City partners fear a shock referendum result which saw Britain vote to leave the European Union may see businesses relocate and make it harder to UK law firms to invest abroad. Meanwhile City litigators are confident London will maintain its status as a leading disputes hub.
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Well, there you have it – a textbook example of why referendums, compared to parliamentary sovereignty, are a really bad idea.
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Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore has warned that it’s not just the UK’s relationship with Europe that will change as a result of the Brexit vote, but Britain’s relationship with the rest of the world, as London’s leading position as a financial, legal and accountancy hub comes under threat from a vote to leave the EU.
Eleven advisers including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, DLA Piper, Pinsent Masons and Addleshaw Goddard have won spots on the inaugural panel for the recently merged Dixons Carphone.
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Ahead of the 2015 general election, Legal Business assessed the policy pledges of the main parties, including the prospects for an EU referendum.
Leading commercial set Brick Court Chambers has made a key hire with Wilberforce Chambers’ rising star Laura Newton.
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Linklaters has become the latest, and the last, of the Magic Circle firms in the US to match Cravath, Swaine & Moore’s $180,000 pay for first year associates in New York.
Mayer Brown has opened the doors to its Dubai Office, six months after appointing two Baker & McKenzie partners to lead the outpost.
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Ten prominent law firm leaders have signed a letter urging voters against voting for Brexit in the UK referendum on its EU membership tomorrow.
Stephenson Harwood has posted another record financial year, with revenue up 9% on last year from £145m to £158m.
If you click here you can see a link to the Electoral Commission list of donations to referendum participants arranged by size.
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The ever-growing Dentons has made its fifth London corporate hire in less than 12 months, bringing in partner Jonathan Cantor from Nabarro.
Continue reading “Building momentum: Dentons boosts City corporate team again with Nabarro hire”
The House of Commons Justice Select Committee has come out against increases in court and tribunal fees in a report to the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), recommending last year’s increase in commercial court fees be reviewed.
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UK law firm Fieldfisher has entered Italy through a merger with 21 partner firm Studio Associato Servizi Professionali Integrati (SASPI), which has offices in Milan, Rome, Venice and Turin.
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Pinsent Masons, Gowling WLG, King & Wood Mallesons and specialist commercial firm Cannings Connolly have been appointed to Royal London Asset Management’s (RLAM) reduced real estate panel following a review.
Michael Lacovara, executive partner at Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, has quit to join Latham & Watkins.
Partners from Leigh Day are set to face a seven week Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal hearing over claims that the British Army unlawfully killed and tortured Iraqi civilians.
The ever-growing Dentons has made its fifth London corporate hire in less than 12 months, bringing in partner Jonathan Cantor from Nabarro.
Continue reading “Building momentum: Dentons boosts City corporate team again with Nabarro hire”
Energy giant E.ON has confirmed its five–year single-supplier mandate with Pinsent Masons will run its full course, with the energy supplier electing not to exercise a three-year break clause after appointing the firm as sole legal adviser for general matters in October 2013.
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