Eversheds and Linklaters act as L&G finalises biggest pensions buyout of the year Legal Business Eversheds has advised Legal & General Group on the largest pensions risk transfer of 2016 as the insurer takes on…
£14m and a 12-month lock-in: Asia lays out terms of KWM bailout package Legal Business European partners at beleaguered King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) have been given a lifeline by the Asia partners at the…
Comment: Turbulence to shape next generation of M&A stars Legal Business There is a school of thought that the late 1980s and early 1990s proved singularly fertile ground for developing outstanding…
Crunch time for KWM as partners meet over Chinese bailout deal Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) global managing partner Stuart Fuller has stepped down from his leadership role as the firm…
Stepping down: Rio Tinto legal head to exit amid payments investigation Legal Business Rio Tinto legal executive Debra Valentine has stepped down from her role, after having previously notified the company of her…
Finance partner takes executive partner role at Slaughter and May Legal Business Slaughter and May announced today (10 November) that finance partner Paul Stacey is to be the firm’s new executive partner.…
Fieldfisher acquires Birmingham presence with £6m boutique takeover Legal Business Fieldfisher has merged with Birmingham practice Hill Hofstetter in a deal that will add £6m to its top line.
‘A transition year’: Dechert chief executive confident despite 10% drop in City turnover Legal Business The highest take-home pay at Dechert‘s City office rose by nearly 9% last year to £2.9m, while income at the…
‘Highly regarded thought leader’: Sandie Okoro made World Bank GC Legal Business World Bank Group has appointed HSBC Global Asset Management general counsel (GC) Sandie Okoro as its senior vice president and…
Slater and Gordon, Eversheds and HSF take roles on Jay inquiry into child sexual abuse Legal Business Slater and Gordon, Eversheds, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Kingsley Napley, BLM, Hill Dickinson, Farrer & Co and Weightmans are all…
Tough times ahead for real estate, capital markets and M&A, says latest NatWest report Legal Business Real estate, equity capital markets and M&A practices are expected to slow down significantly in the year ahead, despite UK…
Legal education: Bar Standards Board follows SRA with super-exam proposal Legal Business Aspiring barristers may have to take a new exam before qualifying into the profession as proposed by the Bar Standards…
Kirkland wins first mandate from Singapore’s GIC in biggest European real estate deal of the year Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has advised opposite Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in the largest European real estate transaction of the year as…
Q&A: Jolyon Maugham QC on the first victory for Brexit’s legal challenge Legal Business Devereaux Chambers Jolyon Maugham QC – who organised a crowdfunded movement to challenge the government’s triggering of article 50 without…
Comment: Camerons double merger adds up but will it multiply? Legal Business Pity the poor pundit obliged to come up with an opinion on the obtusely-forged union of CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro…
Double hire for Dechert as White & Case PE player Allardice exits with K&E finance partner Legal Business Dechert has strengthened its private equity and finance practices hiring White & Case‘s Ross Allardice and Kirkland & Ellis partner…
‘Bringing fresh thinking’: Manchester-based Haxby wins Squires EMEA managing partner job Legal Business Transatlantic firm Squire Patton Boggs has appointed Jane Haxby as its new European managing partner, taking on the role from…
King & Wood loses five-lawyer energy team to Squire Patton Boggs Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has lost a five-lawyer team including global energy and infrastructure co-head Neil Upton to Squire…
Simpson Thacher taps Freshfields for M&A heavyweight Spiers Legal Business Wall Street leader Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has made a rare London hire after recruiting high-profile Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner…
On the bus – Inside the Norton Rose Fulbright masterplan Legal Business NRF chief executive Peter Martyr defied expectations to reinvent Norton Rose as a progressive global player over more than a…
