Goodwin makes good on Taylor Wessing hires with Cambridge office opening Nathalie Tidman The expansive Goodwin has leveraged its recent four-strong band of life sciences and technology laterals from Taylor Wessing to open a…
Partner promotions: Cleary bypasses the City as Ropes again makes up just one in London Nathalie Tidman Despite previously denying claims that the firm is retrenching in London, Ropes & Gray has promoted just one new partner…
Deal View: A&O’s corporate practice has matured nicely but will O’Melveny fallout take its toll? Nathalie Tidman Habitually viewed as the poor relation to its unparalleled banking and finance practice, Allen & Overy (A&O)’s corporate team has…
Beckwith ruling a wake-up call for profession as regulators close in on #MeToo complaints Nathalie Tidman Ruling sends strong message but Nathalie Tidman finds unease over watchdog’s shifting remit October’s prosecution of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner…
Freshfields secures trophy four-partner US deal team as debate over leadership continues Nathalie Tidman In what it hopes will signal a breakthrough for its US business, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has secured the hire of a…
Tip of the iceberg: Beckwith prosecution sparks Freshfields misconduct and financial penalty clampdown Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has ushered in radical reforms to handling misbehaviour, including financial penalties, as the #MeToo fallout intensifies following…
A&O’s transatlantic woes continue as New York leveraged finance pair quit for Shearman Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy (A&O) has suffered a fresh blow to its transatlantic aspirations following its failed US merger as two…
Weil’s City office sees 23% profit hike as top-earning partner takes home £1.7m Nathalie Tidman The City office of Weil, Gotshal & Manges increased revenue 15% from £126.1m to top £144.8m during 2018, the firm’s recent…
Big deal: Weil makes symbolic London play with hire of Linklaters M&A star Avery-Gee Nathalie Tidman In a rare marquee hire for Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Linklaters M&A star David Avery-Gee (pictured) is joining the US…
Bakers makes eleventh City lateral in last year with Ashurst corporate hire Nathalie Tidman Ashurst’s global head of corporate Jason Radford (pictured) is unfazed by the loss to Baker McKenzie’s prolific City hiring spree…
Kirkland smashes promotion round record for elite firm with 141 new partners and 16 in the City Nathalie Tidman The world’s highest-grossing law firm Kirkland & Ellis has unveiled the largest partner promotion round ever seen by a top…
A&O adds NY capability in London as Freshfields lures Linklaters Paris partner Nathalie Tidman A double Magic Circle hire today (17 September) has seen Allen & Overy (A&O) hiring financial services regulation counsel Knox…
Life during law: Ian Bagshaw Nathalie Tidman I’m less Marmite than I was. Never been deferential. Having a Mancunian directness, I was brought up by people who…
Deal View: Five years on – How Akin Gump’s Bingham acquisition turned bust to boom in the City Nathalie Tidman ‘Our team was nearly twice the size of Akin Gump’s London team. There was potential for vulnerability on both sides.…
LB100 Second 25: A brooding gloom in sunshine Nathalie Tidman On paper, an 11% jump in average revenue to £135.5m for the second 25 looks like a great leap forward…
Case study: Kennedys Nathalie Tidman Kennedys senior partner Nick Thomas describes 2018/19 as a year of consolidation: ‘The acquisitions are up and running and, despite…
‘Focus and speed’: A&O to fast-track US investment after foiled O’Melveny merger with new hires imminent Nathalie Tidman Andrew Ballheimer, Allen & Overy’s (A&O’s) global managing partner, has promised heavy investment in its US practice in the wake of…
The deal is off: A&O and O’Melveny call an end to transatlantic merger talks Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has conceded the ‘compelling synergies’ between it and O’Melveny & Myers were not quite enough to seal…
Freshfields denies wrongdoing in tax advice amid €50m settlement payout Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has brought to an end a lawsuit brought against the firm by the liquidator of the insolvent…
Linklaters leads Magic Circle pack amid solid 2018/19 trading but uncertainty looms over the City elite Nathalie Tidman Lawyers are a pessimistic bunch by nature and, with the big four Magic Circle firms posting another year of solid…
