumberland country estate in 2015. Managing partner Ashkhan Candey said in a statement that it was “regrettable” that the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) “did not engage with us on the substantive […]
Sanctioned Russian billionaire Andrey Guriev has prevailed in the $1bn showdown between him and his former friend Alexander Gorbachev, addressing the decade-long battle between the pair over ownership of the global chemicals company PhosAgro. The dispute saw Essex Court’s Paul Stanley KC and David Scorey KC, instructed by CMS, go head-to-head with Brick Court’s Helen […]
Harrods has hired Simkins to represent it in media matters, as allegations involving the store’s late boss Mohamed Al Fayed continue to dominate the headlines. Last week, a wide-ranging BBC documentary was released, Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods, in which more than 20 former female employees alleged the billionaire of the luxury London department store […]
Having launched its internal generative AI tool last year, Mishcon de Reya is giving staff more specific training on how to make the most of its £10,000 tech product. The firm, which has over 1,400 staff, including more than 600 qualified lawyers, launched “deReyAI” in October 2023 and says that over 1,000 of its employees […]
Gateley’s chairman Nigel Payne has slammed the firm’s shareholders for not voting to allow virtual annual general meetings (AGMs) to take place. In a statement published on the London Stock Exchange, following the AGM that was held today at 12.30pm, Payne noted his disappointment and frustration that the board’s proposal to allow virtual AGMs was […]
9 Stone Buildings, one of the oldest barristers’ chambers in Lincoln’s Inn, has disintegrated as the remainder of its members depart for other sets. 9 Stone was a traditional and commercial chancery set known for its expertise in corporate and personal insolvency matters, and its client roster included liquidators, creditors and Government bodies such as […]