Revolving doors: Willkie and Hogan Lovells add to City offices while A&O continues Europe hiring Legal Business Law firms have attempted to blow away the Brexit blues with new partner hires. Willkie Farr & Gallagher and Hogan…
‘Key to success’: Grosvenor’s Schwarz-Runer takes on Boston Consulting Global GC job Legal Business The latest corporate to boost its in-house legal capabilities through a high-profile recruit is Boston Consulting Group (BCG) which has…
Latham makes double real estate finance play with hires from GE Capital and Dechert Legal Business Latham & Watkins has boosted its real estate finance practice in the City, hiring Quentin Gwyer, who was executive counsel…
Parabis collapse update: Creditor dividend halved, latest report reveals Legal Business An administrators’ progress report for the now-defunct Parabis Group, published this week on Companies House, showed that unsecured creditors will…
HSF enters pay war with newly-qualified base salaries above Linklaters and Slaughters Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills has significantly bumped up pay packets, awarding its associates with a base salary of £82,000, up £13,000…
Dealwatch: KWM leads for regular client TransDigm on $1bn US defence purchase Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons, Latham & Watkins (KWM) and Cleveland firm BakerHostetler have advised on the $1bn sale of defense…
Making it official: Taylor Wessing deepens Vietnam reach with local merger Legal Business Taylor Wessing has expanded its offering in Vietnam, by merging its Singapore outpost, RHTLaw Taylor Wessing, with its Vietnamese alliance firm…
Strengthening Sweden: DLA Piper acquires 21 lawyer firm Legal Business DLA Piper has continued its Nordic expansion, confirming a merger with Swedish law firm Grönberg Advokatbyrå.
Gibson Dunn continues Germany push, launching in Frankfurt with double Latham hire Legal Business The renewed interest in Germany’s legal market continues apace with US firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher to launch in Frankfurt…
Financials 2015/16: Nabarro latest to report slow growth with 3.5% revenue increase Legal Business Nabarro has increased turnover by 3.5% to £130.4m, joining other mid-market firms with muted results for 2015/16. Last year the…
The Brexit effect: Law Society urges government to delay plans to separate from SRA after EU vote Legal Business Due to the uncertainty and economic volatility stoked by last week’s shock Brexit vote, the Law Society has told MPs…
Quinn, Stewarts and Signature demand costs from Mishcon clients in RBS litigation saga Legal Business The ongoing saga that is the £4bn shareholder group action against the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) continues to prove…
Expansive White & Case opens second African office with Egypt launch Legal Business Rapidly expanding US firm White & Case is launching an office in Cairo, Egypt, as a wave of global law…
Guest post: The referendum now poses a serious threat to Parliamentary Sovereignty Legal Business Forget about the online petition. We do not have government by petition, particularly not when we don’t know how many…
Guest post from Herbert Smith Freehills – Brexit: After the vote Legal Business The ‘in-out’ referendum on the question of the UK’s membership of the European Union (EU) which has dominated the political…
Brexit fallout: US firms feel the pressure in London but A&O and Freshfields commit to New York pay increases Legal Business With most US law firms experiencing something of a slowdown in the London market following the instability around the referendum…
Freshfields and Skadden face off as Japanese telco wins $1.2bn arbitration award from Tata Group Legal Business In one of the biggest cases for the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) this year, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher…
Revolving doors: DWF makes Scottish insurance play as Skadden and EY make key hires Legal Business In this week’s appointments around up, law firms including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, DWF and accountancy giant EY…
Boardman on Brexit: Not good news but the City’s edge won’t reverse in an instant Legal Business We’ll be bringing you reaction throughout the day, but this just in from Slaughter and May corporate heavyweight Nigel Boardman:
Brexit live blog: ‘I went to bed confident and woke up shell shocked’ – City heavyweights react to unexpected decision Legal Business City partners fear a shock referendum result which saw Britain vote to leave the European Union may see businesses relocate…
