Legal Business Awards 2020 – Management Partner of the Year Nathalie Tidman We now come to the penultimate award of our 2020 Legal Business Awards season and we are delighted to reveal…
Relentless as ever: Kirkland surpasses own record to promote 145 new partners and 16 in London Nathalie Tidman In characteristic ‘retrenchment be damned’ fashion, Kirkland & Ellis has beaten its own record for the number of partners it…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – US Law Firm of the Year Nathalie Tidman The entries have been assessed and our research completed: we are now delighted to reveal our US Law Firm of…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Lawyer of the Year Nathalie Tidman After reviewing the evidence for dozens of candidates, we are delighted to reveal our Lawyer of the Year for the…
Burges Salmon rides out Covid crisis to break £100m revenue threshold Nathalie Tidman Burges Salmon has become the latest firm to defy market uncertainty in the face of the coronavirus pandemic as it…
Skadden doubles down on City recruitment drive with hire of Freshfields star Embley Nathalie Tidman Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has hired one of the most well-known M&A partners in the City, Freshfields Bruckhaus…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – CSR Programme of the Year Nathalie Tidman After reviewing dozens of highly impressive entries, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of CSR Programme of the…
‘An easy decision’: Sidley London private equity team lands at Goodwin Nathalie Tidman Goodwin’s already eye-catching City office has pulled off another coup, attracting the storied Sidley Austin private equity team led by…
Glass ceiling finally shattered for Magic Circle as Freshfields elects female senior partner Nathalie Tidman While the upper echelon of City law has seen senior female leaders before in Penelope Warne at CMS, Sonya Leydecker…
Australia yields two new board members for Ashurst as Davies gets re-elected in London Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has elected two new board members from its corporate partner ranks in Sydney and Melbourne while respected dealmaker Karen Davies…
Dealwatch: Tech going gangbusters as elite firms line up $40bn SoftBank buyout and Klarna equity raise Nathalie Tidman Standing out as one of the biggest mandates for external advisers in recent weeks, NVIDIA’s $40bn acquisition of Arm Limited…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Corporate Team of the Year Nathalie Tidman The entries have been assessed, the shortlists have been drawn up and our panel of general counsel judges have had…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Private Equity Team of the Year Nathalie Tidman After much back-and-forth between the judges in a keenly contested category, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Finance Team of the Year Nathalie Tidman After much back-and-forth between the judges in this keenly contested category, we are now delighted to reveal the winner of…
Legal Business Awards 2020 – Restructuring Team of the Year Nathalie Tidman The entries were reviewed and our panel of general counsel judges delivered their verdicts: we are now delighted to reveal…
Freshfields tax drama back in spotlight as Germany’s finance minister throws future mandates into doubt Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been dragged into the spotlight yet again for its role in the cum-ex tax scandal, with Germany’s…
Dealwatch: Software sector proves bullish against Covid turmoil as elite firms line up on big-ticket buyouts Nathalie Tidman Dealmakers have been Zoom-toasting a raft of strategic buyouts this week, with the software sector proving one of the most…
Beckwith appeal date set as ex-Freshfields partner challenges liability and costs in #MeToo case Nathalie Tidman An appeal by former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Ryan Beckwith against the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal’s (SDT) decision in his misconduct case is set…
‘Difficult circumstances’: Irwin Mitchell reports tenth consecutive year of growth albeit Covid-subdued Nathalie Tidman After last year’s show-stealing performance when Irwin Mitchell’s profit soared 76% and revenue grew 9%, the firm has reported a more…
Freshfields refutes partner misconduct in handling alleged rape case as SRA confirms probe Nathalie Tidman Just when Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer probably thought its #MeToo woes were behind it, a fresh spotlight has been shone on…
