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  • July 16, 2008 |

    Nabarro seals corporate coup with Travers partner hire

    Nabarro has moved to strengthen its position in the mid-tier corporate market with the hire of highly-regarded corporate lawyer Alasdair Steele from Travers Smith. Smith joined Travers in 1996 and made partner in 2005. Between 2000 and 2003 he was a director in the corporate finance team at ntl.His practice focuses on UK and cross-border corporate finance including public and private M&A.Nabarro corporate head Iain Newman told Legal Week: "Alasdair is an excellent lawyer and will be an excellent addition to the corporate department. The firm is committed to expanding the practice and we will continue to look for the right opportunities."

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  • July 16, 2008 |

    The call of the coast

    Hughes-Castell's regional team are true specialists and have been relocating and placing fee earners in the regions since 1973, longer than any other legal recruiter in the UK

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  • July 16, 2008 |

    Industrious revolution

    Ambitious? Look no further than dynamic Manchester, with its opportunities to work hard for some top firms in impressive surroundings

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  • July 15, 2008 |

    International hotel group names new panel

    A raft of City firms have been appointed to Jumeirah Group's first-ever global panel of preferred legal advisers. The international hotel chain has appointed Clifford Chance (CC), Mayer Brown JSM, Simmons & Simmons, DLA Piper and Clyde & Co to advise it on commercial operations and new developments for a two-year period.

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  • July 8, 2008 |

    BLP builds real estate with Pinsents partner hire

    Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has bolstered its real estate practice with the hire of Pinsent Masons partner Andrew Yates. Yates, who has been at Pinsents since 1994, joins the City firm as co-head of its regeneration and public sector practice alongside Lesley-Anne Avis.Yates' main area of practice is property development and funding, although he also works on commercial property issues and in the leisure and retail sectors. In the past he has worked with clients including English Partnerships and Wolverhampton City Council.

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  • July 3, 2008 |

    Pinsents, Wragges land £3bn MoD warship roles

    National giants Pinsent Masons and Wragge & Co have taken the top roles on a deal that will see the largest warships ever designed and built in the UK. Contracts worth £3bn have been agreed between an alliance of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and four defence contractors..The Aircraft Carrier Alliance includes the MoD, BAE Systems, BVT Surface Fleet, Babcock Marine and Thales UK.

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  • July 3, 2008 |

    National duo recharge with roles on retail group's revamped panel

    National law firms Pinsent Masons and DLA Piper have landed roles on the revamped legal panel of electrical retailing group DSG International (DSGi). The FTSE 250 group, which is the parent company of retail chains Dixons, Currys and PC World, has drawn up a new advisory group, with the other firms on the panel understood to be Baker & McKenzie and Linklaters.

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  • July 2, 2008 |

    Pinsents senior partner gets second term

    Pinsent Masons senior partner Chris Mullen has been re-elected to serve a second term at the helm of the national firm from 1 July. Following an uncontested election process, Mullen is set to serve a second four-year term. He initially took up the role in 2005 when Julian Tonks decided to leave the post mid-term due to ill health. Mullen has pledged to continue the firm's international growth, targeting the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.

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  • July 2, 2008 |

    Dispute resolution focus for new Pinsents hire

    Pinsent Masons has boosted its dispute resolution and litigation department with the hire of a new senior associate. Claire Shaw joined the practice last month (9 June) after working as a senior case controller at the Serious Fraud Office. The hire is part of the firm's attempt to strengthen its risk management and fraud prevention offering to its clients.

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  • July 2, 2008 |

    Litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration: A tight rein

    Statistics produced by the leading arbitral institutions confirm there are now more arbitrations taking place than ever before. Arbitrations are conducted throughout the world against the backdrop of national and international laws, local norms and local customs, but there is no single body which seeks to regulate the conduct of arbitrations. Nevertheless, the arbitration laws of most jurisdictions will have at their heart a process which seeks to provide the fair (and binding) resolution of disputes by an impartial tribunal without unnecessary delay or expense. The Arbitration Act 1996 provides parties with the framework for arbitrations with their seat in England, although the parties to an arbitration remain free to agree how their disputes are to be resolved, subject only to certain safeguards that are said to be necessary in the public interest.

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