Watford’s finest: Dentons in talks with Matthew Arnold & Baldwin over third tie-up of 2015 Legal Business After having already announced tie-ups with China’s Dacheng and US firm McKenna Long & Aldridge this year, Dentons is pushing…
Ten years after hiring Coudert partners, Dechert pays $2.4m to settle dispute Legal Business A long-running case between Dechert and the administrator of the now dissolved Coudert Brothers over the former’s hiring of Paris…
Second edition: Freshfields, Linklaters and Macfarlanes advise on Pearson’s £469m sale of The Economist Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has reprised its role for Pearson as, just weeks after selling the Financial Times, the publishing group…
Guest post: Can litigation be project managed? The case for clarity Legal Business Litigators live uncertain lives. The current matter could settle or go to trial. Your previous clients may never litigate again.…
White & Case follows project finance clients to launch in Seoul Legal Business South Korea is continuing to prove its attraction for Global 100 firms as White & Case launches an office in Seoul…
Barclays exits continue as M&A legal chief departs for Simmons & Simmons Legal Business Barclays’ M&A chief, Khasruz Zaman, is set to exit the banking giant after a decade in its Canary Wharf HQ…
Under fire Walker to step down as Deutsche Bank’s general counsel by year-end Legal Business After a management reshuffle earlier this summer that saw legal affairs chief Christian Sewing reassigned, Deutsche Bank has confirmed that…
Standard Chartered rejigs in-house with new deputy GC and financial crime trio Legal Business Standard Chartered has made several senior appointments to its in-house legal team, bolstering its financial crime compliance (FCC) unit and…
KPMG boosts German offering with double Taylor Wessing hire Legal Business Accountancy firms continue to build their presence in the legal sector with KPMG Law the latest to boost its legal…
‘We can’t get carried away’: City dealmakers cautious as M&A in July swells 49% to eight-year high Legal Business Corporate partners are forecasting a robust transactional market this year as the value of M&A deals has reached its highest…
Bringing AI to a law firm near you: Dentons’ NextLaw venture invests in IBM Watson app to answer lawyers’ questions Legal Business Dentons’ NextLaw Labs, having launched in May to focus on developing and investing in new technologies for the legal profession,…
Kirkland picked to defend Baxalta as Slaughters and Ropes take the lead on Shire’s $34bn hostile takeover Legal Business Shire has turned to longstanding adviser Slaughter and May in the UK while Ropes & Gray won the mandate in…
ULaw’s chief exec departs as university woos students with job guarantee Legal Business The University of Law’s (ULaw) chief executive John Latham has left the institution by ‘mutual consent’ after having lost several…
Simmons & Simmons to shut Rome office as firm focuses on ‘doing it all out of Milan’ Legal Business Simmons & Simmons is set to shut its nine-partner office in Rome following a ‘detailed review’ and focus on clients…
Europe’s re-emerging CLO market sees Sidley and Ropes turn to Weil Gotshal to boost structured finance teams Legal Business Weil, Gotshal & Manges‘ structured finance practice in the City has been hit by the departure of two lawyers with…
Cooley continues London expansion with launch of City patent practice Legal Business With a mandate to generate London revenues of upwards of $40m, Cooley is making good on its City ambitions and…
Funding issue sees Signature Litigation replace Fladgate on RBS litigation Legal Business Having helped secure third-party funding, City boutique Signature Litigation has been instructed by the RBS Shareholders Action Group in its…
SFO wins ‘significant victory’ in landmark Libor case as trader Hayes found guilty Legal Business In a fillip for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO), the first person to go on trial after a global investigation…
Trading partners: Kirkland recruits Freshfields’ Blackstone and Goldman relationship partner Steele Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Kirkland & Ellis continue to swap talent in the City, this time with Kirkland hiring the…
Judicial watchdog investigates Justice Peter Smith after BA ‘lost luggage’ case Legal Business Mr Justice Peter Smith is set to face an investigation by the Judicial Conduct Investigations Office (JCIO) after his recent…
