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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 …

McGuireWoods London partners Francesca Titus, Mehboob Dossa and William Boddy, Chicago partner Rodger Heaton and D.C. associate Andrew Thornton-Dibb contributed to Global Investigations Review's sixth edition of “The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations.” The lawyers wrote the cybersecurity section of “Volume I: Global Investigations in the United Kingdom and the United States.” Their discussion examined recent cases, issues that can arise in cyber investigations and how to respond to cyberattacks. It …

McGuireWoods London partner William Boddy has been appointed chair of the firm’s LGBTQ+ Lawyers Network, which supports lawyers and their careers within the firm and provides legal assistance to LGBTQ+ individuals and organizations in the community. “I am proud to follow partner Sabrina Beldner as chair of the LGBTQ+ Lawyers Network and to build upon her efforts to ensure the success of the firm’s attorneys and expand outreach to LGBTQ+ members of our …

Corporate Disputes magazine published an article by London partner William Boddy in its July-September 2021 issue discussing cross-border issues of legal professional privilege, which lawyers and their clients, including their in-house clients, invoke to protect documents and advice.Boddy gave an overview of some potential pitfalls arising from the varied privilege regimes across the world, provided a summary of the differences in the willingness of courts to apply the privilege laws of …

McGuireWoods London partner Francesca Titus, D.C.-based international attorney Andrew Thornton-Dibb, Chicago partner Rodger Heaton, and London partners Mehboob Dossa and William Boddy contributed to Global Investigation Review's fifth edition of “The Practitioner’s Guide to Global Investigations.” The lawyers wrote the CyberSecurity section of “Volume I: Global Investigations in the United Kingdom and the United States.” Their discussion examines recent cases, issues that can arise in cyber investigations and how to …

McGuireWoods London partner William Boddy wrote about how new UK laws against human trafficking and forced labor aimed at corporates lack a deterrent bite in a column published in the Nov. 15 edition of The Times newspaper.The legal consequences for “those who benefit from modern slavery remain puzzlingly hollow,” Boddy wrote.The UK’s 2015 Modern Slavery Act imposed no new offenses for companies that do not eliminate modern slavery from their supply chains …

… finance partner Lorraine Vaz.

… Commission. She represents utility clients in complex regulatory litigation, including proceedings involving base rate and rider cost recovery, acquiring certificates of public convenience and necessity, and other matters. Mark E. Shaffer (Complex Commercial Litigation – Tysons) concentrates his practice on eminent domain, construction, commercial litigation, contract disputes, financial services and landlord/tenant disputes. He also handles business/partnership disputes, land use issues, and trust and estate disputes. Elizabeth M.Z. Timmermans (Financial Services Litigation – Raleigh …

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 …