Slaughter and May matches magic circle peers with NQ pay hike to £150k
Slaughters hikes NQ salary to £150,000 ahead of pay review schedule, bringing the firm in line with Magic Circle peers
The Private Equity Elite: the top general counsel in PE
Based on months of interviews with leading private practice partners, LB unveils the most highly rated London-based in-house lawyers in private equity
High achievers – private equity is changing; meet the elite GCs at the vanguard of the transformation
From dating apps to entertainment venues, airports to music collections, there’s almost no industry left untouched by the multitrillion-dollar private equity market.
Broadfield of dreams: BDB Pitmans signs up for new Alvarez & Marsal legal venture
US turnaround specialist aims to bring together mid-market UK and US firms under new brand, as £54m firm becomes first to sign up
‘Co-founding an investment firm was the biggest learning curve of my career’ – Hg GC Samantha McGonigle
A Private Equity Elite Q&A with Hg general counsel Samantha McGonigle
‘My time on non-legal is the same as my time on legal’ – Bridgepoint GC Rachel Thompson
A Private Equity Elite Q&A with Bridgepoint partner and group general counsel Rachel Thompson
A&O Shearman to cut partnership by 10% and close Johannesburg base in post-merger shake-up
Consulting business also set to be wound down as newly merged firm reshapes business after strategic review
‘I liken myself to an octopus with many tentacles in different places’ – Apollo’s Seda Yalçinkaya
A Private Equity Elite Q&A with Seda Yalçinkaya, partner and general counsel – international at Apollo Global Management
‘Private capital is a super creative industry’ – KKR Europe GC Susanna Berger
I joined KKR 15 years ago. At that point the team consisted of about 40 people focused purely on private equity. Fast forward and there’s been a huge shift – today we are an alternative asset manager; we cover multiple asset classes including infrastructure, real estate and credit.
‘I’ve called firms and asked why someone isn’t a partner yet’ – the female GCs shaking up PE
Despite private equity’s reputation as a male-dominated arena, a select band of influential women have risen to the helm of trophy buyout clients. LB speaks to female GCs at PE firms from Carlyle to KKR and Apollo to Bridgepoint about culture, careers and challenging stereotypes