header-logo header-logo

23 June 2017
Issue: 7752 / Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
printer mail-detail

Bates Wells Braithwaite—Murdoch Currie

murdoch_currie_in_house_photo

Bates Wells Braithwaite strengthens its equity capital markets practice

Murdoch Currie has joined 38-partner Bates Wells Braithwaite (BWB) as a corporate and commercial partner. He was previously a partner in Berwin Leighton Paisner’s corporate practice group.

Murdoch's arrival brings BWB’s corporate and commercial partner headcount to six. He has worked for more than 25 years as a corporate lawyer, and will advise on corporate transactions, M&A and equity capital markets.

Issue: 7752 / Categories: Movers & Shakers , Profession
printer mail-details

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
back-to-top-scroll