WFW deal wins Ship Finance Deal of the Year at Seatrade Maritime Awards 202210 November 2022
This is the latest in a string of high-profile recognition for these ground-breaking financings.
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Remembering Mehraab Nazir31 October 2022
For so many of us at Watson Farley & Williams, 4 April 2022 will remain in our memories as the day we lost a greatly loved and respected colleague, mentor and friend when our Singapore Partner Mehraab Nazir and his youngest son Zain tragically lost their lives in a landslide.
WFW signs UK Legal Apprenticeship Pledge18 October 2022
The pledge commits its signatories to ensuring that solicitor apprentices will be treated in an equivalent manner as those from the traditional training contract route.
The things keeping law firm leaders awake at night18 October 2022
Managing Partner Lindsey Keeble is quoted in Byfield’s latest report summarising the findings from their survey to law firm leaders earlier this year, asking about the business issues keeping them awake at night and which of those was most reputationally sensitive.
WFW ‘Highly Commended’ at Legal Business Awards 20226 October 2022
Watson Farley & Williams is delighted to announce that it has been Highly Commended at the Legal Business Awards 2022 for ‘Legal Technology Team of the Year’ for its Global Aviation Restructuring Index and for ‘Finance Team of the Year’ for advising Citibank and HSBC on first of their kind ECA-backed JOLCOs for Seaspan.
WFW announces solid growth for 2021/22 financial year15 August 2022
Overall profit was up 8.6% to £59.5m, giving a profit per equity partner (PEP) figure of £565k, a 2.1% increase on last year.
WFW London awarded WILEF Gold Standard Certification 202226 July 2022
This is the fourth year that the firm has been awarded the certification after becoming the first UK firm to achieve it in 2019.
WFW advises MSC Cruises on €353m ECA-backed financing of PortMiami mega cruise terminal27 June 2022
Construction is expected to be completed in December 2023 and, when finished, will be the largest cruise terminal in the US.
WFW wins four ‘Transport Deal of the Year’ awards at The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure 2022 Awards17 June 2022
The Asset Triple A Sustainable Infrastructure Awards honour the institutions and the deals in Asia each year
WFW promotes eight lawyers to partnership for 20223 May 2022
The new promotions bring the total number of partners to 173.
Remembering Mei Lin Goh4 March 2022
Mei joined the firm back in 1998, when WFW set up its first Asian office in Singapore, and as one of the firm’s leading lights for over half its existence, things will never be the same without her.
WFW announces new Supervisory Board in management restructuring4 March 2022
The Supervisory Board will set the firm’s direction and strategy and is responsible for key firmwide programmes including D&I and Sustainability.