Suzi Ring

February 23, 2012 | International Edition

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has re-elected managing partner Neville Eisenberg for a fifth term at the helm. Eisenberg ran unopposed for re-election with the partnership vote closing yesterday (22 February). His new term will take effect from 1 May 2012 for a three year period. He has been managing partner at BLP since 1999.

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February 22, 2012 | International Edition

Former Macfarlanes banking partner Francis Bridgeman has seen his 12-month prison term quashed at the Court of Appeal today (22 February) after he was last month sentenced for perverting the cause of justice. Bridgeman has handed the year-long jail term last month after being found guilty of lying to police about being kidnapped to avoid arrest for drink-driving.

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February 21, 2012 | International Edition

Guildhall Chambers has appointed a new chief executive, with former Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) lawyer Jeremy Sweetland taking up the role last week. Sweetland has succeeded former chief executive Hamish Munro, who left the chambers earlier this year to join Midlands firm Shakespeares as its chief operating officer.

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February 21, 2012 | International Edition

Clyde & Co, Stephenson Harwood and Memery Crystal are all advising on a case that has seen what is thought to be the first High Court claim served via Facebook. The case, involving a $2.1m (£1.3m) claim brought by investment-managers AKO Capital and AKO Master Fund against former broker TFS Derivatives, has seen Mr Justice Teare approve the use of Facebook to locate former TFS employee Fabio de Biase.

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February 20, 2012 | International Edition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to relocate two senior dispute resolution partners to Hong Kong, as the firm looks to grow its litigation footprint in Asia. Global arbitration co-head Lucy Reed will relocate from Freshfields' New York office to the Asia base in May this year, while global investigations co-head Geoff Nicholas is set to move from London to Hong Kong this summer.

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February 20, 2012 | International Edition

Watson Farley & Williams has bulked up its Milan office with the hire of a four-lawyer team from Clifford Chance (CC) led by energy head Cristina Martorana. Martorana, who is also the local head of regulatory law at CC, will join Watson Farley in the coming weeks alongside associates, Lorenzo DʹAlessandro, Ginevra Biadico and Marta Zilianti.

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February 20, 2012 | International Edition

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has teamed up with University College London (UCL) to launch a bursary scheme that will see two law students each year selected to receive £10,000, in addition to work experience and a guaranteed training contract interview with the firm.

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February 19, 2012 | International Edition

A trio of law firms have won roles on the latest listing of an Italian fashion brand as luxury brand Brunello Cucinelli gears up to launch a Milan initial public offering (IPO). Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Shearman & Sterling and NCTM are all advising on the proposed listing of the cashmere clothing fashion brand, which comes after Italian brands Salvatore Ferragamo and Prada concluded listings last year in Italy and Hong Kong respectively.

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February 17, 2012 | International Edition

Bingham McCutchen has seen London revenues climb 14% during 2011, comfortably outpacing its firmwide financial performance. The US firm's London office posted revenues of $49.1m (£31.1m) for last year, up from the figure of $43.2m (£27.3m) took in during 2010. The double-digit City growth comes after Bingham announced a firmwide 0.5% dip in fee income for 2011.

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February 16, 2012 | International Edition

Travers Smith and Clifford Chance (CC) have taken lead roles on the $90m (£57m) financing of London Mining's Marampa mine in Sierra Leone. Travers advised London Mining with a team led by corporate finance head Spencer Summerfield and corporate partner Adrian West, while CC advised the underwriters, JP Morgan Cazenove and Liberum Capital, led by London capital markets partner Iain Hunter.

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