Regulatory work: Cadwalader and Cleary face off over Ryanair/Aer Lingus, while Links and HSF advise on PPI compensation pot Jaishree Kalia In a move being watched with interest by M&A lawyers and competition experts throughout Europe, the Competition Commission (CC) has…
Revolving Doors: Ashurst makes key energy hire in New York as Gibson Dunn and Squire Sanders expand in London Jaishree Kalia Ashurst this week announced the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) energy partner Charles Williams in a bid to boost…
Financial results 2013: LG’s revenue falls for a third year while Irwin Mitchell posts turnover and profit growth Jaishree Kalia Top 25-firm Irwin Mitchell has today (26 July) posted strong revenue and profit growth for the last financial year, while…
Why the Serious Fraud Office should now be left to get on with its knitting Jaishree Kalia The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is an organisation under pressure. Pressure from MPs over the severance packages of former executives,…
Turns out not all publicity is good as law firm admits it revealed JK Rowling’s secret crime novel side-line Jaishree Kalia Media law firms have long received a profile far outranking their small size thanks to their close proximity to celebrity…
India calling: Freshfields and Linklaters make key India hires as Amarchand opens up its partnership Jaishree Kalia The periodic excitement over the liberalisation of the Indian legal market may currently be reduced to background chatter but the…
UK financial roll call: Wragge & Co, Hill Dicks, Watson Farley and Trowers reveal 2012/13 numbers Jaishree Kalia The UK top 100 financial roll call has seen Wragge & Co, Watson, Farley & Williams, Trowers & Hamlins and…
Reporting season floodgates open as four major City firms reveal 2012/13 revenues Jaishree Kalia Reporting season has opened in earnest in the City as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer today (5 July) reveals it has bucked…
After the surge a pause – expansive A&O sees a lull in growth as first Magic Circle player confirms 2013 results Jaishree Kalia Having been the stand-out City player in its weight class since the 2008 banking crisis re-shaped the global legal market,…
White & Case continues capital markets drive as Milan boasts full DCM suite Jaishree Kalia White & Case has made no secret of its strategic objective to boost its global capital markets capability and last…
Ashurst’s new Glasgow unit ‘part of a continuing trend’ Jaishree Kalia Law firms look outside City to meet client cost expectations It is a sign of the times that the majority…
A&O finance veteran joins Co-op Jaishree Kalia Alistair Asher takes on GC role as firm acts on major bank rescue Securing a major deal and having one…
Hard-wired – meet the ‘tabloid’ lifting the lid on the world’s largest legal market Jaishree Kalia Since its 2006 launch, irreverent blog Above The Law has built a huge audience and given voice to an increasingly…
Global 100: Scheduled departures Jaishree Kalia Asia continues to dominate when it comes to new offices opened by Global 100 firms. But despite the attraction of…
Global 100: DLA Piper Jaishree Kalia A highly symbolic year for DLA Piper, with the rapidly-assembled business services juggernaut becoming the world’s largest law firm in…
Two birds, one stone – A&O finance veterans joins Co-op team as GC as firm acts on rescue Jaishree Kalia Securing a major deal and having one of your partners take a senior role with the same client is a…
Magic Circle unveils new pay levels Jaishree Kalia Four of the five Magic Circle firms have now revealed their decisions on newly qualified (NQ) and trainee salaries, with…
Cinven gifts Freshfields with IPO while HSF defends Severn Trent Jaishree Kalia A handful of major corporate mandates were unveiled last month as private equity house Cinven kicked off its £1.4bn proposed…
Forward thinking: Ashurst appoints independent non-execs to its board Jaishree Kalia Ashurst has taken the unusual step of appointing two high level non-executive directors to its board as the firm beds…
Global London rises – Sullivan & Cromwell signs up Linklaters partner for finance push Jaishree Kalia After years of conservative City growth, further signs emerge this week of Wall Street’s finest pushing into mainstream UK work…
