Partner promotions: Clifford Chance promotes seven in City as part of 21-strong round Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) is the latest Magic Circle firm to unveil its partner promotion figures, making up seven associates in London…
Senior Clyde & Co ship finance partner Matt Hannaford joins Curtis Davis Garrard with team of three Legal Business Senior maritime player Matt Hannaford is leaving Clyde & Co’s transportation finance group with a team of three to join specialist…
First post-merger promotion round sees Norton Rose Fulbright make up 46 Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright has announced its first global partner promotions since the merger of Norton Rose and leading Houston energy firm…
GC appointments for EY, HarperCollins and BNY Mellon Legal Business A trio of high-profile in-house counsel appointments in the UK and US this month has seen accountancy giant EY and global…
Slaughters, Freshfields and Linklaters lead on Glaxo/Novartis multibillion-dollar joint venture Legal Business Magic Circle trio Slaughter and May, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have landed lead advisory roles on a multi-billion-dollar joint venture and asset swap…
Pinsents expands German presence with double Munich hire Legal Business Pinsent Masons is the latest UK firm to announce expansion in Germany, bolstering its Munich office with the hire of competition…
Risk profile: Rolls Royce appoints new compliance chief from IMI Legal Business Less than a year after appointing Mark Serfozo as director of risk from defence, security and aerospace giant BAE Systems, Rolls…
‘Slower than expected growth’ sees Co-operative Legal Services unveil £22m operating loss with flat turnover Legal Business Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) has made an operating loss of £22m for 2013 and unveiled a flat turnover, blaming a slower…
Reed Smith ramps up City litigation practice with hire of King & Wood’s Nick Brocklesby Legal Business Reed Smith is continuing to ramp up its City practice, its largest office globally, with the hire of King & Wood…
Travers corporate partner David Patient to succeed Andrew Lilley as managing partner Legal Business Travers Smith today (17 April) announced that current managing partner Andrew Lilley will hand over to senior corporate partner David Patient…
Taylor Wessing City duo leave to head legal at client OB10 and boost construction at Wedlake Bell Legal Business Taylor Wessing has lost two senior London partners as UK telecoms head Patrick Clark moves to head the legal team at…
New GCs for Tiffany and Visa as Northern Trust appoints Jenner & Block MP as legal chief Legal Business The latest senior in-house moves have seen luxury jewellery company Tiffany & Co promote Leigh Harlan to take over as general…
Further expansion for Irwin Mitchell as it opens ninth UK office in Cambridge Legal Business Irwin Mitchell will open its ninth office in the UK in the latest stage of its expansion plans after securing a…
Linklaters and Simpson Thacher lead on Sanpower’s landmark acquisition of House of Fraser Legal Business Linklaters and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have taken lead roles on the landmark acquisition by Chinese conglomerate Sanpower Group of a majority…
‘Difficult quarter’ for Citigroup as it discloses 33% increase in Q1 2014 legal spend Legal Business Citigroup has joined a raft of global financial institutions that have declared a substantial rise in their legal spend, up…
Herbert Smith Freehills shakes off post-merger politics in favour of sole global corporate head as Ferraro takes over Legal Business Setting aside the notoriously difficult post-merger politics of selecting one partner to run a core practice area, Herbert Smith Freehills today…
Hogan Lovells gives voice to partners under 45 with new board level role Legal Business Hogan Lovells has taken a clear step towards giving its younger partners a high level representative voice with the announcement today…
‘There’s no-one of the scale to rival us’ – HSF’s new litigation head talks strategy Legal Business Justin D’Agostino has taken over as global head of dispute resolution at commercial litigation heavyweight Herbert Smith Freehills. Here the…
ABS latest: Fairpoint Group to acquire Simpson Millar for £9m Legal Business Finance company Fairpoint Group has today (9 April) announced its intention to acquire Leeds-based Simpson Millar.
Filling one of Europe’s top legal jobs – JP Morgan hires Nomura’s Piers Le Marchant as new EMEA general counsel Legal Business It’s often said that the finance industry has been in retreat since the 2008 banking crisis but there is no…
