‘Poised for great things’: White & Case City revenue tops $350m as Milbank sees 25% turnover spike Nathalie Tidman White & Case’s expansive London office was responsible for 17% of firm-wide revenue as Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has a…
Deal watch: City and US firms defy tough M&A market with deal duo as Gateley takes the cake on Patisserie Valerie collapse Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May, Sullivan & Cromwell, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang and Ashurst have defied a challenging market to take key…
Former banking chief Trahair takes the helm of A&O’s consulting and tech arm Nathalie Tidman Andrew Trahair, Allen & Overy’s (A&O) former banking co-head, has been enlisted to head the firm’s Advanced Delivery technology and…
Dechert bolsters European funds team with key City and Dublin hires Nathalie Tidman Dechert has ramped up investment in its European funds business with a pair of hires, including Marianna Tothova in London from…
Banking and finance focus: Back to the future Nathalie Tidman ‘The truth is no-one’s got the faintest idea what finance practices will look like in the future,’ shrugs Tony Bugg,…
‘Commitment to London’: Dechert makes up three in the City amid 16-strong partner promotions round Nathalie Tidman Dechert is continuing a recent spate of investment in its London office with the promotion to partner of three in the…
Deal watch: Bakers and Slaughters drink in £3.1bn Horlicks acquisition as AJ Bell IPO yields dividends for Pinsents and Addleshaws Nathalie Tidman As the market hunkers down for the festive season, GlaxoSmithKline’s (GSK) £3.1bn sale to Unilever of Horlicks has warmed the…
‘An international guy’: Ouwehand wins Clifford Chance race to become first non-London senior partner Nathalie Tidman Clifford Chance has elected Amsterdam head Jeroen Ouwehand as its first ever senior partner based outside the City. The news comes…
Hello from the other side: CC private equity star Mahon to join Simpson Thacher Nathalie Tidman In a significant blow to Clifford Chance’s M&A practice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has enticed private equity star Amy Mahon to…
‘Real fire power’: Weil loses banking head to White & Case’s unrelenting hiring spree Nathalie Tidman White & Case’s City hiring spree continues to go great guns with the recruitment of Weil Gotshal & Manges’ well-regarded…
Life during law: Mike Francies Nathalie Tidman I was probably the world’s worst children’s entertainer. I needed a Saturday job to earn money but played football on…
Stars and stripes in their eyes – assessing the US ambitions of A&O and Freshfields Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman looks at the struggle for the City elite as US players dominate home and away ‘People like me,…
Trebles all round as Simmons re-elects Hoyland for another term Nathalie Tidman Simmons & Simmons has re-elected Jeremy Hoyland as managing partner for a third term on the back of a year of…
Ashurst seeks competitive edge with second new lawyer salary increase of 2018 Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has become the latest City firm to review its trainee and newly qualified (NQ) salaries for the second time this…
Vannin Capital shelves IPO as volatile market knocks Aston Martin and Funding Circle listings Nathalie Tidman High-profile litigation funder Vannin Capital has shelved its planned initial public offering (IPO) only one month after announcing its intention…
White & Case continues City hiring spree with Herbert Smith infra heavyweight Nathalie Tidman White & Case’s aggressive sweep on the City lateral market has continued with the hire of Herbert Smith Freehills infrastructure partner…
Deal watch: Slaughters and Kirkland drill into giant $12bn offshore plc merger as Travers and Eversheds maximise L&G’s pensions buy-out Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May and Kirkland & Ellis have led on the $12bn combination of UK Plc offshore drilling companies Ensco and Rowan…
Kirkland continues inexorable rise with record 122-strong promotions round – including 10 in London Nathalie Tidman In a move befitting of its unstoppable upward trajectory, Kirkland & Ellis has scored a new record in partner promotions,…
‘Filling in the gaps’: Bircham Dyson Bell and Pitmans eye ABS transition with merger Nathalie Tidman The partners of Bircham Dyson Bell and Pitmans have voted for a £50m merger and move to an alternative business…
‘Going gangbusters’: Freshfields’ woes continue as corporate partner Qureshi joins Fried Frank Nathalie Tidman A further exit from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s City bench has seen corporate and capital markets partner Ashar Qureshi join the…
