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Ben Wheway
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.
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April 3, 2012
Dewey exits continue as corporate team joins DLA Piper in New York
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
Privacy and injunctions report – steady as she goes on privacy, last chance for non-statutory media regulation
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
March 26, 2012
Dewey sees six more senior exits as 2012 partner departures approach 40
Dewey & LeBoeuf has lost six more partners, as senior lawyers continue to leave the embattled firm, reports The Am Law Daily. The latest exits include John Pruitt and Cynthia Shoss, the New York–based co-heads of the firm's insurance regulatory practice, and Jeffrey Mace, the head of the firm's Lloyd's of London and Lloyd's Market practice.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
March 22, 2012
Without the Convention on Human Rights, our human rights depend on what our government says they are
"It is important to accept the possibility that our government may try to restrict our human rights. Secret justice, abolition of jury trials, reducing access to justice; these are not figments of an Orwellian dystopia, they are a very real actuality..."
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
March 21, 2012
Links and Ashurst among 10 law firms on $6.2bn Glencore Canada deal
Linklaters and Ashurst are among a raft of firms taking roles on Glencore International's $6.2bn (£3.9bn) purchase of Viterra, Canada's largest grain-handler, reports The Am Law Daily. Glencore has turned to Linklaters for legal advice in Europe and Asia, with King & Wood Mallesons handling Australian aspects of the deal for the commodities trading giant.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
March 20, 2012
Freshfields and A&O advise on UPS's €5bn bid for Dutch shipping company
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have secured lead roles on United Parcel Service's (UPS's) €5.2bn (£4.3bn) bid for Dutch shipping company TNT Express, writes The Am Law Daily. The agreed deal looks set to qualify as the largest acquisition in UPS's 105-year history, greatly expanding the Atlanta-based logistics giant's market share in Europe and providing inroads into China. If approved, the merger will create a logistics company with combined global revenues of around $60bn (£38bn).
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
March 19, 2012
Skadden's London arm takes role on $5bn News Corp PE sale of video tech company
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom's London office has taken a role on Cisco Systems' $5bn (£3.1bn) purchase of video software company NDS Group from News Corp and private equity house Permira, reports The Am Law Daily. London-based NDS, which makes software used in the delivery of digital media to TV, computers and mobile devices, has turned to Skadden for advice on the deal.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
March 19, 2012
Dewey: 1909-??
Two firms have recently received far more press attention than, one suspects, they counted on or quite know how to cope with: our own industry's Dewey & LeBoeuf, and of course the iconic (good and bad sense) Goldman Sachs...
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
March 18, 2012
Twelve partners exit Dewey to join Willkie Farr including London duo
Dewey & LeBoeuf, which has already lost at least 18 partners in the first two months of the year, has now lost its core insurance sector transactional team to Willkie Farr & Gallagher, reports The Am Law Daily. The departures include London partners Joseph Ferraro and Nicholas Bugler, as well as three practice leaders in New York - Michael Groll, co-chair of the firm's insurance sector group; John Schwolsky, co-chair of the corporate finance practice group; and Alexander Dye, chair of the firm's US M&A practice.
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
March 15, 2012
The language of contract negotiations: a guide for the perplexed
"We're aiming to get this signed by the end of the month" - we're expecting you to give in on everything... Thirty of the most commonly used phrases in contract negotiations, matched with their true meanings
By Ben Wheway
1 minute read
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