Five international law firms have acted on the €7.5bn sale of Bombardier’s rail business to French company Alstom, one of the biggest European deals of the year so far. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton was the lead legal adviser to Alstom on the acquisition with a cross-Atlantic team, while Norton Rose Fulbright counseled the seller […]
Ocado has concluded a review of its main legal advisers, with firms including DWF and Slaughter and May making it onto the retailer’s roster. The review comes as the online retail company has decided not to appoint a formal panel. At the same time, the effort follows the striking, in February 2019, of a £750m-worth […]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has found huge discrepancies in Legal Practice Course (LPC) pass rates across the country in its annual quality assurance report. In the 2017/18 academic year, pass rates ranged from as high as 100 per cent to as low as 29 per cent depending on where students study. The overall pass […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has been drafted in for the FX rigging dispute in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), as the bank acts for Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). The claim dates to 2013, when allegations of collusion and manipulation against banks in the US, Japan and Europe emerged. The Financial Conduct Authority fined […]
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Five international law firms have acted on the €7.5bn sale of Bombardier’s rail business to French company Alstom, one of the biggest European deals of the year so far. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton was the lead legal adviser to Alstom on the acquisition with a cross-Atlantic team, while Norton Rose Fulbright counseled the seller […]
Ocado has concluded a review of its main legal advisers, with firms including DWF and Slaughter and May making it onto the retailer’s roster. The review comes as the online retail company has decided not to appoint a formal panel. At the same time, the effort follows the striking, in February 2019, of a £750m-worth […]
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has found huge discrepancies in Legal Practice Course (LPC) pass rates across the country in its annual quality assurance report. In the 2017/18 academic year, pass rates ranged from as high as 100 per cent to as low as 29 per cent depending on where students study. The overall pass […]
Herbert Smith Freehills has been drafted in for the FX rigging dispute in the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT), as the bank acts for Japanese bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG). The claim dates to 2013, when allegations of collusion and manipulation against banks in the US, Japan and Europe emerged. The Financial Conduct Authority fined […]
An aspiring professional rugby player, whose career was cut short due to a serious head injury, has drafted in Irwin Mitchell in a claim against his former club. Matthew Hankin retired aged 25 after he failed to fully recover from the effects of a concussion, allegedly caused after being hit on the head with a […]
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