‘Clients are more confident about the market’: Baker & McKenzie becomes world’s largest law firm Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has overtaken DLA Piper as the world’s largest law firm, with revenues for the year ending 30…
Slaughters posts high trainee retention rate while BLP keeps on 83% Tom Moore Slaughter and May, which is well known for its high retention rates, has kept on 33 out of its 34…
Wachtell, A&O and Gibson Dunn lead on Walgreens acquisition of Boots Tom Moore The largest drug retailer in the US, Walgreens, has instructed Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Magic Circle firm Allen…
Vinson & Elkins snatches BLP arbitration partner ahead of Panama Canal dispute Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner arbitration partner Amir Ghaffari has switched to Vinson & Elkins as the firm looks to gear up…
Monckton Chambers secures largest ever award from European Court of Human Rights in second historic Yukos ruling Tom Moore In what becomes the second multibillion dollar award against Russia in the space of a week, the European Court of…
Freshfields wins Deutsche Bank $243m pay out from Sebastian Holdings Tom Moore The UK Court of Appeal has ruled that investment fund Sebastian Holdings must pay Germany’s Deutsche Bank $243m after losing…
BLP begins consultations to ease rules around managing out partners Tom Moore Following a period of upheaval that has seen Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) exit a number of non-performing senior lawyers, the…
Shearman & Sterling secures historic $50bn arbitration award in epic Yukos dispute Tom Moore Russia has been ordered to pay $50.08bn to the majority shareholders in Yukos Oil Company, once Russia’s largest oil producer,…
Simmons & Simmons expands in Saudi Arabia Tom Moore Top 20 UK firm Simmons & Simmons is set to expand in Saudi Arabia through the opening of a new…
Slaughters and Links lead on £3bn Carillion/Balfour talks; HSF and A&O advise on BSkyB’s £7.4bn European acquisitions Tom Moore Construction group Carillion has instructed Slaughter and May’s corporate heavy hitter William Underhill and fellow corporate partner Kathy Hughes to…
A&O, Addleshaw and Hogan Lovells line up on Co-op’s £620m pharmacy spin-off to Bestway Tom Moore As the Co-operative Group moves to reduce its £1.2bn capital deficit and focus on core business lines it has turned…
Real estate: Ashurst and Reed Smith lead on prime £300m New Bond Street acquisition Tom Moore Ashurst’s head of real estate investment David Jones has advised opposite Reed Smith on the £300m purchase of a 50,000 sq…
Asia-Pacific: office number 76 for Baker & McKenzie in Brisbane Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has opened a third office in Australia, launching in Brisbane as it targets expansion into energy and…
‘Sharpening its corporate offering’ – Middleditch is Linklaters new corporate chief as Wiggins takes on sector role Tom Moore Asia-based Matthew Middleditch has today (14 July) been named Linklaters‘ new head of corporate, replacing current incumbent Jeremy Parr, as…
Dealwatch: HSF and Slaughters UK advisers on AbbVie’s $51bn bid for Shire Tom Moore Herbert Smith Freehills‘ corporate partners James Palmer and Gillian Fairfield have taken the UK lead on US drugmaker AbbVie’s proposed…
Lawyers On Demand looks beyond City with regional launch Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP)’s spin-off lawyer contracting service Lawyers on Demand (LoD) is set to launch its first hub outside…
Q&A with Blake Morgan’s Walter Cha Tom Moore The merger between Blake Lapthorn and Morgan Cole went live on 1 July to create Blake Morgan. The firm’s managing…
Bird & Bird secures further international tie-up with Istanbul tech leader BTS Tom Moore Bird & Bird has entered into a cooperation agreement with leading Istanbul IT and telecoms boutique BTS & Partners, just a…
Freshfields and Linklaters lead on SSP Group’s float Tom Moore Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are advising on the float of SSP Group, the owner of Millie’s Cookies and Uppercrust,…
‘Hundreds of thousands of pounds are earmarked’: Linklaters’ senior partner Robert Elliott talks new diversity targets Tom Moore As Linklaters yesterday (9 June) became the second Magic Circle firm after Allen & Overy to put in place gender diversity…
