News in brief – April 2016 Legal Business REED SMITH REPLACED AS SIEMENS REFRESHES PANEL Last month Eversheds and Osborne Clarke were reappointed to Siemens UK’s legal panel,…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in March 2016 Legal Business TRAVERS SMITH ADVISES ON $540M SOFTWARE DEAL Travers Smith and Kirkland & Ellis landed lead advisory roles on the $540m acquisition by Micro…
Outgoing Slaughters senior partner Saul to launch mediation boutique Legal Business Slaughter and May‘s longstanding leader, Chris Saul (pictured), will launch a mediation boutique once he retires from his role as…
Comment: Stefan Stern – Just remember, GCs, Enron thought it was all perfectly legal Legal Business Earlier this year the 67th annual oil and gas conference was held by the Center for American and International Law…
Simpson Thacher tops first quarter global deal tables, as Davis Polk dominates Europe Legal Business Despite a looming Brexit referendum swaying levels of transactional activity, certain law firms are enjoying a healthy pipeline of deals…
A new model: Ince & Co brings in bonus pool at top of equity Legal Business Ince & Co is moving away from its traditional lockstep model and introducing a bonus pool above the top of…
Canada bound: Freshfields prepares to launch second legal services hub in Vancouver Legal Business A year after launching a nearshoring office in Manchester, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken its plans to hive off low-level…
Guest post: After the Panama Papers expect rhetoric to quiet the mob, not meaningful change Legal Business Two days in. Lots of column inches. But what will it all mean for the future? Some embarrassment, a scalp…
Freshfields and Linklaters take the lead as Glencore disposes of $2.5bn stake in agricultural arm Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are advising on Glencore’s $2.5bn sale of a 40% stake in Glencore Agricultural Products to…
US law firms’ secret deal weapon blunted as Pfizer pulls plug on $160bn inversion bid Legal Business The wave of ‘inversion’ bids into Europe from US companies could be set to end, with the strategy pioneered by…
Clydes misses out as Eversheds and Burness Paull take away places on Yum! panel Legal Business Eversheds and Burness Paull have won places on Yum! Brands slimmed down legal panel, with Clyde & Co missing out…
Guest post: Automation – the end of low-qualified lawyers? Legal Business Deloitte’s 2016 report [Developing legal talent: Stepping into the future law firm] has garnered some attention for suggesting a ‘tipping…
BAT general counsel Belhomme steps down as cigarette giant instructs HSF on plain packaging challenge Legal Business As the cigarette giant prepares its latest challenge against plain packaging, British American Tobacco’s (BAT) high profile regional general counsel…
Dewey latest: Partners off the hook for lease payments Legal Business In a ruling relieving hundreds of ex-Dewey partners of millions of dollars in liability, a New York state judge has…
Clifford Chance secures position on Serco panel as Ashurst and Linklaters miss out Legal Business Following a recent review, outsourcing company Serco has announced its UK legal panel with Clifford Chance, Clyde & Co, Pinsent…
Comment: Shifting the Overton window – Panama Papers will change the consensus on tax (and boost corporate law firms) Legal Business The leak of 11.5 million documents from Panama law firm Mossack Fonseca has reheated a debate about tax and transparency…
Pinsents partner grilled over appointment to human rights body Legal Business Two parliamentary committees have written to express outrage as a Pinsent Masons partner has been nominated to chair Britain’s leading…
KWM and Simmons clock poor retention rates as Eversheds hits 100% Legal Business The rough and tumble of trainee retention season offers contrasting images to future lawyers as Eversheds keeps on all eight…
A title fit for the modern GC – The In-House Lawyer has been completely re-imagined Legal Business With the recent relaunch of Legal Business‘ sister title The In-House Lawyer, we are unveiling a total overhaul of the…
Asia round-up: HFW enters association in Shanghai as Simmons hires former Dentons head for Singapore Legal Business Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) and Simmons & Simmons have made moves to boost their presence in Asia, with HFW entering…
