‘We need to be in London to enable us to meet our clients’ global needs’: Another US litigation boutique launches in London Jaishree Kalia Financial services boutique BuckleySandler is set to launch its first international office as it expands its global financial crimes practice.
Bingham’s City arm faces restructuring team exodus to Akin Gump Jaishree Kalia Bingham McCutchen is set to suffer the departure of a team of City partners from the firm’s trophy financial restructuring…
Boies Schiller hires WilmerHale’s Miles to boost London arbitration Jaishree Kalia US litigation powerhouse Boies Schiller & Flexner has hired long-serving arbitration partner Wendy Miles from Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr…
LB100: The Top 25 – Wind in their Sails Jaishree Kalia Consolidating firms are jostling for position in the race to dominate international and UK markets. But even amid fairer conditions,…
The Target – will tougher measures finally boost gender diversity in the City? Jaishree Kalia Faced with dire rates of female retention, law firms have abandoned previous resistance to public gender targets for their partnerships.…
A&O closer to launching new South Africa office with Bowman team Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) is getting closer to becoming the first Magic Circle firm to launch a South Africa base…
Trainee retention round up: Slaughters leads Magic Circle as A&O keeps on 82% of trainees Jaishree Kalia All of the Magic Circle firms have unveiled their trainee retention rates for the September 2014 intake with Allen &…
Winckworth Sherwood and Richard Buxton advise as Queen’s former doctor takes action against City of London and St Barts Jaishree Kalia Winckworth Sherwood and Richard Buxton have won roles advising on the judicial review of planned development works to Barts hospital’s…
Revolving doors: US sees spate of lateral hires Jaishree Kalia Lateral hires last week have seen Mayer Brown, DLA Piper and Reed Smith make key hires in their US practices,…
Scottish firms: Burness Paull awards staff 10% bonus while Shepherd and Wedderburn grows construction team Jaishree Kalia Scottish firm Burness Paull is awarding a 10% bonus to all its eligible employees across the firm’s three offices in…
Clydes hires Kennedys aviation heavyweight as it builds practice Jaishree Kalia Clyde & Co has hired Kennedys’ aviation liability and insurance star David Johnston with further lateral hires expected.
Dewey liquidators confirm payout while Cobbetts’ payments are postponed Jaishree Kalia As the fallout from the demise of Dewey & LeBoeuf continues, liquidators of the UK arm are assessing paying an…
Magic Circle duo advise on LSE’s £938m rights issue as part of £1.6bn Frank Russell acquisition Jaishree Kalia Magic Circle firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters, alongside some of the leading US firms, have advised on the London…
Ashurst starts out-of-hours worker redundancies Jaishree Kalia The past year has seen a number of UK firms scale back their back-office support teams to become more efficient…
Stephenson Harwood gets licence to open Seoul office Jaishree Kalia Stephenson Harwood will open its Seoul office in autumn this year after the Korean Ministry of Justice awarded the firm…
Ashurst downsizes Adelaide office as head relocates Jaishree Kalia Global top-40 firm Ashurst is scaling back its Adelaide office headcount as its only Adelaide-based partner and office head Tanya…
Serious Fraud Office settles first Tchenguiz case for £3m with a further £3m in costs Jaishree Kalia The high profile Tchenguiz brothers’ lawsuit against the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) for around £300m has finally settled after the…
BP announces specialist panel with Fieldfisher returning to the fold Jaishree Kalia BP has selected nine firms to provide niche legal services as part of its wider panel. Firms appointed are Baker…
Stress testing the strategy – post-merger Ashurst calls in Bain for ‘market insight’ Jaishree Kalia It’s been a bumpy road into the Global Top 50 but with a high stakes merger with Australia’s Blake Dawson…
In-house: BT Global Services GC moves to Serco Jaishree Kalia UK outsourcing company Serco has hired BT Global Services general counsel (GC) David Eveleigh as its group GC and company…
