A €7.4bn enterprise value: Ropes & Gray and Lathams advise on Altice purchase Legal Business US firms Ropes & Gray and Latham & Watkins won roles advising on telecommunications group Altice’s purchase of Portuguese telecoms…
Dealwatch: Linklaters, Davis Polk, and De Brauw act on Vision Express owner’s €1bn IPO Legal Business US heavyweight Davis Polk & Wardwell, Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Magic Circle firm Linklaters have all scored…
Trainee retention: White & Case keeps on 100% of Spring 2015 trainees as OC retains 89% Legal Business White & Case and Osborne Clarke (OC) are the latest firms to reveal trainee retention rates this month, keeping on…
A public inquiry: Fieldfisher’s Smith serves as lead counsel as Litvinenko inquiry starts Legal Business A public inquiry into the London death of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has opened at the High Court this morning…
Revolving doors: Clydes, Quinn Emanuel and Gibson Dunn make key hires Legal Business Last week saw Clyde & Co expand its transportation finance practice in the City, while Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan…
Early stages: Clifford Chance kicks off lockstep review Legal Business Clifford Chance has started a review of its remuneration system at management level, a move which could see the firm…
What’s in a name? Companies House found liable in £8.8m negligence spelling mistake case Legal Business Companies House has today (26 January) lost a major argument at the High Court after a Cardiff businessman argued a blunder…
‘A statement of intent’: Can Layton’s strategy reinvigorate Clifford Chance? Legal Business Nearly three decades have passed since the game changing union of Coward Chance and Clifford Turner – a watershed moment…
Mounting departures: Barclays’ global head of financial crime steps down Legal Business Days after Barclays global general counsel (GC) of corporate and investment banking Judith Shepherd announced that she will be stepping…
6,600 lawyers: Dentons set to combine with China’s largest law firm Dacheng Legal Business Dentons is set to create the biggest law firm in the world by lawyer headcount through a combination with leading…
Dealwatch: Simpson Thacher leads for KKR as thetrainline.com opts for sale over IPO Legal Business Private equity powerhouse KKR has purchased travel ticket seller thetrainline.com, with its go-to law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advising…
Q&A: Heineken UK’s Graeme Colquhoun and DLA Piper’s John McKinlay talk sole adviser mandates Legal Business Having appointed DLA Piper as principal legal adviser this month (January) in a bid to cut down on external spend,…
SRA indemnity report: Number of closing firms drops despite rejection of minimum cover cut Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed 12 law firms have been forced to close for failing to secure professional…
Change management: CC appoints new COO and innovation chief as Layton unveils new strategy Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) managing partner Matthew Layton has laid out the firm’s international strategy, aiming at becoming the ‘global law…
Job openings: Vacancies at real estate legal teams expand quickest in the City in 2014 as legal job market grows Legal Business In an indication of the legal job market’s growing strength, research analysing vacancy rates at law firms has shown that…
Revolving doors: Clydes and Hunton & Williams make local hires while Squire Patton Boggs brings a team into its Paris office Legal Business Last week saw Clyde & Co expand its employment and personal injury practices with hires from DWF and Hill Dickinson,…
Judicial diversity: First female senior presiding judge appointed Legal Business The senior judiciary has gone further towards increasing diversity in its ranks as it names its first female senior presiding…
Leaving Asia: Fried Frank closes down in Hong Kong and Shanghai Legal Business Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson has decided to close its Hong Kong and Shanghai offices, leaving the US firm…
Significant mandates: CC client and Autonomy founder Lynch welcomes SFO closure of investigation Legal Business The UK’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has today (19 January) announced it has closed its high profile investigation into the $11bn…
‘Our headline achievement’: Telefonica UK reduces external legal spend by 66% over two years Legal Business Reducing legal spend is an arduous task for many in-house counsel that face increasing pressure to manage cost efficiency. But,…
