Sentences with phrase «defunct firm»

Addleshaw Goddard has taken over a Barclays lawsuit against former partners of defunct firm Dewey & LeBoeuf from TLT.

Kennedys has been dropped by Tesco for personal injury claims work after the supermarket chain reviewed its relationship with the law firm's insurance team in the wake of its transfer from defunct firm Halliwells.

The move comes just over a year after Morgan Lewis launched offices in Moscow and Almaty with the hire of a six - partner team from now defunct firm Dewey & LeBoeuf.

Addleshaw Goddard has replaced Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in advising Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as it bids to retrieve capital owed to it by former partners of now - defunct firm Halliwells.

He sold in excess of $ 50 million in property in his first year in the business, during which he worked at JC DeNiro, a now - defunct firm once owned by Jack DeNiro, actor Robert DeNiro's uncle.

DWF paid # 3.8 m to acquire the debts and work in progress of defunct firm Cobbetts, according to a report by administrators KPMG, as further details of the pre-pack rescue deal emerge.

A grand jury in Boston yesterday indicted former federal prosecutor Philip Giordano on charges that he stole at least $ 150,000 from a bank account he shared with his former law partners at the now - defunct firm Giordano, Champa & Powers.

News that political - advertising company Cambridge Analytica used the data of 50 million Facebook members, gathered by a now - defunct firm called Global Science Research, has plunged the social network into its biggest crisis ever.

Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. creditors holding more than $ 140 billion in claims support the company's latest payout plan, up from $ 100 billion in July, the defunct firm said.

Dewey & LeBoeuf's bankruptcy advisers have launched an aggressive campaign to keep control of the case and win court approval for the proposed settlement with the defunct firm's ex-partners, reports The Am Law Daily.

Incidentally, the court's decision differs somewhat from the outcome with regard to another defunct firm, Deier LLP.

Details of the individual contributions made by former Dewey & LeBoeuf partners to the defunct firm's settlement plan have been made public for the first time in a new court filing, reports The Am Law Daily.

The $ 71.5 m (# 45m) settlement between Dewey & LeBoeuf's former partners and the defunct firm's estate has been approved by the bankruptcy judge overseeing the case, less than five months after the US firm's high - profile collapse.

Dewey & LeBoeuf's former partners have agreed to pay more than $ 70m (# 44m) towards the defunct firm's settlement plan, far exceeding the $ 50m (# 32m) that advisers to the firm's estate have said they required, reports The Am Law Daily.

The filing, submitted late Thursday (20 September), contains a full breakdown of which partners have agreed to participate and how much they have agreed to pay the defunct firm's estate (click here for the full breakdown), including details of contributions from ex-partners from the US firm's London and international offices.

Dewey & LeBoeuf's US LLP has made a claim of # 36.7 m from the firm's UK arm, new filings from the defunct firm's administrators have revealed.

A host of firms including Linklaters, Allen & Overy, and Baker & McKenzie have filed a collective objection against Dewey & LeBoeuf's estate over its attempt to win compensation for client work originated at the defunct firm.

Dewey & LeBoeuf's wind - down team has offered to spare the defunct firm's ex partners from all potential litigation from secured lenders as an incentive to participate in the proposed partner clawback settlement.

The team overseeing Dewey & LeBoeuf's wind - down has offered the defunct firm's ex-partners a number of incentives to sign up to the proposed $ 90.4 m (# 57.9 m) settlement in an effort to win more support for the plan, reports The Am Law Daily.

When partners of a defunct law firm escape to a new firm, bankruptcy trustees often try to recoup the value of the unfinished legal work they take with them on the grounds that it was the «property» of the defunct firm.

Barclays has asked the High Court to order a former Dewey Ballantine partner to repay a loan of around $ 180,000 taken out to make capital contributions to the now - defunct firm.

Judge William H. Pauley said that such profits are not «property» of the defunct firm — at least not under New York law.

The group headed to Weil nearly five years ago from Dewey & LeBoeuf, the now defunct firm that they joined from Cooley in two separate moves three years earlier.

The Wall Street Journal quoted Ronald Minkoff about a court case, In re Thelen LLP, 2014 NY Slip Op. 04879 (N.Y. Ct. of App., July 1, 2014, this week that will test whether creditors to defunct firms can stake claims to the lawyers» fees.

Halliwells partners look set to be asked to repay more than # 2m in additional bank loans taken in 2010 as further details of the now - defunct firm's finances and partner liabilities emerge.

Former members of the defunct firm are in negotiations with HMRC about the taxable profits and losses of Halliwells during the financial year ending 30 April 2010 and for the period up to its collapse on 20 July that year.

The letter, which was sent by Irwin Mitchell on behalf of 14 former Halliwells fixed - share partners, levels a number of complaints at the equity partners who each received a share of the defunct firm's controversial # 24.5 m» «reverse premium» property payout.

Halliwells» liquidator BDO is continuing to negotiate a deal with the defunct firm's former equity partners which could see the group forced to repay some of the controversial «reverse premium» property payout they received.

Former Halliwells partner Michael Burns has today (24 April) won a High Court case against the defunct firm's liquidators BDO.

A second meeting has been scheduled after the defunct firm's former partners failed to reach a compromise with fellow ex-partner Paul Thomas over the rent obligations.

The dispute over Halliwells» outstanding # 4m in property liabilities has come to a head after 90 ex-partners resigned from the defunct firm's limited liability partnership (LLP).

Halliwells» liquidator BDO is continuing to negotiate a deal with the defunct firm's former equity partners that could see the group forced to repay some of the controversial «reverse premium» property payout they received.

Gaffney joined from Halliwells» Liverpool office, following the sell - off of the now defunct firm.