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… Clients commended partner Callum Hassall, who concentrates on the retirement living sector and cross-border acquisitions and associate Hannah Irish, who assists clients in real estate finance and the property elements of corporate sales and acquisitions. “Callum Hassall – the sort of junior partner you want on your deal - young, enthusiastic and totally ‘on it’ but wise beyond his years,” an industry client said. Another client said Irish “was superb in managing the advice process …

Financier Worldwide, a UK publication covering corporate finance and board-level business issues, honored McGuireWoods London partner Chloe Steele as a “Distinguished Adviser” in “POWER PLAYERS: Complex Disputes 2022.” In a Q&A with Financier Worldwide, Steele spoke about her work developing McGuireWoods ACT, a junior lawyers’ professional development group in the firm’s London office. The initiative provides opportunities for members of the wider business community to build relationships with peer-level contacts from …

McGuireWoods London partners Francesca Titus and Chloe Steele and associate Katie Steven wrote an April 2022 Financier Worldwide article exploring the track record, criticism and likely fate of the UK’s Serious Fraud Office. They also suggested what they consider a good replacement for the fraud enforcement authority.In the article, they pointed to a January 2022 Treasury Committee on Economic Crime report that recommended dedicating a single enforcement agency to fighting fraud and other …

… (Financial Services Litigation, Charlotte) represents businesses in banking and financial services matters; product liability claims; and other government enforcement and regulatory issues, including compliance with laws governing banks and their consumer lending and collection activities.Summer L. Speight (Labor & Employment, Richmond) counsels employers in employment-related litigation, labor law and ERISA litigation. She advises on issues such as discipline, discharge, reduction in force, and leave and accommodation, and on drafting or revising employee handbooks …

McGuireWoods London partner Simon Hems and associate Chloe Steele wrote an article in the Oct.-Dec. 2021 issue of Corporate Disputes magazine discussing how best to avoid shareholder disputes about business performance in a post-pandemic world. In the article — titled “An Epidemic of Dissatisfaction” — Hems and Steele noted that there has been considerable frustration in the business world during the pandemic, causing people to look at their businesses and investments differently and often leading …

A McGuireWoods team recently won judgment in the Commercial Court in London in the sum of U.S. $110.5 million in favor of EVP against Malabu Oil & Gas. This action, which relates to a disputed U.S. $1.3 billion transaction concerning what is thought to be Africa’s largest offshore oil block at 9 billion barrels (OPL 245), has been one of the biggest and highest profile cases in the London market of …