Associate pay – Ashurst ups salaries for trainees and NQs Jaishree Kalia Ashurst has upped its salaries for London-based trainees and newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) after a two-year freeze on pay. First-year and second-year…
HMRC LLP rule change – Kennedys calls on fixed-share partners for 30% capital injection Jaishree Kalia Kennedys has become the latest UK firm to call on its fixed-share partners (FSPs) to make a 30% capital contribution…
Nabarro launches in Manchester with hire of Addleshaws trio; CMS brings in BLP partner to head aircraft finance Jaishree Kalia Nabarro is set to launch an office in Manchester with the hire of a trio of real estate partners from Addleshaw…
Loss and gain: Ashurst loses City corporate partner as KWM finance partner joins in Sydney Jaishree Kalia Ashurst yesterday (12 May) saw both sides of the lateral hiring coin as it announced the hire in Sydney of King…
Updated: A&O freezes NQ and trainee pay as it ups associate salaries; Linklaters announces increases across board Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) revealed today (8 May) that it will hold trainee and newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers’ pay at 2013 levels,…
Allen & Overy latest to launch in Myanmar despite ongoing risk factors Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the first Magic Circle firm and the latest of the UK’s top 20 to launch…
Life during law: Helen Burton Jaishree Kalia The first deal I worked on when I qualified at Allen & Overy (A&O) was for David Morley and everything…
Partner promotions: Simmons adds eight new partners, half in London Jaishree Kalia Simmons & Simmons has promoted eight lawyers to its partnership ranks, just one more than the top-20 LB100 firm made…
Back in the machine – opportunity and threats amid much-changed debt markets Jaishree Kalia After years in the post-Lehman doldrums, the finance markets are springing back to life. Legal Business assesses the forces powering…
Tesco names BLP as ‘go-to’ real estate adviser following review Jaishree Kalia In a welcome respite from a run of bad news recently, Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has been confirmed as Tesco‘s lead…
Partner promotions: Irwin Mitchell makes up 10 with 50% female ratio Jaishree Kalia Irwin Mitchell has promoted ten associates to its partnership, down on a record level of 13 last year but standing…
Ashurst loses further City corporate partner as Jonathan Earle joins Gibson Dunn Jaishree Kalia Jonathan Earle has become the latest Ashurst corporate partner to quit the top 20 firm, leaving after 16 years to…
Skadden, Freshfields and Davis Polk take the lead as blockbuster Pfizer/AstraZeneca deal gears up again Jaishree Kalia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Davis Polk & Wardwell have all landed lead roles advising…
Transatlantic Weil and Milbank teams advise on circa €2bn Flint acquisition; A&O launches Primark in the US Jaishree Kalia Weil, Gotshal & Manges London, German and New York banking teams have advised the lenders on Goldman Sachs and Koch Industries’…
First post-merger partnership round for Ashurst sees 15 promoted Jaishree Kalia Ashurst has announced its first partner promotions since its merger with Blake Dawson went live in October last year, with 15…
Partner promotions: Skadden makes up 1 City partner out of 11; Morgan Cole promotes two Jaishree Kalia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has promoted just one London lawyer to partnership in this year’s US-centric round of partner…
Partner promotions – Trowers, Nabarro and BLP see reduced numbers as Addleshaws holds on eight Jaishree Kalia Partner promotions at the UK’s leading firms have largely been down so far down this year, as firms including Trowers…
A&O duo at risk of SRA investigation after criticism of Dahdaleh conduct Jaishree Kalia Two senior litigators from Allen & Overy (A&O) face the possibility of an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) following…
Noerr cites uptick in cross-border work for revenue growth of 12.3% to €190.8m Jaishree Kalia German independent Noerr has posted a record turnover of €190.8m for 2013. The Munich-headquartered firm’s revenue grew by 12.3% from €170m…
Due south: Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole announce July merger Jaishree Kalia While talks of the giant south-east combination between Blake Lapthorn, Boyes Turner and Morgan Cole to create a £100m firm fell…
