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Ben joined Legal Week from the Press Association in 2005 and has since held a number of roles including news editor, online managing editor, production editor and bassist in Legal Week's in-house covers band The Scoops.
May 10, 2012 |
"Belfast is in focus as a destination that offers cost-saving opportunities from a legal process side, and former McGrigors managing partner Richard Masters is to look at operational efficiency and innovation, including issues like legal process outsourcing..."
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
May 10, 2012 |
Given the 'jam tomorrow' model of most law firms, there has never really been a great time to be an associate. Associates do the hard graft – as they have since qualification – on the basis that, one day, their late nights and neglected personal relationships will be rewarded by a seat at the equity table, generous partner drawings and a slightly more manageable workload.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
May 10, 2012 |
CC's Audley Sheppard discusses the value of bilateral investment treaties as insurance policies against government interference
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
May 10, 2012 |
The US' wide-reaching mandate for document discovery frequently comes into conflict with European privacy laws. Kristy Grant looks at how the international jurisdictions are attempting to solve the issues...
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
April 24, 2012 |
Clifford Chance (CC) and DLA Piper are among a raft of firms to have taken roles on Pfizer's $11.9bn (£7.4bn) sale of its baby food business to Nestle, reports The Am Law Daily. The purchase of the infant nutrition unit, which will give Nestle a bigger foothold in China and other emerging markets, has seen the Swiss food company turn to a Mayer Brown deal team led by M&A partners David Carpenter and John Boelter in New York and Chicago.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
April 23, 2012 |
Linklaters has made up 23 lawyers to its partnership, becoming the latest UK firm to announce an increased promotions round on last year. The bulk of the promotions are in the firm's European offices, with six made up in London, four in Paris and three in Germany, as well as one each in Brussels, Milan, Moscow and Luxembourg.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
April 23, 2012 | International Edition
Linklaters has made up 23 lawyers to its partnership, becoming the latest UK firm to announce an increased promotions round on last year. The bulk of the promotions are in the firm's European offices, with six made up in London, four in Paris and three in Germany, as well as one each in Brussels, Milan, Moscow and Luxembourg.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
April 4, 2012 |
Addleshaw Goddard is opening its first office outside of the UK next month with the launch of a new base in Singapore. The office, which will open for business in May, will initially focus on international arbitration but could expand to become a fuller service offering in future. The base will be led by litigation partner Jamie Harrison, who joined Addleshaws as a partner from US law firm Winston & Strawn in 2009.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
April 3, 2012 |
Dewey & LeBoeuf has seen two more partners leave the firm as a four-strong corporate team departs for DLA Piper in New York, reports The Am Law Daily. The most recent departures, which bring the the total number of partner losses at the firm to 41 so far this year, are partners John Altorelli and Alexander Fraser and counsel Patrick Costello and Gerald Francese. All four are joining DLA as partners.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
March 29, 2012 |
The Joint Committee on Privacy and Injunctions, set up last July following 'Super-injunction Spring', has finally published its report...
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
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