The Breast Cancer Care Tour de Law event, in which firms competed to cycle the distance from London to Paris and back on stationary bicycles, has so far raised £68,720.68. More than 3,600 people from 20 firms took part. Thora Andersen from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer won Fastest Female, covering 10.26km in 15 minutes, and Marcus Fink from Ashurst won Fastest Male, covering 11.79km in 15 minutes. Sidley Austin won Fastest Firm in a time of 18 hours and 40 minutes, and also Furthest Firm, covering an incredible 1,414.14 km. Latham & Watkins came in second with Wright Hassall a close third.
20 November 2014
Tour de Law
MOVERS & SHAKERS
HFW—Nelson Wang
HFW strengthens global insurance practice and Greater China offering with London Partner hire
Burges Salmon—David McEwing
Burges Salmon boosts Energy and Utilities practice with appointment of David McEwing
Browne Jacobson—Alexander Studholme
Browne Jacobson adds international construction arbitration partner in London push
NEWS
A former senior judge has warned peers against scrapping juries for fraud and financial crimes, ahead of the Courts and Tribunals Bill’s second reading in the House of Lords this week
Civil practitioners face changes spanning debt recovery, workplace harassment and possession claims, alongside guidance on insolvency challenges and children proceedings
Finding matrimonial wealth is as challenging as dividing it, as family disputes draw practitioners into asset tracing, offshore structures and insolvency
Agreement between opponents offers no guarantee that a court will approve a retrospective increase to a costs budget
Climate change belongs on every lawyer’s agenda, with risks extending far beyond environmental practice into commercial advice, litigation and access to justice
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