Chums on Seats - Landmark for Lagerlöf & Leman

Landmark for Lagerlöf & Leman

STOCKHOLM-based Lagerlöf & Leman is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year. Its position as legal adviser to commerce and industry can be traced back to 1849, when Aron Philipsson opened an "advocate shop" in Gothenburg. Several well-known companies - for example, Skandinaviska Banken (now SEB) and the brewer, Pripps Ltd - were early clients. In 1872, the firm was taken over by Philip Leman, who went on to become one of the founders of the Swedish Bar Association.

In 1900, Erland Lagerlöf founded Advokatfirman Lagerlîf in Stockholm. From its inception, the company specialised in commercial and tax law. The two firms merged in 1990 to become Lagerlöf & Leman, which today is a member firm of Linklaters & Alliance.

Finnish law firms merge

FINLAND'S Bardy, Engstrom & Rekola law office has merged with Heikki Haapaniemi Attorneys. The new firm is called Heikki Haapaniemi Oy, and is based in Helsinki. Bardy, Engstrom & Rekola founder partner Johan Bardy, who specialises in maritime law, can be contacted via email on joha...@haapaniemi.com

New senior partner for Holmes Hardingham

LONDON maritime and commercial solicitor Holmes Hardingham has appointed Adrian Hardingham as its new senior partner. Anthony Holmes, 61, has retired from the partnership after ten years at the helm following the firm's launch in 1989. He will remain as a consultant.

SRT's Gaunt joins Carnival

SRT's senior ship finance partner, Ian Gaunt, has joined Carnival Corporation as senior vice-president-international. His responsibilities will include work in connection with the Carnival group's extensive shipbuilding programme, as well as the expansion of its activities in Europe.

SRT has acted for Carnival for many years. It recently negotiated all its shipbuilding contracts, including nine new vessels with an estimated value of $3.4 billion. It also represented Carnival in its $500 million acquisition of Cunard last May. Ian Gaunt says he will be sorry to leave his colleagues at SRT, but looks forward to working with them in his new capacity as a client.

Karen Hansen named partner at Healy & Baillie

KAREN Hansen has become a partner in the New York City office of Healy & Baillie. Karen's practice includes marine casualties, charter parties and ocean bills of lading, products liability, and general commercial litigation. She received her JD from South Texas College of Law and her BS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from Webb Institute, from where she was the first woman to graduate. Prior to attending law school, she worked in Houston as a naval architect.

Karen is a member of SNAME (Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers) and WISTA (Women's International Shipping and Trading Association).