Yen Sum, Sidley Austin Operating in some of the most fluid areas of finance, restructuring and funds specialist Yen Sum is rapidly becoming one of the City’s most tipped finance counsel. She joined Linklaters in 2002 before a three-year spell on Barclays’ leveraged finance team, returning to Linklaters in 2008. She describes Barclays as a …
Claire McDaid, Willkie Farr & Gallagher While it is always difficult to untangle the platform from the individual, Willkie Farr & Gallagher’s Claire McDaid’s (pictured above) record as a business-builder could not be clearer. The former Kirkland & Ellis partner was recruited in 2014 along with Matthew Dean to spearhead a City private equity practice …
Penelope Warne, CMS The gracious style of CMS UK senior partner Penelope Warne (pictured above) belies a practitioner with rock solid credentials as an entrepreneurial and assured energy adviser. Joining the firm in 1993 she set up and successfully built its Aberdeen practice and went on to be a decisive force in its successful merger with …
White & Case’s City office posted revenue of $328m for 2017, a 13% increase on last year’s $290m figure, while Cooley has reached $57.5m in its third year in London. Globally, Sidley Austin has also posted significant revenue and profit growth for 2017. 2017 global revenues for White & Case also saw a substantial boost, …
Germany has today (12 February) taken centre stage in the European lateral recruitment market with Clyde & Co announcing the launch of a new office in Hamburg on the back of a four-partner team hire from insurance and shipping rival Ince & Co. Clyde will be launching its second German office after Düsseldorf later this …
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The UK’s top law firms have begun disclosing figures on gender pay gaps, with an initial round of numbers showing City giant Linklaters has the biggest gulf between male and female earnings. The Magic Circle firm on Wednesday (7 February) published its figures for gender pay bands, as required under legislation introduced last year, which showed …
Contrasting fortunes summarises the position of two key US players in the London market these days, with an expansive Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy posting its highest-ever London revenues while Jones Day has seen three City partners leave since the start of the year. Revenue at Milbank’s London office grew 9% to $125m in 2017 …
Baker McKenzie is to launch a review of its procedures following the handling of an allegation that one of its partners sexually assaulted a junior lawyer. Bakers confirmed the move after details of the incident and its handling went public on Friday (2 February). In a statement, Bakers confirmed the partner will be leaving the …
Last week saw a busy lateral recruitment market pick up again, with Fieldfisher and Mayer Brown making headline deals at the expense of Dentons and Allen & Overy (A&O). Dentons’ former UK head of IP John Linneker is to join Fieldfisher after 13 years at the global giant.
A Baker McKenzie partner has been accused of sexually assaulting an associate, it has emerged in the latest of a string of uncomfortable developments for the legal profession. The incident occurred several years ago and was reported by the law firm’s HR team. Bakers carried out an investigation and ‘sanctioned’ the partner, who has remained …
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