Irwin Mitchell may float as early as this year, according to documents revealing the firm had appointed brokers in relation to an initial public offering (IPO) by October last year. In a letter seen by The Lawyer, group non-executive chairman Glyn Barker confirmed the board was giving active consideration to seeking external investment via an […]
Irwin Mitchell former London head of corporate Andrew Woolf has left the firm to join Fox Williams in London. Fox Williams has also taken on real estate partner Phillip Hope from Dentons to head up the firm’s real estate team and develop its international strategy. Woolf was at Irwin Mitchell for seven years. He was […]
Clifford Chance has appointed its first global head of innovation and business change alongside a new chief operating officer (COO), both with specific remits to support an era of transformation under new managing partner Matthew Layton. Layton set the wheels of change in motion as soon as he took on the managing partner role in […]
Pannone Corporate is preparing to move to dedicated premises on 2 February, one year after the firm’s demerger from legacy Pannone. Pannone Corporate has agreed a 10-year lease on 11,000 sq ft of office space in a former chapel at 380 Deansgate, Manchester. The iconic building was once home to 80s music producing outfit Stock […]
Bread might sound a little humdrum for an ex-Royal Air Force officer but Helen Selby has been able to spread her wings at freshly-sold Hovis. Helen Selby joined Hovis as general counsel in May last year after Premier Foods sold off a 51 per cent stake in the business to Gores Group in April, ending […]
It has been just over a year since James Burns took over as senior partner at Clyde & Co, succeeding Michael Payton who stood down to become chairman after 28 years at the helm. While many of the headlines coming out of Clydes since Burns’ appointment have been internationally focused, he says one of the […]
Earlier this week DAC Beachcroft (DACB) announced it had signed an exclusive alliance with Madrid-based Muñoz Arribas Abogados in a further bid to boost its insurance and health practices in Spain and Latin America. The firm already has an established Madrid office and has more recently established practices in Bogotá (20 March 2013), Mexico City […]
Burness Paull, Eversheds and Osborne Clarke are among 11 firms that have been appointed to the new national legal services procurement framework for Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) Funds launched earlier this week (12 January). The framework is split into are separate lots for full service, investment and benefit administration, and where necessary is also […]
DWF has appointed Ince & Co head of corporate insurance Richard Britain and DLA Piper banking partner Christian Francis in London. Britain joined DWF last week (5 January) while Francis joined on Monday (12 January). Britain left Ince & Co on 2 December following a restructure of the firm’s corporate team, which saw head of […]
Simmons & Simmons partners will be approached to contribute ideas on the strategic direction of the firm this week, as a new three-year business plan hits the drawing board. Simmons’ managing partner Jeremy Hoyland recorded a video for partners yesterday (12 January), which calls for a greater degree of participation from partners in drawing up […]
Life in Canada is getting harder for firms as commodities prices fall and work volumes slow After the collapse of Lehman Brothers Canada enjoyed a relatively robust economy compared with most other jurisdictions, but now the intimate relationship between the country’s currency and its commodities sector is signalling tougher times ahead. While the country’s ‘seven […]
White & Case has advised logistics and parcel distribution company DX Group on its acquisition of assets from its collapsed competitor City Link. DX has reached an agreement with City Link’s administrators EY to buy cages, scanners and some intellectual property for £1.125m. White & Case’s co-head of EMEA private equity, Ian Bagshaw, led the […]