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Fenwick Elliott is pleased to announce that we have promoted James Mullen and Robbie McCrea from Associates to Senior Associates. James’ and Robbie’s new roles took effect from 20 January 2017. These new additions bring the number of Senior Associates in the firm to 10.

Simon Tolson and Claire King (with Anneliese Day QC of Fountain Court and Hugh Saunders of 4 New Square acting as Counsel), have won their Court of Appeal case against Santander in respect of on-demand performance securities.

The King's College London & International Bar Association Executive LLM is an advanced Master of Laws course. We are delighted that Nicholas Gould, Partner has been asked to be one of the lecturers on this elite programme, which is the first of its kind in the world.

At Fenwick Elliott we understand that evolution is good for business. With our recent move to our new office on the 4th floor of Aldwych House and our recognition as Tier 1 law firm for construction by the latest edition of The Legal 500 UK, we felt the time was right to refresh our brand.

Heba Osman explains how termination can be a difficult and costly process, and that sometimes its best to follow the Arab saying of “think about the exit before you enter” prior to inking a contract. To read the article by Heba, please click here

Fenwick Elliott has been recommended as a Tier 1 firm by The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2016. The Legal 500 Series, now in its 29th year, is widely acknowledged as the world’s largest legal referral guide. More than 250,000 corporate counsel are surveyed and interviewed globally each year.

The use of LOIs as the basis for construction projects has mushroomed in the Gulf in rent years. However the practice carries a significant risk to the parties involved, who may end-up finding themselves in a legal predicament. Heba Osman, Partner, assesses the risks of depending on Letters of Intent in the August edition of Construction Business News ME. Click here to read the article by Heba.

Thank you to everyone who came along both to play and to support their teams at CODEP Cup. Yet again, it was another hard fought tournament, with Ramboll winning the trophy. The event has raised much needed funds for the fight against the Ebola virus and the support is much appreciated by everyone at CODEP both in the UK and Sierra Leone.

Ahmed Ibrahim was selected by the DIAC to lecture to Kuwaiti Lawyers on initiating arbitration proceedings and the best practices in nominating and appointing arbitrators.

Simon Tolson, Chairman of TeCSA led a piece of research on the Pre-action Protocol through the TeCSA Litigation Sub-Committee. The result of that research is now available as “A Report Evaluating the Perceived Value of the Construction and Engineering Per-action Protocol”.