Paying up: KWM partners vote to inject £14m of extra capital Legal Business An overwhelming majority of King & Wood Mallesons‘ (KWM) European and Middle East partnership has voted in favour of recapitalising…
Travers Smith and Norton Rose face off in Lehman’s multimillion dispute with ExxonMobil Legal Business Commerical litigation heavyweights Travers Smith and Norton Rose Fulbright have been instructed by the administrators for Lehman Brothers International Europe…
Q&A: Alan Mason – Freshfields ‘rest of continental Europe’ managing partner on Brexit, cross border M&A and more Legal Business Following his appointment as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s first regional managing partner for the ‘rest of continental Europe’ – for offices…
‘Immediate opportunities’: Norton Rose adds to Africa presence with Kenyan alliance Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright has expanded its Africa offering by entering an alliance with Kenyan law firm Walker Kontos.
‘Expensive badge of legitimacy’: Olswang in firing line of BHS report Legal Business Legal advisers on the sale of BHS have been labelled an ‘expensive badge of legitimacy’ in the report investigating the…
US elite take roles as Verizon emerges as Yahoo! buyer in $4.8bn deal Legal Business A handful of US elite firms including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz have…
Euro Garages taps Orange for first general counsel Legal Business Forecourt operator Euro Garages has recruited Imraan Patel, the former head of legal at Orange, as its first group general…
Revolving doors: Global 100 firms invest in Europe as Baker & McKenzie, Mayer Brown and Bird & Bird make hires Legal Business UK and US firms have been busy investing in Europe this week, with Baker & McKenzie, Mayer Brown and Bird…
Lloyds’ in-house changes continue as senior FCA director takes litigation GC position Legal Business Lloyds Banking Group has made Tom Spender its new general counsel (GC) for its litigation, regulatory and competition group after…
‘Truly global’: Withers turnover soars 21% as firm reaps rewards of international push Legal Business In some of the strongest growth figures to come out this year, private wealth specialist Withers has lifted its top…
In-house: Standard Life adds to legal roster after Ignis acquisition Legal Business Standard Life Investments (SLI) has added two firms to its real estate panel, with Maples Teesdale and Shepherd & Wedderburn…
Partner promotions: Withers ups the ante in latest round with seven made partner Legal Business Withers has increased the number of lawyers promoted to partner, adding seven in its latest promotion round, with just one…
Slaughters and Davis Polk face off as MasterCard buys UK payments firm Legal Business Slaughter and May rubbed shoulders with Davis Polk & Wardwell in the second major announced deal this week, this time…
Merger watch: Olswang finds a suitor in CMS Cameron McKenna Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna and Olswang could combine to create a £880m firm as it’s understood the LB100 firms have entered…
BT kicks off panel review following Brexit delay Legal Business BT has kicked off a formal panel review for its UK legal advisers after a five month delay and will…
Latham, Clifford Chance, Milbank and DLA win places on Swiss PE house’s first legal panel Legal Business Swiss private equity house Partners Group has picked Latham & Watkins, Clifford Chance, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, Ropes &…
Cleary, Goodwin and Morgan Lewis win places on Pearson US deals panel Legal Business A quintet of international firms including Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Dorsey & Whitney, Goodwin Procter, Morgan Lewis & Bockius,…
‘The next stage’: Reed Smith gets local law capability with Singapore alliance Legal Business Reed Smith has entered into a formal alliance with Singaporean firm Resource Law giving the firm the capability to practice…
KWM asks partners for up to £240,000 in cash call to double capital contributions Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has asked its European and Middle Eastern partners to pay in between £80,000 and £240,000…
Comment: Global 100 – It’s hard going all over Legal Business The headline numbers from this year’s Global 100 report do not make upbeat reading, even before the Brexit effect and…
