Introduction: The ongoing sprawl of Covid-19 in human lives has significantly impacted the fates and fortunes of people as well as business entities in the doldrums. As a law firm with foresight, we have been advising our clients on the probable legal challenges that might arise due to the pandemic so that our clients can …
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James Macdonald Principal: Melbourne Bianca Jennings Partner: Adelaide Erin McCarthy Partner: Adelaide What trends are law firms seeing and how would they advise their clients to conduct business as usual? The impact of COVID-19 has clearly been uneven across the economy. Sectors such as aviation, tourism, the performing arts and hospitality including the corporate events …
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How has your role / involvement in client facing work changed since becoming managing partner/setting up your firm? I have always thought it important to maintain a degree of direct client work so as to maintain a sensitivity around client expectations and other issues impacting the actual practice of law. However, over the past five …
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COVID-19 has had a significant impact in the Nepalese economy. The government of Nepal declared a nationwide lockdown in early March 2020 to contain the spread of COVID 19, which were followed by series of partial/full closure of the district/municipalities by local administration. This affected the industrial and agricultural production, demand and consumption of products …
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Fresh from his recent research of Belgium’s legal market, Ashish Sareen highlights the Benelux nation’s ongoing contribution to halting the spread of Covid-19
If you were asked what Belgium is best known for, you would probably answer with Hergé’s Tintin, football, chocolates, waffles, frites, the creation of the saxophone, and world-beating craft beer brewed by Trappist monks. It is unlikely, however, that you would mention biotech in the same breath as the above. With most of its activity in …
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In conversation with leading practitioners, Barnaby Merrill considers the impact of Covid-19 on private equity funds and predictions for the market in 2021
In the bull market of 2019, private equity funds raised significant sums of money. Prequin, for example, estimated a total of $595bn, with so-called ‘dry powder’ estimated at a total $1.43tn. The latter figure is almost double the unspent capital estimated in 2015, an unsurprising phenomenon given the decline in PE-backed buyout deals during 2019; …
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With the pandemic, A-level results, and BPTC exam nightmares impacting aspiring barristers, just how are chambers adapting their pupillage assessment and recruitment policies to obtain the best talent in the years ahead?
To say that aspiring barristers have had a hard time of it in 2020 would be something of an understatement. The Covid-19 virus has led to some financially hit chambers – some struggling even before to the pandemic hit – pausing their pupillage intakes for this year and, potentially, even next year, too. The government’s …
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A virtual work experience programme levels the playing field and is an opportunity to reach talented individuals who you may never have had a chance to help and nurture, explains Caroline Wilson, HR director at Kennedys
The global pandemic has undoubtedly restricted our movement and reduced the freedom that we are all used to. But in an unusual and unexpected twist, it has actually helped create some positive opportunities. When coronavirus started to spread, it became clear to us at Kennedys, like every other business, that we would have to do …
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Were legal sector innovations during lockdown a stop-gap to keep the body of justice breathing or will the use of remote technology now become the default setting, wonders Paul Kirtley of Exchange Chambers
Since the implementation of the UK lockdown in March, the justice system has relied upon the use of remote technology to keep its heart beating. Remote video conferences and hearings have ensured the continued administration of justice and, more generally, communication between professional and lay clients. The UK and the rest of the world are …
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The ongoing crew change crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic raises humanitarian concerns as well as a disruption to global trade, warn HFW’s Jean Koh and Emilie Brammer
Covid-19 has triggered many governments to prevent the transfer of seafarers through their territories to and from their home countries and vessels. This has left some seafarers stranded and others unable to join vessels to earn income. Governments attending the International Maritime Summit on Crew Changes noted deep concerns regarding this ‘global crew change crisis’, summarising …
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