Professional Services News

The Bank of England (BoE) has announced that Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Graham Nicholson will be added to its legal team at the start of next year.

Mayer Brown has been awarded the final contract in conjunction with the nationalisation of Northern Rock, it has been announced.

Head of private equity firm Ashurst, Charlie Geffen, has been named the successor to Geoffrey Green, making him senior partner.

Alistair Darling has given his speech at the Labour Party conference, commenting on the economy, energy prices, and stability.

Linklaters has assigned 20 partners to the insolvency case of the Lehman Brothers, it has been reported.

New regulations need to be put into place to end the discrimination against Scottish energy companies regarding the energy that they contribute to the national grid, it has been argued.

The Construction Skills Network (CSN) has drastically re-estimated the amount of recruitment that will be needed to keep the construction industry running this month.

Clifford Chance was responsible for straightening out the talks between Barclays' and Lehman Brothers after the British bank sought to buy out the insolvent Lehman Brothers on Tuesday night (September 16).

Energy companies will be coming under more pressure to redouble their efforts to provide affordable schemes for low income families this week, after it was revealed that rising energy bills pushed inflation up to 4.7 per cent.

The price of oil rose on Friday as a result of Hurricane Ike, after production of oil was disrupted in the US Gulf Coast.