Dealwatch: US firms take lead in quartet of Covid-driven transactions as bounceback continues Nathalie Tidman Another prolific week in the deal world has seen US advisers dominate on an eclectic mix of transactions driven largely –…
DLA shakes off coronavirus jitters to crack £2bn global revenue amid 7% profit hike Nathalie Tidman DLA Piper has pulled off a fifth consecutive year of profit growth for its International LLP while breaking the £2bn barrier…
Dealwatch: Sign of the times as elite firms tap into $6.8bn IP deal, beleaguered restaurants buyout and oligarch asset disposal Nathalie Tidman Difficult as it may be to imagine an upside amid a pandemic, clients have proved surprisingly resourceful in the face…
‘Year of two halves’: Coronavirus takes gloss off financials for OC as revenue lifts 5% and profit drops Nathalie Tidman Osborne Clarke’s latest financial results have proven to be a mixed bag as it recorded a 5% uptick in international…
Life During Law: Andrew Ballheimer Nathalie Tidman I’m the son of immigrants and they were intent that I had an education, so I had to become a…
Life During Law: Andrew Ballheimer Nathalie Tidman I’m the son of immigrants and they were intent that I had an education, so I had to become a…
‘Not out of the woods yet’: Coronavirus puts the kibosh on Travers’ decade of revenue growth amid profit dive Nathalie Tidman Travers Smith has suffered one of its biggest financial setbacks due to the coronavirus pandemic, recording an 11% slump in…
WFW not ‘singing from the rooftops’ as it defies pandemic blues to post revenue and profit uptick Nathalie Tidman Watson Farley & Williams is the latest City firm to post robust revenue and profit figures in the face of…
‘High levels of uncertainty’: Eversheds braces for testing times amid robust revenue and profit lift Nathalie Tidman While few global firms expect to emerge unscathed from the Covid-19 crisis, Eversheds Sutherland (International) has nevertheless followed many peers…
A&O aims to tackle ‘uncomfortable truth’ with 2025 ethnic diversity targets Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy is confronting the must-solve issue of achieving ethnic diversity in City law with a raft of new…
Dealwatch: ‘glass half-full’ as Global 100 leaders line up on Centrica and eBay disposals Nathalie Tidman Dealmakers could almost be forgiven for asking ‘what crisis?’ lately as a raft of recent major deals, including Centrica’s $3.6bn…
Freshfields emerges from year of challenges and investment with 3% revenue increase and flat profit Nathalie Tidman After what has been an eventful year notwithstanding the havoc wrought by the coronavirus crisis, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has closed out…
Firm focus: Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton Nathalie Tidman London headcount: 121 lawyers, 19 partners Lawyer headcount change since 2014: 1% (-17% partners) London head: Litigation partner Sunil Gadhia…
Letter from Manhattan – The $6.4m question Nathalie Tidman ‘Not everybody gets corrupted. You have to have a little faith in people.’ The parting shot from Woody Allen’s iconic…
Firm focus: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Nathalie Tidman London headcount: 144 lawyers, 28 partners Lawyer headcount change since 2014: 15% (-7% partners) London head: Pranav Trivedi Office specialities:…
Life During Law: Scott Simpson Nathalie Tidman We had Skadden’s 30th anniversary party at Kensington Palace. Very cool. I’ve been here most of those 30 years. I…
US worst hit as Cadwalader becomes latest firm to respond to Covid-19 with pay cuts Nathalie Tidman Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has become the latest firm to take drastic financial measures as the Covid-19 pandemic reaches new…
Ashurst launches consulting arm to handle Covid-19 demand with Deloitte partner hire Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has launched a consulting business with the hire of a senior Deloitte partner in Australia to deal with growing…
A&O takes coronavirus threat to task with raft of belt-tightening measures Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has pre-empted a likely financial hit from the coronavirus crisis with a host of measures, including altering…
A&O defies coronavirus turbulence to lure back New York litigation partner Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has not let market turmoil wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic get in the way of its US…
