Nathalie Tidman, Author at Legal Business

Deal watch: City high-flyers land jumbo £4.4bn BA pension deal as Blackstone’s buying spree continues

City heavyweights Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) and Eversheds Sutherland have landed key roles on Legal & General’s £4.4bn…

Mega-deals and convergence stoke M&A but subdued volumes and volatile conditions linger

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This time last year, a collective sigh of relief from City dealmakers was reverberating around the Square Mile as the…

Draining the swamp – Do NDAs represent a #MeToo problem for the profession?

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A light has lately shone on a legal document which, by definition, should never bask in the sunshine. The saga,…

High (street) stakes as Gaucho collapses into administration and House of Fraser saga takes yet another twist

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‘There’s going to be a lot of distress on the high street,’ Weil, Gotshal & Manges partner Adam Plainer told…

‘No way a sign of retrenchment’: Ropes axes four partners amid London refocus

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In what has been termed by one rival City partner as a ‘night of the long knives’, Ropes & Gray…

Another blow for Freshfields as highly-regarded QC leaves for litigation boutique

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has fielded yet another blow in the City after litigation partner Reza Mohtashami QC quit for litigation boutique Three…

‘Litigation finance is here to stay’: Former A&O senior partner Morley joins Vannin ahead of IPO

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Fast-growing litigation funder Vannin Capital has appointed former Allen & Overy senior partner David Morley as chair ahead of a…

A&O matches Magic Circle’s sluggish gender pay gap progress after finally releasing partner pay stats

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Allen & Overy’s (A&O) response to criticism over its failure to disclose the pay gap between male and female partners has…

Deal watch: Magic Circle scoops £300m Funding Circle IPO as Linklaters advises on £2bn wind farm financing

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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have scored lead mandates on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of small business lender Funding…

Magic Circle duo goes full throttle on Aston Martin’s landmark London listing

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City heavyweights Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the driving seat on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of…

‘Strong pipeline’: pay bump for A&O trainees and associates amid 80% retention rate

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Allen & Overy has become the latest Magic Circle firm to announce pay increases for its trainees and newly qualified…

Deal watch: Weil and Slaughters lead on Bain’s £1.2bn esure bid as CC and RPC land House of Fraser roles

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Weil Gotshal & Manges and Slaughter and May have scooped key mandates on Bain Capital’s proposed £1.2bn takeover of UK insurer esure…

#MeToo: SRA takes favoured consultation route to tackle criticism of firms’ misconduct reporting

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The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has launched a public consultation to inform changes to rules underpinning the reporting of misconduct…

Life during law: Amy Mahon

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My dad is a Marxist. Imagine how he felt when I became a City solicitor and married a banker. He…

Global 100 Overview: They might be giants

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It has been a dramatic year for the world’s top 100 law firms in three respects. Our prediction that the…

The City’s big four report steady growth in a boom deal year as CC leads Magic Circle

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After last year’s double-digit revenue growth for three of the big four Magic Circle firms, 2017/18 financials for the same…

Shearman wins McKimm from Freshfields as Penn returns to A&O from Cleary

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Two standout moves in June and July saw the Magic Circle and the Wall Street elite each lose and gain…

Their kind of town: White & Case hires in Chicago as firm launches in the Windy City

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More than 100 lawyers are eventually expected to join the new office White & Case is continuing its dynamic growth…

Ashurst sets sights on funds and Brexit fallout work with new Luxembourg arm

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Ashurst is targeting a significant uptick in its European funds offering, having received licence approval for a new Luxembourg office…

#MeToo: MPs slam ‘utterly shameful’ inaction on sexual harassment amid calls for an overhaul of NDAs

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A parliamentary select committee has blasted employers and regulators for failing to tackle sexual harassment in the workplace and has…