Keystone Law has hired into its most senior ranks a former partner from Addleshaw Goddard and SGH Martineau alongside a former general counsel (GC) of Yahoo! to bolster its disputes, corporate and TMT practices.
Further hire for Thirty Nine Essex with arrival of Ince & Co litigation partner
After three decades in private practice longstanding Ince & Co litigation partner Denys Hickey has re-joined the Bar with a move to Thirty Nine Essex Street Chambers, just weeks after the leading set hired Shell’s former head of legal, Peter Rees QC.
Flight MH370: Kennedys’ aviation partner David Johnston on standby for claims
As the Malaysian government this week releases the raw data used to show Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 crashed into the southern Indian Ocean, Kennedys aviation liability and insurance partner David Johnston is on standby to deal with any potential claims arising against the airline.
Guest Post: Our battle for market share (why growth is not dead)
It has become bromidic to observe that we’ve moved from a linear growth market, ever up and to the right, to one of flat demand (did someone say, “growth is dead?”). We are, in short, in a battle for market share.
Welcome to the rest of the economy.
Approved – Squire Sanders and Patton Boggs confirm merger
Despite reports in the US legal press that the merger between Squire Sanders and Washington-headquartered lobbying firm Patton Boggs may have hit the buffers at the 11th hour, the firms today (27 May) announced that the merger has been voted through.
Revolving doors: Senior hires for Withers, Baker & McKenzie, Brown Rudnick and TLT
The past week saw Withers hire Taylor Wessing’s head of contentious trusts and estates as the BBC’s head of litigation returned to private practice with a move to Baker & McKenzie, and Brown Rudnick and TLT made strategic hires in intellectual property (IP) and real estate respectively.
A&O’s former global antitrust head Olivier Fréget leaves to set up competition boutique
Olivier Fréget, co-head of Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) global antitrust group until the end of last year, has left the Magic Circle firm to launch boutique firm Cabinet Fréget – Tasso de Panafieu (CFTP).
Salary reviews: Hogan Lovells raises trainee and NQ pay again
Hogan Lovells has increased its pay for both trainees and newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers for the second year running after a freeze on trainee pay in 2012.
BP brings in reverse auction as it pushes ahead with panel review
BP has introduced a reverse auction into its latest panel tender process, an announcement which comes in the same week as the energy giant lost an appeal to restrict access to its $20bn compensation fund for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. The FTSE 100 company confirmed this morning (22 May) that it has issued invites to existing and potential panel member firms, and revamped the process with the introduction of an online reverse auction element to make the bidding process more transparent, quicker and efficient.
SRA approves plans to broaden qualification route beyond training contracts
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) board yesterday (21 May) formally approved an overhaul of its training regulations and continuing professional development (CPD) regime in a step towards opening up the pathways to qualification and ongoing self-assessment.