Latham makes up 30 partners with six in the City
Latham & Watkins has promoted 30 lawyers to its partnership, with a fifth of the promotions in the US firm’s City base.
Six new partners have been made up in London – a significant increase on recent years which saw two new partners made up last year and one the year before.
The London office’s haul sees it gain more partners than any Latham office bar New York, with seven new partners. San Diego gains four new partners, with Chicago and Hamburg winning three each. The remainder are
Published on: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:32:00 GMT
Companies warned on re-writing executive pay
Companies seeking to curtail share incentive schemes and bonus packages of departing executives will be walking a legal tightrope, Norton Rose employment specialists have warned in the third of a series of legalweek.com videos on crisis management.
Speaking in the latest instalment of Legal Week Crisis Management Q&A in association with Norton Rose, partner Monique Fry says companies may risk legal claims from former executives if they seek to claw back payments in response to public pressure t
Published on: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:30:00 GMT
A&O makes OFT senior director hire
Allen & Overy (A&O) is boosting its competition practice with the hire of a senior director from the Office of Fair Trading (OFT).
Simon Pritchard is set to join the magic circle firm in the New Year as a partner from the OFT, where he is currently senior director of mergers.
Pritchard’s experience covers UK antitrust matters as well as UK involvement in European merger control.
He most recently advised on the £357m acquisition of GCap Media by Global Radio and InBev’s $47bn (23.6bn) bi
Published on: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:29:00 GMT
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DLA signs up Burges Salmon competition partner
DLA Piper has bolstered its regulatory and litigation practice with the hire of competition partner Andrij Jurkiw from Burges Salmon.
The appointment, announced today (19 November), will see Jurkiw join the firm’s London office as a partner in the contentious team.
His practice will see him handling major competition investigations and litigation as well as helping to develop competition team’s contentious practice.
He specialises in dawn raids, OFT investigations and competition
Published on: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:43:00 GMT
LPC shake-up sees course split into two phases
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed it is to split the Legal Practice Course (LPC) into two phases, with students able to undertake a series of vocational electives alongside their training contract.
Under the changes, the first stage of the LPC will cover core practice areas, professional responsibilities, conduct and course skills, while the second stage will see students opt for three vocational electives.
The electives, which will be directly linked to the are
Published on: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:31:00 GMT
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