Unsecured creditors to lose almost £34m as KWM Europe admin continues Legal Business KWM China buys reassurance by taking SJ Berwin name An initial report into the financial affairs of King & Wood…
Freshfields wins mandate on Standard Life/Aberdeen Asset Management £11bn merger Legal Business Magic Circle firm acts alongside Slaughters and Maclays With the asset management market tipped for further consolidation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…
Magic Circle duo land £2.2bn energy deal as antitrust concerns surface Legal Business Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken lead roles as UK energy services giant Wood Group is to acquire its…
Davis Polk and Kirkland latest to pare back Hong Kong practices as US firm exits continue Legal Business Firms retreat as funds raised through IPOs in the region fall 26% Davis Polk & Wardwell and Kirkland & Ellis…
Going Dutch: Dentons sets out new European integration strategy after Boekel merger Legal Business Dentons is set to combine with Dutch firm Boekel, completing its third phase of European expansion, which has seen the…
Going Dutch: Dentons sets out new European integration strategy after Boekel merger Legal Business Dentons is set to combine with Dutch firm Boekel, completing its third phase of European expansion, which has seen the…
News in brief – April 2017 Legal Business 300 JOBS CUT AHEAD OF CMS MERGER Approximately 300 support staff roles are to be cut at CMS Cameron McKenna,…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in April 2017 Legal Business HSF AND BLP ADVISE ON £1.1BN CHEESEGRATER SALE Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and Mayer Brown led…
Global London 2017 Legal Business Menu Swoop to conquer – a turbulent year for US firms in London but no retreat Global London 2017 –…
Standing tall – The Legal Business Awards 2017 Legal Business The 20th annual Legal Business Awards were presented in front of 900 guests in a gala ceremony on 23 March,…
Focus: Dechert Legal Business London office headcount: 165 lawyers, 42 partners Fee-earner headcount change since 2011: +72% London office management committee: Camille Abousleiman (chair),…
Focus: Sidley Austin Legal Business London office headcount: 134 lawyers, 45 partners Fee-earner headcount change since 2011: +17% London head: Matthew Dening Office speciality: Funds,…
Cadwalader London office turnover nears $45m as firm quadruples City practice in four years Legal Business While the firm has been the subject of media scrutiny as it refocuses its US business, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft…
Linklaters takes Bovis mandate from Freshfields as Slaughters and Camerons line up on builders takeover talks Legal Business Linklaters has won a mandate to lead takeover defence for FTSE 250 housebuilder Bovis Homes, advising on merger bids from…
Government begins tender process for new £90m finance panel Legal Business Despite a drastic reduction in firms for its general advice panel, the government has indicated it will not reduce the…
‘The way forward’: Weightmans latest LB100 firm to establish global insurance alliance Legal Business Following DAC Beachcroft‘s decision to establish a four-firm international network earlier this year, Weightmans is collaborating with firms from the…
US heavyweights big contenders in TransferWise external counsel review Legal Business Payments company TransferWise is in the process of finalising its first ever roster of firms in what general counsel Jenifer…
Solicitors’ tribunal hands Clyde & Co record fine under money laundering rules Legal Business In one of the largest penalties awarded against a law firm by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Clyde & Co has…
Media moves: Channel 4 general counsel Prash Naik to depart after more than two decades Legal Business Channel 4’s Prash Naik is to leave the media company just over three years after his appointment as general counsel…
