Royal Mail general counsel Maaike de Bie is leading a recruitment drive to attract more junior lawyers to handle its business-as-usual work, The Lawyer’s FTSE 100 report has revealed.
Walder Wyss has successfully fended off a motiont to set aside an arbitral award in a $35m ICC arbitration. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court fully rejected a motion to set aside an arbitral award. The decision resulted from a dispute in the amount of about $35m concerning the aviation industry. Micha Bühler and Michael Feit of Walder Wyss […]
Norton Rose Fulbright will open a European shipping and finance base in Monaco early next year, the firm revealed today.
In 2013, car manufacturer Citroën confirmed plans to shift its UK headquarters from Slough to Coventry. The move meant all Citroën workers would relocate to Peugeot’s office more than 90 miles away, a decision that did not altogether fit with all its employees’ busy schedules.
Schoenherr has advised the shareholders of Austrian freight wagon holding company ERR Rail Rent Vermietungs on the sale of 100 per cent of their shares in ERR as well as 33.3 per cent of their shareholding in the asset management company ERR European Rail Rent GmbH to Aves One, a logistics equipment company. Schoenherr supported the […]
Shoosmiths has been selected as part of a four-strong legal panel that will provide regulatory advice to the new West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA. The authority, which is delivering a devolution package to unlock £8bn of investment and half a million new jobs, has established a framework of legal service suppliers across three Lots […]
Kennedys is merging with marine boutique Waltons & Morse to boost its City presence.
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) has reported a strong year for net profit, which increased by 11 per cent to £42.1m in 2015/16.
Burges Salmon has posted its highest ever average profit per equity partner (PEP) of £523,000.
Ince & Co has seen turnover fall for the third consecutive year as revenue dipped 4 per cent last year to £76.2m.
US firm Haynes and Boone and London shipping boutique Curtis Davis Garrard (CDG) have agreed a transatlantic merger creating a firm with over 600 offices.
Ince & Co head of commercial aviation Hugh O’Donovan has left the firm to take up a role at agile working provider Keystone Law, it has emerged.