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Withers found guilty of contempt of Parliament in privilege case
Withers has been found guilty of contempt of Parliament after suggesting that an MP could face legal proceedings for criticising a client of the firm in Parliament. The Commons standards and privileges committee said yesterday (25 February) that Wi...
26 Feb 2010 | 14:00
Simmons, Withers and Linklaters advise on $9.2bn Saudi fraud case
Simmons & Simmons, Withers and Linklaters are among a raft of firms advising in connection with a multibillion-pound fraud case in Saudi Arabia. The case, which has prompted mounting criticism from creditors of the two defaulting Saudi conglomerate...
20 Jan 2010 | 02:10
Withers recruits six-strong Eversheds team in Milan
A six-lawyer team from Eversheds' Milan office is set to join Withers next week. Italy dispute resolution co-head Riccardo Buizza will join Withers along with corporate tax partner Luigi Macioce and four associates from Eversheds' Italian practice,...
23 Nov 2009 | 15:56
Time for FIA to change gear in Formula 1 regulation
This season's Formula 1 World Championship saw previously heretic talk of budget caps and redundancies. Huge sponsorship contracts and $300m-plus budgets became hard to justify - Honda went and BMW is going. Despite this, the season has been as exciti...
11 Nov 2009 | 10:49
Withers advises as McCann family PR adviser wins defamation case
Withers has won a High Court defamation battle for client Justine McGuinness, a former PR adviser of Gerry and Kate McCann, parents of Madeleine McCann. McGuinness was represented by Withers counsel Amber Melville-Brown in her case against Mirror G...
16 Oct 2009 | 13:25
Withers installs Asia senior partner with Hong Kong transfer
Withers has appointed a senior partner for Asia with the relocation of Joe Field from the firm's New York office. Field joins Withers' 15-lawyer Hong Kong base, which was launched in January last year.
05 Oct 2009 | 15:51
Withers signs up to exclusive training deal with BPP
BPP Law School has announced a tie-up with Withers which will see the City firm send its trainees to the school to study the Graduate Diploma in Law and the Legal Practice Course (LPC). Withers trainees will study the courses at BPP's centres in Lo...
21 Jul 2009 | 12:42
Withers to make offshore debut with BVI base
Withers is set to launch an office in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), gifting the top 50 firm its first offshore legal presence. The office, which will open on 1 May, will see litigation partner Jeremy Scott and corporate partner John Greenwood relo...
30 Mar 2009 | 12:47
Withers builds contentious trusts with Mourant hire
Withers has strengthened its contentious trusts and succession group with the hire of Ziva Robertson from Mourant du Feu & Jeune. Robertson, who moved on 1 January, specialises in complex, cross-jurisdictional trust disputes, both onshore and offshore...
22 Jan 2009 | 05:25
Wealth management: Where there's a will...
For many professionals a relatively common new year's resolution is to come to grips with their estate planning and look to put wills and other measures in place so as to look after their family both now and in the event of their death, preferably in ...
22 Jan 2009 | 02:23
Withers lands role on Ecclestone divorce
Withers and West End firm Clintons are set to square up against each other on the divorce of Bernie and Slavica Ecclestone - a case which has been cited as the largest of its kind to hit the UK courts. Clintons divorce lawyer Liz Vernon has been instr...
21 Nov 2008 | 09:21 | 
Withers names six new partners in London arm
Withers has announced its internal promotions for the coming year with the firm's London office seeing the bulk of the promotions. Six of the new partners sit within the London office. Dora Clarke and Sophie Dworetzsky have been promoted into the firm...
31 Jul 2008 | 06:48 |
Switalski 'faked breakdown', claims F&C
An in-house City lawyer who is claiming £19m in compensation for workplace bullying has been accused of faking a nervous breakdown. Gillian Switalski, the former legal head of F&C Asset Management, recently had her claim that sexual discrimination, h...
17 Jun 2008 | 16:30 |
Private client: A lesson in pre-nups
In England, pre-nups are not binding. No agreement between spouses can oust the jurisdiction of the court to decide financial provision on divorce. Couples divorcing in England are therefore caught in a system that affords a large amount of discretion...
17 Apr 2008 | 01:12 |
McDermott in for F&C on £13m Switalski claim
McDermott Will & Emery is advising F&C Asset Management as the company appeals a multimillion-pound sex discrimination claim upheld by an employment tribunal earlier this year. McDermott City chief David Dalgarno is leading the team advising F&C as it...
12 Mar 2008 | 14:29 |
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