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Guest post: Christmas comes early – SFO scores 1st Bribery Act convictions

8 December 2014 15:00pm16 February 2018 17:12pm | Blogs | Guest Blog

The SFO has successfully prosecuted its first series of Bribery Act convictions. On Friday the SFO reported that ‘Gary Lloyd West, former Director and Chief Commercial Officer of SAE, James Brunel Whale, former Director, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of SGG and Stuart John Stone, Director of SJ Stone Ltd, a sales agent of unregulated …

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Going in-house: Jardine Matheson hires Linklaters’ Parr as general counsel

8 December 2014 12:47pm15 February 2018 12:24pm | Blogs | Tom Moore

It’s one in one out for London-listed conglomerate Jardine Matheson, owner of upmarket UK car dealership Jardine Motors, as the group replaces its retiring general counsel Giles White with his past Linklaters colleague and the firm’s former head of corporate, Jeremy Parr.

‘No one had done it in the London market’: Clifford Chance’s former head of antitrust launches City boutique

8 December 2014 11:58am23 January 2018 17:19pm | Blogs | Tom Moore

Oliver Bretz, former global head of antitrust at Clifford Chance, is leaving after 15 years at the Magic Circle firm to launch a competition boutique in the New Year.

Comment: Bringing greed to law – our part in the profession’s downfall

8 December 2014 00:31am7 March 2018 11:27am | Blogs | Alex Novarese

In our 25-year anniversary coverage, Cass Business School’s Laura Empson repeats a familiar refrain about the negative impact of the legal media on the profession’s values in creating league tables, particularly those on the profitability of law firms.

Revolving doors: International hires for Allen & Overy, KWM and Morgan Lewis while Gibson Dunn turned to GE

8 December 2014 00:00am8 August 2018 12:01pm | Blogs | Sarah Downey

A host of international hires last week saw Allen & Overy (A&O) and Morgan Lewis & Bockius enhance their Frankfurt and Dubai offices respectively while King & Wood Mallesons turned in-house to launch an energy group in Paris and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher hired GE’s executive counsel.

Global London: Respected Paris boutique launches City arm to target cross-border deals

5 December 2014 12:00pm19 January 2018 16:18pm | Blogs | Jaishree Kalia

French firm AyacheSalama has launched its first international office in the City with four partners as it looks to advise on client investment from London into France more efficiently.

Investing in law: Parabis secures £13m from Duke Street to fund upgrades

5 December 2014 11:35am15 February 2018 17:24pm | Blogs | Jaishree Kalia

Parabis Group has secured a further £13m investment from private equity company Duke Street Capital with the aim to improve IT systems, property and staff.

Targeting USA: Linklaters reshuffles teams to boost corporate and disputes

5 December 2014 10:30am15 February 2018 12:24pm | Blogs | Tom Moore

Magic Circle firm Linklaters has moved its TMT and tax groups from its commercial division into corporate. The firm has overhauled a three-strand structure – corporate, commercial and finance and projects – in a bid to strengthen its corporate team as the firm looks to crack America.

Q&A: A&O capital markets co-heads talk innovative solutions and sharing leadership

5 December 2014 00:46am8 August 2018 12:01pm | Blogs | Jaishree Kalia

Six months on from being elected co-heads of Allen & Overy’s (A&O) capital markets global team, David Benton and Simon Hill (pictured) talk about market confidence, current focuses and how Peerpoint is a big part of their future with Legal Business.

Reputation management: Kingsley Napley taps Mishcon for media litigator Harris

4 December 2014 16:15pm14 February 2018 15:44pm | Blogs | Sarah Downey

Kingsley Napley continues to enhance its dispute resolution offering with the hire of high profile media litigator and Mishcon de Reya partner, Charlotte Harris.

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