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Proposed bill gives lenders’ rights in the real estate sector platform for discussion
"The Bill is intended 'to re-balance the law in favour of enterprise'..." Mayer Brown’s Jayne Backett and Shaeron Yapp on a private member’s bill of interest to the banking sector
13 Oct 2011 | 00:00 | 
Asset finance - increasingly not for every banking team
Recent weeks have seen no less than five asset finance partner moves announced, with Berwin Leighton Paisner, Ince & Co, Mayer Brown, and, most notably, Hogan Lovells all moving to strengthen their City practices. While the timing of the appointments ...
14 Apr 2011 | 06:41 |
US invaders back on the offensive
The number of partner promotions in the City offices of US law firms is on track to exceed last year's tally, with 33 new partners made up in London in 2011 so far out of a global promotions total of 382. Legal Week's annual survey of US firms' lat...
01 Mar 2011 | 07:49 |
EU derivative reforms: the shape of things to come
On 15 September, the second anniversary of Lehman Brothers' bankruptcy no less, the European Commission published draft legislation overhauling the regulation of Europe's over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives market. The proposed legislation covers al...
13 Oct 2010 | 11:29 |
What now for Simmons after Mayer Brown fling?
The breakdown of merger talks between two law firms often proves to be an unsettling moment for both parties. Sometimes it can prove a lot worse than that. When talks between Mayer Brown and Simmons & Simmons foundered last week (29 June), Mayer Brown...
07 Jul 2010 | 09:00 |
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International firms in London: Old game, new rules
In the second half of 2008, as we all know, the global financial system suffered the largest meltdown in recent memory with unprecedented consequences for some major financial institutions and the global business community. The ensuing economic crisis...
16 Jun 2010 | 09:34 |
Court ruling could redefine role of in-house counsel
The decision of the Court of Justice of the EU in the AM&S case in 1980 is arguably one of the most controversial EU competition law decisions the court has ever made. The court limited the benefit of legal professional privilege in EU competition inv...
18 Mar 2010 | 00:01 |
US execution of derivatives regulation act too hasty
In 1733, Sir John Barnard, the Mayor of London, introduced an Act of Parliament which forbade the popular equity derivative contracts of the day. 2010 will probably be the most momentous year of derivatives regulation since, and not just in London but...
20 Jan 2010 | 02:07 |
Commentary: Will Mayer Brown's tie-up in Hong Kong deliver the goods?
When it comes to international expansion, Mayer Brown doesn't go for half measures. The firm's 2002 merger with London's Rowe & Maw remains one of the largest transatlantic mergers to date. Five years on, Mayer Brown made a similarly big move in Asia,...
11 Nov 2009 | 10:52 |
Global disputes: Headed in the right direction
Much time and attention has been devoted to considering the relative minutiae of the conduct of proceedings in the Commercial Court since the establishment of the Commercial Court Long Trials Working Party over two years ago. The result is the now ame...
25 Jun 2009 | 09:46 |
Editor's Comment: Shooting the messenger
Seven years on from the merger between Mayer Brown & Platt and Rowe & Maw seems long enough to resolve an identity crisis. But while this month's governance shake-up at Mayer Brown in isolation looks sensible - and less unwieldy than the three-leader ...
30 Apr 2009 | 06:49 |
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Clare Canning: Yet another litigation review cannot paper over the cracks
So, yet another review of the civil litigation system. This time it is into costs and it is going to be 'fundamental'. On the face of it, Lord Justice Jackson's brief is wide-ranging. He is to look at all civil litigation from fast track to mega-case,...
12 Mar 2009 | 00:05 |
Foreign privacy relations: Compliance is key
Although the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) has been on the books in roughly its current form for more than 30 years, its practical importance has increased dramatically in recent years, with the US authorities stepping up FCPA enf...
12 Feb 2009 | 01:10 |
Target practice
On 26 June, 2007, Barry Colvert arrived at the midtown Manhattan office of Cooley Godward Kronish. Colvert is a former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent who has given polygraph tests to Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, Soviet spy Aldrich Ames a...
13 Nov 2008 | 03:55 |
Litigation, dispute resolution and arbitration: The case for change
With the English Court's reputation for managing large-scale commercial disputes under scrutiny following the notoriously costly and lengthy BCCI and Equitable Life proceedings, the Commercial Court users' committee working party has considered all as...
03 Jul 2008 | 03:09 |
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