Marking a merger: how is BCLP’s transatlantic tie-up faring? Tom Cox Back in 2018, Therese Pritchard and Lisa Mayhew – then freshly appointed co-chairs of the first significant financially integrated transatlantic…
Hogan Lovells joins top firms in £3.6bn Royal Mail takeover as UK govt approves bid Tom Cox Hogan Lovells has secured a new role as adviser to the UK government on the £3.6bn acquisition of International Distribution Services…
A good time to be mid-tier: private equity interest on the rise as mid-market thrives Tom Cox The LB100 results for 2023-24 are in, and while the demise of the mid-market has been long forecast, the numbers…
Moving up the food chain: Browne Jacobson on rapid growth and remaining inclusive Tom Cox Richard Medd’s tenure as Browne Jacobson managing partner began in the spring of 2020, amid the chaos of the early…
Hunton takes 11-strong energy team from EY Law as CC and Latham make key hires Tom Cox Leading the moves this week, US law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth has expanded its London office with the addition of an…
Dealwatch: US trio lead on $3.8bn Anglo American coal sale as Apax seals £700m professional services buyout Tom Cox Latham & Watkins, Jones Day, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz are advising on Anglo American’s sale of its Australian…
BDB Pitmans rebrands as Broadfield as discussions over US tie-up continue Tom Cox BDB Pitmans has completed its rebrand as Broadfield, joining as the founding member of a planned global network of mid-market…
White & Case hires former A&O corporate chief as Latham raids Weil for elite insolvency team Tom Cox Leading the high-profile moves this week, White & Case has hired Richard Browne as a partner into its global M&A practice.…
Travers private equity departures continue as practice head leaves Tom Cox Lucie Cawood, the head of Travers Smith’s private equity and financial sponsors group, has left the firm, marking the latest…
Kirkland adds first structured finance partner in London as Cravath hires Linklaters lev fin duo Tom Cox US firms are once again on the march in London, with Kirkland and Cravath leading the moves of the last…
Glasses half full Tom Cox Geoff Moore, managing partner of Ireland’s Arthur Cox, is looking at life with his glass very much half full, and…
Vodafone UK head of legal Karen Thorpe on winning LB’s In-House Team of the Year and Vodafone’s ‘once in a lifetime’ merger with Three Tom Cox With work including the proposed merger of Vodafone and Three’s UK businesses – a deal that would create the largest mobile operator…
‘Why not me?’ – the law firms leading the way in the Social Mobility Employer Index Tom Cox Browne Jacobson has topped the 2024 Social Mobility Employer Index with Slaughter and May, Linklaters, Lewis Silkin, Norton Rose Fulbright…
Paul Weiss strikes Kirkland again, while Debevoise, Weil and Goodwin bolster London ranks Tom Cox Leading the latest moves, Paul Weiss hired Kirkland financial regulatory partner Prem Mohan as head of European financial services regulation in…
‘A powerful thing’ – how the Mindful Business Charter is reinvigorating efforts to tackle mental health issues in law Tom Cox It’s not news to anyone that the legal profession is stressful. As Michael Cavers, head of debt capital markets at…
Slaughter and May matches magic circle peers with NQ pay hike to £150k Tom Cox Slaughter and May has raised pay for newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers to £150,000, bringing the firm to parity with its Magic…
Broadfield of dreams: BDB Pitmans signs up for new Alvarez & Marsal legal venture Tom Cox While the legal market is never short of speculation about the next potential merger, last month saw news of an…
Financial results 2023-24: early figures point to rosier picture for LB100 leaders Tom Cox With results continuing to stream in, the initial picture is that the UK’s largest law firms are shrugging off the…
Paul Weiss continues to add Kirkland alumni in London as TDR GC Holdsworth joins Tom Cox Paul Weiss has continued its rapid London expansion with the hire of TDR Capital general counsel David Holdsworth, who is…
‘There are not many cases like this’ – the lawyers in Olympic boxer Imane Khelif’s corner Tom Cox Algerian boxer Imane Khelif made headlines around the world when her Olympic bout against Italy’s Angela Carini ended after just…
