Deal watch: Linklaters and White & Case in landmark Africa project as Slaughters and Macfarlanes lead on Cineworld takeover Marco Cillario UK-based deal specialists were busy this week advising on cross-border transactions spanning three continents. Linklaters and White & Case have…
International doubles – Bird & Bird and Herbert Smith Freehills open new hubs in Amsterdam and Sydney Marco Cillario Bird & Bird continues to invest in its international operations, launching its second Dutch office in Amsterdam 16 years after…
Financials 2017/18: CMS claims 25% profit hike post-merger as DWF’s top line grows 23% Marco Cillario CMS UK has today (20 November) claimed profits have grown 25% in the six months since its three-way merger with…
The Brexit effect: Bristows to open first international office in 180-year history with Brussels launch Marco Cillario Technology and life sciences specialist Bristows is to open in Brussels next year in a move that underlines the impact…
Dentons targets in-house lawyers as it adds new consultancy service to Nextlaw family Marco Cillario Dentons has embarked on yet another chapter in its experimentation with the legal services model as the 8,000-lawyer giant announced…
Letter from… Frankfurt: Where political deadlock is fine for business… but not all lawyers Marco Cillario What a difference a few hundred miles can make: an election not resulting in a clear majority; a government polling…
Revolving doors: Gibson Dunn & Crutcher continues City push as Bird & Bird hires in Europe Marco Cillario The push by leading US firms in London has continued in the past week, with Gibson Dunn & Crutcher the…
‘Rationalisation and upgrade’: CMS UK sublets legacy Nabarro and Olswang headquarters Marco Cillario Six months into the UK’s largest ever legal merger, CMS has signed deals to sublet most of legacy Nabarro and…
Promotion time: Latham keeps City round at two as new partners focused on Big Apple Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins may have been aggressively sweeping up City talent from rivals but the US-based giant is remaining conservative on…
Waking the giant Marco Cillario Making Baker McKenzie stand out was once a simple business. The day in 1948 Russell Baker met John McKenzie by…
The Departed Marco Cillario Why would a partner quit an elite London law firm with decades of history, Rolls-Royce support and a superb client…
Looking stateside again: BLP in ‘surprising’ merger talks with Bryan Cave Marco Cillario ‘Surprising’ was the adjective frequently deployed by City partners in October when merger talks between Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) and…
As Nextlaw swells, will Dentons’ platform mark the end of referral clubs… or something bolder? Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses whether Nextlaw is a network or Dentonsʼ Uber With typical distaste for the status quo, Dentons chair…
Letter from… Frankfurt: Where political deadlock is fine for business… but not all lawyers Marco Cillario What a difference a few hundred miles can make: an election not resulting in a clear majority; a government polling…
NYLon focus continues as Kirkland and White & Case announce promotion rounds Marco Cillario Elite US firms ramped up their London partner headcounts in October, with Kirkland & Ellis making up a record 97…
US firms lead in Europe as Franco-German merger creates new rail giant Marco Cillario Latham and Cleary advise as Siemens and Alstom combine US law firms took the lead as Siemens agreed to combine…
Autumn dealwatch: Euro mega deals keep Magic Circle busy Marco Cillario Freshfields and K&E act on Monarch administration Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s restructuring chief Ken Baird and finance partner Catherine Balmond led…
Profitability drive sees DAC Beachcroft hike bonuses to incentivise top performers Marco Cillario DAC Beachcroft will reward top-performing partners with more generous bonuses after the top-25 Legal Business 100 firm voted through changes…
Deal watch: Latham and CC advise on billion-pound listing as market confidence starts to return Marco Cillario Global 100 leaders lined up on two billion-pound-plus European IPOs this week, as market confidence continues to return in 2017.…
Beauty parade in the offing as Government announces launch of £650m ‘legal services marketplace’ Marco Cillario Part of an ongoing and concerted effort to manage the public purse for legal advice, the Government has announced plans…
