Since then, the total firm count of Shell's
global panel firms has been reduced by more than 50 %, the majority of its matters have been transitioned to AFA's, external legal spend has been cut by more than 20 percent, and the ROI has been so significant that Shell has already created an additional legal ops support role.
We've also repositioned our relationship with
our global panel firms, which we've shrunk from 12 to six.
Not exact matches
But a new post on the
global advisory
panel of the Pimco asset management
firm is his first private sector role.
The research, on behalf of the Bingham Cup (the world cup of gay rugby) and affiliated sports groups, was conducted by the
global sports market research
firm Repucom and overseen by a
panel of seven academics from six universities, including Brunel University London.
The expanded lineup is «great news for investors,» says David Kletz, associate portfolio manager with Kelowna, B.C. - based Forstrong
Global Asset Management Inc., one of the
firms participating in the MoneySense ETF All - Stars advisory
panel.
«In 1989, not long after James Hansen's highly publicized testimony before Congress and shortly after the first meeting of the UN's Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change, the Burson Marsteller PR
firm created the
Global Climate Coalition (GCC).
He says that will be «holding up the
global panel pricing environment yet again,» with domestic pricing holding
firm.
As part of this effort, the «
Global Strategy Group, a D.C. - based crisis management public relations
firm working on behalf of Edison Electric Institute, APS's trade association, tried to secretly shop stories to local media outlets aimed at smearing a local solar
panel company's employee, who lashed out at APS in an email to his customers» reported the Arizona Capitol Times.
a sharp decline in prices, coupled with slowing demand, has hurt
global solar
panel makers and Chinese
firms have also borne the brunt.
The engineering business group has launched separate European and
global panels with two
firms on each
Shell has cut its
global legal
panel from 11 advisers to just six in a review that saw the company look at over 200
firms
French banking giant Societe Generale has concluded a review of its
global legal
panel, with Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Ashurst and Dentons among the
firms making the cut.
Engineering company Weir Group has launched its first European and
global panels with just two
firms on each.
Bank to replace UK and EMEA rosters with
global panel as
firms also wait on results of SocGen adviser review
BHP Billiton is set to launch a review of its
global legal
panel, which could lead to the mining giant working with fewer
firms.
AI will be on the agenda at this week's LegalWeek CONNECT conference, with a
panel featuring Baker McKenzie partner Ben Allgrove, Norton Rose Fulbright
global head of technology and innovation Mike Rebeiro and Winston & Strawn CIO David Cunningham set to discuss whether law
firms are jumping in too quickly for fear of being left behind.
The
panel included David Burgess, the Publishing Director of the Legal 500, which is among the most prestigious of the UK and
global legal directories; Rabindra Jhunjhunwala, Corporate Partner in Khaitan & Co., which is a leading corporate law
firm with offices in Mumbai and across India; Andrés Jaramillo - Mejía of New York and
global law
firm Greenberg Traurig; Ursula Ben - Hammou Novoa, of leading Peruvian law
firm Rodrigo, Elias & Medrano; and Paul Martenstyn, from one of Britain and Singapore's leading banking and commercial sets of barristers, Fountain Court.
Magic circle
firms Clifford Chance (CC) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have won leading roles on Barclays» first contract lawyer roster as the bank prepares to brief
firms ahead of a wider
global panel review next year, Legal Week can reveal.
«I would say that we have an Asian
panel of sorts that is an extension of our broad
global list of law
firms.
Deutsche Bank is nearing the completion of its latest
global panel review, with a host of UK and US law
firms expected to be reappointed.
Barclays has kicked off a review of its
global legal
panel, informing
firms via email last month that the selection will be finalised in approximately six months» time.
Magic circle pair appointed as preferred
firms as the bank gears up to review its main
global panel next year
Legal Business has reported that a raft of
firms including Clifford Chance, Ashurst, Eversheds, Mayer Brown, Reed Smith, Simmons & Simmons, Hogan Lovells, Pinsent Masons, DWF and Bond Dickinson have won places on Barclays» reduced legal roster, however DLA Piper has lost its spot following the
global panel review.
The
panel shakeup comes after the bank's
global advisers were reviewed at the end of last year, with US
firm Davis Polk & Wardwell winning a first - time appointment.
Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse has finalised its new
global legal
panel, with four
firms winning places on the roster.
On the back of Shell's recent review of its
global legal
panel, Simon Burnett of Balance Legal Capital examines the dangers of overemphasizing price - related factors in selecting
panel firms and discusses litigation finance as an alternative means of reducing external litigation spend.
Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has been appointed as one of two firms to the global panel of DNV GL (the merged Det Norske Veritas and Germanisher Ll
Global law
firm Norton Rose Fulbright has been appointed as one of two
firms to the
global panel of DNV GL (the merged Det Norske Veritas and Germanisher Ll
global panel of DNV GL (the merged Det Norske Veritas and Germanisher Llloyd).
Bank refreshes its
global legal
panel with a raft of magic circle and international
firms appointed
Also advising us on our final ranking was an expert
panel made up of secret sources, including professionals from a premier
global investment consulting
firm and a leading foundation's investment office.
The research
firm expects the
global smartphone AMOLED
panel market to improve tremendously in 2017 and reach up to $ 57 billion by 2020, thanks to increasing demand from Apple (for its next iPhone, Apple Watch, and new MacBook Pros) and some Chinese smartphone brands.
He was joined on the
panel by Alan Child, executive chairman of the Hong Kong division of Knight Frank, a
global real estate
firm headquartered in London with 355 offices internationally.