City Moves for 1 April 2016 | Who’s switching jobs April 1, 2016 Squire Patton Boggs Squire Patton Boggs has announced that Andrew Herring has been appointed partner in the London office. Andrew, a well-known rail and transportation sector lawyer, will join the firm’s real estate practice, working with the global infrastructure and construction groups. He joins from DWF. He specialises in advising public and private sector clients [...]
City Moves for 29 March 2016 | Who’s switching jobs March 29, 2016 Deverell Smith Deverell Smith, specialists in temporary and permanent property recruitment, has announced the appointment of Prunella Milligan as head of new homes temporary recruitment. Prunella previously worked for Deverell Smith for three and a half years from 2010 in business support recruitment before joining Savills in 2013 as an onsite new homes sales negotiator. [...]
Law firm Ashurst launches Ashurst Advance to boost its research and development and innovation March 22, 2016 Law firm Ashurst has today launched Ashurst Advance, a new team which will be focused on developing legal services innovations for clients. In particular, Ashurst Advance will be performing research and development (R&D) activities and examining how lawyers can improve client service through factors like better use of technology and more efficient processes. "What is really [...]
Budget 2016: Lawyers warn North Sea tax relief may be “too little, too late” March 16, 2016 Lawyers warned that tax relief for the embattled North Sea oil and gas industry in today's Budget may be "too little too late." It comes as chancellor George Osborne halving the supplementary charge on oil and gas companies from 20 per cent to 10 per cent, backdated to 1 January. He also "effectively abolished" the petroleum revenue tax, having cut it [...]
Law firm Ashurst begins search for new managing partner after James Collis announces he will be returning to the finance practice in May January 28, 2016 Law firm Ashurst has today revealed that it has started the selection process for its next managing partner, as its current managing partner will step down when his term ends. James Collis, who is coming to the end of his four-year term, has announced that he will be returning to the firm's finance practice once his stint ends [...]
City Moves for 26 January 2016 | Who’s switching jobs January 26, 2016 Ashurst Global law firm Ashurst has strengthened its international arbitration team with the appointment of Matthew Saunders as a partner in the dispute resolution practice, based in London. Matthew joins from DLA Piper, where he was global head of its international arbitration group and was one of the partners responsible for founding the practice. He [...]
Former HBOS non-executive directors including then-chairman Lord Stevenson and Sir Charles Dunstone slam FCA report November 19, 2015 Former non-executive directors of HBOS have put out a statement condemning a report by the Financial Conduct and Prudential Regulation Authorities today, saying they disagree with a number of the conclusions. In a statement from law firm Ashurst, former non-execs including Lord Stevenson, the bank's chairman between 2005 and 2008, said the report "downplays the unforeseen [...]
Magic circle firms struggle to keep up with US rivals September 4, 2015 BRITAIN’s elite law firms failed to track the country’s improving economy and reported a combined turnover of £20.64bn, a one per cent drop in earnings from 2014. Figures released by Legal Business magazine today show that the number of lawyers employed by the largest 100 firms in the UK, has also fallen, down two per [...]
Earnings drop at magic circle law firms as they fail to benefit from global M&A boom September 3, 2015 Britain's elite law firms failed to track the country's improving economy, reporting a combined turnover of £20.64bn, a one per cent drop in earnings from 2014. The number of lawyers employed by the largest 100 firms in the UK, has also fallen, down two per cent to 64,024, according to figures published by Legal Business [...]
City Moves for 26 August 2015 | Who’s switching jobs August 25, 2015 Close Brothers Asset Management Nicholas Cliffe has been appointed investment director at the investment management firm. He joins from HSBC Global Asset Management, where he spent five years as a discretionary wealth manager. Ashurst The law firm has appointed Shaun Lascelles as a partner in its global private equity team. He joins from the London [...]