Life during law: Paul Maher Marco Cillario I grew up in North West London. My parents came from working-class, Irish Catholic backgrounds from Liverpool. Nobody had been…
Iberia: Off the Richter scale Marco Cillario ‘An earthquake’; ‘very shocking’; ‘difficult to understand’; ‘one of the most relevant moves in the market over the last few…
Reports of the death of CC’s sponsor practice prove exaggerated but surviving isn’t thriving Marco Cillario Marco Cillario finds much more substance to CC’s PE business than the usual critique but stopping managed relative decline will…
Magic Circle partner promotions: numbers fall but gender diversity improves Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses the latest rounds at London’s big five The overall number of partner promotions at Magic Circle firms…
Covington continues European expansion with Frankfurt private equity launch Marco Cillario Global 100 player Covington & Burling is taking a shot at the German private equity market, launching an office in…
Dentons gets even more polycentric with seven-way tie-up and Australia hires Marco Cillario Dentons, the world’s largest globetrotting firm, has added 17 partners from an ailing Australian shop and announced a combination with…
Addleshaw Goddard recruits legacy BLP Asia head Marco Cillario As the inevitable fallout from the $900m Bryan Cave/Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) tie-up continues, Addleshaw Goddard is following up on…
Kirkland makes surprise push into City IP with hire of A&O practice chief Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins’ City lateral hires outside its traditional transactional heartlands have been in the news for a while, but…
Latham continues European assault with Magic Circle hire in Germany while Ropes adds London finance partner from Goldman Marco Cillario US firms have been busy expanding their European finance ranks this week, with Latham & Watkins scooping yet another Magic…
Linklaters partners to disclose personal relationships alongside new external whistleblowing hotline Marco Cillario Partners and staff at Linklaters will have to notify the firm of any personal relationships with colleagues that may lead to…
‘Unique in our field’: Latham taps Linklaters for fourth City regulatory partner in quick time Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins is ramping up its ambitions to expand beyond its traditional transactional heartlands in the City after tapping the…
NRF partner promotions delayed as firm moves to US financial reporting ‘to align with the global business’ Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is shifting its financial reporting to the US calendar year-end in a symbolic move towards a more…
‘Synergies and cost savings’: Links, Slaughters and Gibson Dunn advise as Sainsbury’s takes over Asda to create supermarket giant Marco Cillario Linklaters, Slaughter and May and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher have won key roles as Sainsbury’s agreed to merge with Asda…
Fieldfisher, Kirkland and Stephenson Harwood the major winners at 2018 Legal Business Awards Marco Cillario Fieldfisher, Kirkland & Ellis and Stephenson Harwood were the big winners at the 2018 Legal Business Awards in front of…
UK rules: London in the spotlight as Mayer Brown appoints City veteran Clay as managing partner Marco Cillario In a marked shift in leadership away from its Illinois roots, Global 100 giant Mayer Brown has appointed City-based veteran…
Life during law: Richard Youle, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Marco Cillario When I moved to Hull from Sheffield at five my next-door neighbour was a just-born, [Linklaters partner] Alex Woodward –…
‘Investments have come home’: City branches stand out in big year for US players Marco Cillario Marco Cillario finds City offices outpacing worldwide growth at many Global London firms 2017 was a boom year for many…
‘It’s a promotion problem’: what the gender pay gap figures tell us so far Marco Cillario Marco Cillario rounds up the latest stats as the April deadline looms And so it begins. The first gender pay…
The generation game – Linklaters makes Italian corporate play with veteran rainmaker Casati Marco Cillario It is well known that Italian law firms owe much of their fortunes to a small group of veteran rainmakers…
Come together – Bakers unites UK and EMEA under single profit pool but Germany and France stay out Marco Cillario Integration has long been one of the key issues for Baker McKenzie, a firm with heritage as a franchise and…
