There was a significant American slant to the latest round of lateral partner recruitment, as disputes-heavy Clyde & Co and Quinn launched new offices.
Woodend must have been a fabulous place to spend your childhood.
With its enormous wood panelled hallway, its gallery, corridors, myriad rooms, beautiful gardens and own patch of woodland, it feels like the type of stately home Enid Blyton used to set her novels in. I wouldn’t be surprised to see Uncle Quentin emerge from his study and shoo the Famous Five out the door for one of their adventures.
In fact, it is where David and Andrew Smith spent their childhood. The brothers run J. Henderson butchers, which was founded in 1934 by their grandfather.
“Andrew and I grew up here and it was a wonderful place to spend our childhoods,” David explains.
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Shearman hires Travers Smith London M&A head to boost global deals team
17 March 2021
Phil Cheveley will lead Shearman s EMEA M&A practice alongside Laurence Levy
Victor Moussa Shearman & Sterling has hired corporate lawyer Phil Cheveley to bolster its London M&A team, part of a wider strategy to grow its global deals capability. Cheveley joins as a partner from Travers Smith, and will be head of M&A for Europe, Middle East and Africa alongside Laurence Levy. Cheveley’s experience spans both domestic and cross-border public and private transactions, notably in the financial services, industrials and infrastructure sectors. Shearman said Cheveley’s practice will also enhance the firm’s equity capital markets (ECM) and restructuring business.
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The opening of a new cattle slaughterhouse in downtown Toronto has residents, politicians, and animal advocates up in arms. The TruHarvest plant opened March 1st and will kill 1,600 cows and young calves weekly, distributing beef and veal throughout Canada. While animal protection organizations are concerned about poor management practices, residents are upset about the stench and sounds that often pollute the area surrounding slaughterhouses.
“The big problem in the neighbourhood is right smack in the middle of all of this is a couple of slaughterhouses,” said David Beveridge, a resident in the neighborhood surrounding the new facility, in an interview with CBC. Beveridge, who has two young daughters, reports being disturbed by “the smell of blood, the smell of the cattle being driven through the neighbourhood.”