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Byline: Kate Beioley From calls to the FBI over a cyber security issue to launching the retaileras first loyalty card, former rugby reporter Mark Amsden has a lot on his [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley After a surge of activity including a restructure that scattered legal services across the business and deep cuts to the panel roster, the EDF Energy team say [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Taking on big banks and energy giants means the new competition watchdog needs a strong legal team, and GC Sarah Cardell is the one designing it. The [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley The case brought by former Queens Park Rangers chairman Antonio Caliendo against Mishcon de Reya is finally heading for court this year following a three-year lead up [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley The debate around Berwin Leighton Paisner managing partner Neville Eisenberg's replacement is hotting up with three partners including corporate head David Collins thought to be early contenders. [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has lost a first round for Russian tycoon Sergei Pugachev in the High Court after the billionaire failed in his attempt [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Buckinghamshire County Council has tasked its new alternative business structure (ABS) with generating profits of Au400,000 over the next five years. The local authority became the first [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Clydesdale Bank UK general counsel Jennifer Darbyshire has returned to Australia to resume her role at parent company National Australia Bank (NAB) with James Peirson taking over [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Bird & Bird is facing a Au2m negligence claim from British Virgin Islands (BVI) company Orientfield Holdings in relation to Orientfield's aborted purchase of a Au25m property [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley 20 Essex Street has added another new role to its business development roster, taking Cavenagh Law practice manager Rachel Foxton to be the newly-created head of practice [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) managing partner Neville Eisenberg is set to stand down at the end of his fifth term at the end of April 2015, 16 [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has promoted lawyer and current head of enforcement Tracey McDermott as part of a structural overhaul after admitting its supervision function was [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley The Ministry of Defence (MoD) panel review is expected to conclude within the next two weeks in time for a January 2015 unveiling, with firms vying for [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Clifford Chance EU public policy head and competition partner Oliver Bretz is to leave the firm in the New Year to set up an independent competition law [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley A barrister has been disbarred by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) for dishonesty after lying to a client about submitting a visa application to the UK Border [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Nabarro is understood to be in talks with a Singapore firm over the possibility of an exclusive relationship, with disputes head Jonathan Warne and construction partner James [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Standard Chartered is understood to have launched a global panel review, with current advisers Clifford Chance,Hogan Lovells and Linklaters expected to be going for roles. The bank's [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has taken Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer insurance partner Robert Stirling to join its global financial institutions group. Stirling leaves the largest global [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has turned to Dentons to defend it against a Au30m claim from Cooke Young & Keidan (CYK) client property developer Property [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley This week Linklaters' governing bodies, long-defended lockstep and US game plan came under scrutiny from partners in the first bi-annual partner meeting in six years. Is the [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Bird & Bird is representing Assos, the Swiss company responsible for the first ever lycra cycling shorts, in a Court of Appeal (CoA) case against online retailer [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Weil Gotshal & Manges has added 12 new partners to its ranks in its most recent promotions round, up on nine the previous year, adding four partners [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has named Foot Anstey and Mills & Reeve as its inaugural panel firms, beating shortlisted Freeths and Wright Hassall to the roster. [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Watson Farley & Williams has increased revenue by 8 per cent over the first half of the 2014/15 financial year, reaching Au56.8m. The figure continues the growth [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley The Supreme Court has thrown out an appeal brought by a Saudi prince over a series of court sanctions in relation to his case against a former [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Carlyle and Cinven have returned to longstanding adviser Clifford Chance to sell 7.5m shares in European cable and telecoms company Altice in a deal valued at a!337.5m. [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley 20 Essex Street has hired Holman Fenwick Willanas (HFW) commercial director James Huckle for a newly-created strategic development director post, marking a continued push towards business development [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley A high-level source at Linklaters has said the firm could flex lockstep in the future as a way of building up its US practice, marking a key [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Simmons & Simmons has boosted revenue by 8 per cent over the first half of the 2014/15 financial year compared to the same period in 2013/14, bringing [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Stewarts Law are gearing up for a shareholder battle brought against Tesco following its first-half APS250m profit overstatement in September this year. Led [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Western sanctions are making life tough for Russia's companies and lawyers, so they are forging new links in the East This has been a tense year for [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Linklaters is to vote tomorrow (25 November) on sweeping changes to its international board (IB) which could result in a reduction of seats or change in function, [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley An overwhelming majority of lawyers believe the profession is dominated by white, middle-class men and that developing a career in law as a mother is difficult. According [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Collyer Bristow has settled its dispute with Scottish football club Rangers for Au24m, bringing an end to the long-running litigation over fees the firm was paid following [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Clifford Chance partner Jared Grubb is advising a group of bondholders seeking $2m from Ukrainian bank VAB Bank after it failed to pay out a coupon due [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Clifford Chance is advising the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as it prepares for another round of fines from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), this time in [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley JP Morgan Chase has launched its latest panel review, having warned firms they will have to cut rates by at least 2 per cent to qualify. The [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Not-for-profit legal group ClientEarth has won a ruling at Europe's highest court, enabling it to pursue the UK Government for breaches of EU air quality standards in [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley EDF Energy has overhauled the career progression structure in its in-house team in order to mirror private practice, prompted by demand from its in-house lawyers. Legal head [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Baker & McKenzie's relationship with China's state-owned oil and gas group China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has been put under the microscope after the group sanctioned [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Bird & Bird has been replaced by Fladgate on the Au4bn battle between the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and shareholders over a 2008 Au12bn rights issue [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley It has emerged that Linklaters' US co-managing partner Jeff Norton stepped down from his post nine months early, leaving Conrad Tenaglia as sole US managing partner. New [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Stephenson Harwood has earned Au46,000 from the liquidation of Coventry City Football Club according to recent insolvency filings with Companies House. Stephenson Harwoodpartner Stuart Frithwas instructed by [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Russian firm Pepeliaev Group is set to launch two new offices in Russia's far east to home in on Asian markets following a reduction in Western investment. [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Baker & McKenzie, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher are among firms gearing up for Hewlett-Packard's (HP) global panel review which began last month. The [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Clifford Chance, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Linklaters are among the firms advising the banks hit with Au2.6bn in fines from the Financial Conduct [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Burness Paull and CMS Cameron McKenna have been named on FTSE 250 outsourcing company Interserveas first Scottish panel after beating seven firms to make the roster. The [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley 39 Essex Street has expanded its presence in Singapore with 20 Essex Street member Ben Olbourne. The barrister is the second permanent member to be stationed in [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Bond Dickinson client Sainsbury's has lost a High Court appeal over Tesco's Price Promise campaign after failing to successfully argue that the two food giants' products could [...]

Byline: Kate Beioley Berwin Leighton Paisner's (BLP) arbitration head Nicholas Fletcher QC has left the firm to join 4 New Square and Olswang's arbitration chief Andrew Aglionby has also left [...]