Private Client

Changing climate – the rising demand for Switzerland's legal advisers

By Legal Week | November 28, 2013

Talk among private client lawyers in Switzerland is that, despite a tightening of rules and regulations over tax and information disclosure, wealthy people are still flocking to the country they see as their go-to hub for legal advice. It cannot be denied that the shock waves created by the Wegelin effect, which saw the Swiss private bank collapse after it pleaded guilty to assisting US customers evade their US tax duties through undisclosed accounts, continue to be felt. Yet Swiss private client lawyers have many reasons to be optimistic about the fact that even the change in regulatory climate in the Swiss industry has created a raft of compliance work.

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Stronger economy and healthy half-year revenues fuel confidence boost at top firms

By Alex Newman | November 21, 2013

Buoyed by a surge in transactional activity and a stronger economic outlook, business confidence among partners at the top law firms is at its highest point for several years. Results of Legal Week's latest Big Question survey show 94% of partners expect to see revenues climb at their own firm over the next 12 months, while just 4% anticipate a drop in turnover and 2% think it will remain static. Partners also expect revenue across the UK top 50 as a whole to grow in the coming year, with 50% predicting combined revenues will increase by up to 5%. Just 6% of respondents are anticipating a fall in revenue across the group, while 14% believe average turnover will be static. Almost three out of ten are even more optimistic and expect revenues across the group to grow by between 5% and 10%.

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OC shakes up private client practice after partner exits

By Pui-Guan Man | October 24, 2013

Osborne Clarke (OC) has embarked on a drastic restructuring of its private client practice after its existing team jumped ship for Bond Dickinson this week. In response to the departures of private client and charity law partner Mark Woodward and property partner Robert Drewett, OC has outlined plans to create a small private wealth practice focused on high-net-worth (HNW) entrepreneurs and executives. Pensions partner and board member Paul Matthews will oversee the process. It is expected the firm will hire at least one new partner to head the team.

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The evolution of wealth - Legal Week Private Client Forum 2013

By Legal Week | October 10, 2013

Catherine Grum of Barclays talks about the reasons why the Legal Week Private Client Forum is such an important date in the calendar, what she is looking forward to at this year's event, and why Barclays continues to support the conference as principal sponsor.

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Macfarlanes private client partner returns to firm after four years away

By Legal Week | August 22, 2013

Macfarlanes has added a partner to its private client practice with the hire of Michael Parkinson from Russell-Cooke. Parkinson's move marks a return to Macfarlanes after four years away from the top 30 City firm, where he trained and qualified in 2002, before joining Russell-Cooke as a partner in 2009.

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Top private client lawyers set for first Hong Kong Private Client Forum

By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | August 20, 2013

Asia-based partners are set to gather at The Mira hotel next month to debate the challenges facing Greater China's high net worth individuals at Legal Week's inaugural Hong Kong Private Client Forum (HKPCF). The one-day event, to be chaired by partner Mark Lea of Lea & White Solicitors, will take place on September 10 and include a two-stream programme looking at key issues when advising the high net worth community on effective asset planning and protection.

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Top Sullivan private client partner heads to London for UK launch

By Alex Newman | July 18, 2013

Sullivan & Cromwell is expanding its international private client practice to London with the transfer of New York-based group leader Basil Zirinis. Zirinis, who will join the elite US firm's London office on 19 August, has been a partner in Sullivan's estates and personal group since 1994. He will be joined in London by estates and personal group associate Katherine DeMamiel, who is also relocating from New York.

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McDermott turns to Withers for London private client hire

By Alex Newman | July 8, 2013

McDermott Will & Emery has hired high-profile Withers partner Ziva Robertson in another boost to the firm's international private client practice. The move follows Mcdermott's hire of Astrid Owen - also a Withers private client partner - who joined the firm in October.

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Conyers closes in Moscow as practice head moves to London

By Pui-Guan Man | June 24, 2013

Offshore firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has closed its Moscow operation after relocating partner Claire McConway to London. McConway has taken up a newly created role as head of the London office's Russia and CIS practice. She has led the Moscow base since early 2012 after relocating from Bermuda.

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Withers appoints first-ever US chairman as Indaimo steps down

By Legal Week | May 28, 2013

Withers New York chief Ivan Sacks has been appointed as the firm's first US-based chair, as Anthony Indaimo prepares to step down this July. After two three-year terms in the chairman role, Indaimo is handing over to Sacks, the firm's US senior partner, as of 1 July this year.

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New Jersey Law Journal

Entire Controversy Doctrine Lives On in Legal Malpractice Litigation

By Law Journal Editorial Board | May 19, 2019

The Supreme Court reminds us that we all should be aware of the doctrine and its potential application in the context of legal malpractice.

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The American Lawyer

Reed Smith Takes Last US Partner from Kramer Levin's Individual Clients Practice

By Patrick Smith | May 9, 2019

Cheryl Hader is joining Reed Smith's trusts and estates team in New York.

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Private Client Global Elite

Are there rules anymore? What should be done to restore trial by court and stop trial by media?

By Amy Glover | April 30, 2019

Private Client Global Elite members mark their second discussion in Geneva, Switzerland in Hotel d'Angleterre's private Parquet RoomAre there any…

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Private Client Global Elite

Villa d'Este: Breakfast Briefing

By Amy Glover | April 10, 2019

4th April 2019: Tucked away in a secluded room at 67 Pall Mall: The Club, fourteen leading private client advisors and litigators got together to discuss…

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Private Client Global Elite

'No weight given' to pre-nuptial agreement in divorce of cosmetics heiress

By Alex Carruthers | April 9, 2019

In Ipekçi v McConnell [2019] EWFC 19, Mr Justice Mostyn decided to ignore a pre-nuptial agreement between the parties in making a financial remedies…

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National Law Journal

DC-Area Lobbyists Helped Lay Groundwork for Amazon's HQ2

By Ryan Lovelace | November 15, 2018

Amazon is coming to Crystal City. Or is that "National Landing"?

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International Edition

Cristiano Ronaldo, NDAs and how the #MeToo movement is spurring legal changes

By Mark Callaghan and Joshua Kirkpatrick | November 12, 2018

The football star's alleged conduct illustrates ongoing concerns about the use of NDAs on both sides of the Atlantic

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International

Hong Kong Boutique Bolsters Private Client Practice as Hong Kong's Aging Business Owners Make Succession Plans

By John Kang | November 5, 2018

Freda Lim joins Hugill & Ip as a partner from local firm Vivien Teu & Co, which is in association with Shanghai-based Llinks Law Offices.

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International Edition

BCLP exits mount as private client litigation head departs for City boutique

By Hannah Roberts | October 17, 2018

Rupert Ticehurst exits seven years after joining legacy Berwin Leighton Paisner

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International

Six-Lawyer Team Leaves Hong Kong's Oldham Li & Nie to Form New Firm

By John Kang | September 17, 2018

Employment partner Adam Hugill and private client partner Alfred Ip have left the midsized firm with a team that includes corporate partner Christopher Hooley, consultant Gary Wong, and two associates.

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