Twice as nice: Fieldfisher doubles pay to highest earning member, LLP accounts reveal Tom Moore The highest-paid LLP member at Fieldfisher took home £1.24m last year, almost twice as much as last year, following back-to-back…
Comment: After the Harvard Kool-Aid and lost years can Moore galvanise Linklaters? Tom Moore Allen & Overy‘s veteran leader David Morley remarked sometimes that in running a law firm, success or failure is less about…
Simmons & Simmons picked to defend RBS against £800m rate-rigging claim Tom Moore The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has instructed Simmons & Simmons to defend a £800m claim from former Sheffield lawyer…
After Harvard Kool-Aid and lost years can Moore galvanise Linklaters? Tom Moore Allen & Overy (A&O)’s veteran leader David Morley remarked sometimes that in running a law firm, success or failure is…
Linklaters pays out a third more to highest-earning member in latest LLP accounts Tom Moore The highest-paid LLP member at Linklaters took home £3.2m during the last financial year, a 33% increase on what was…
Codename Trident: Linklaters talks with two local firms as Shanghai venture looms Tom Moore Linklaters is in advanced discussions with two Chinese law firms, Shanghai Capital Law & Partners and Shanghai Kai-Rong Law Firm,…
Expansion mode: HSF reopens in Saudi Arabia with new association Tom Moore In its third office opening in a year, following on from launches in Düsseldorf and Johannesburg, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has…
Changing counsel: Clyde & Co swaps XXIV Old Buildings for Brick Court Chambers in $285m mining tussle Tom Moore The bitter dispute between Zamin Ferrous, the mining company run by Indian billionaire Pramod Agarwal, and embattled natural resources group…
Structured finance heavyweight Severs departs BLP for Paul Hastings Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s (BLP) head of structured debt and capital markets, Paul Severs, is leaving the firm to join Paul…
‘A big part of any growth strategy’: BLP launches in Myanmar with Baker & McKenzie hire Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner has joined the recent rush into Myanmar, launching its fourth Asian office in Yangon with Baker &…
DLA strikes groundbreaking deal to offer contract lawyering via LOD Tom Moore In a pioneering nod towards calls for the modern legal profession to be more collaborative, DLA Piper has struck a highly…
Dealwatch: Magic Circle firms lead on major City broking merger Tom Moore Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy (A&O) are orchestrating a tie-up between two of the City’s most storied brokers, Icap…
Bakers loses second star litigator to Linklaters in a week as Cassels heads for Silk St Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie global litigation head Tom Cassels has become the second senior litigator to leave the firm for Linklaters…
ABC – the brutally simple world of a private equity lawyer Tom Moore As diversifying private equity houses continue to drive transactional activity in Europe, the battle to build high-end buyout teams intensifies.…
Dealwatch: KWM, A&O and Dentons advise as China and Germany sign historic stock exchange JV Tom Moore King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) and Dentons have leveraged their considerable Asia platforms to secure roles as lead advisers on a…
Ince & Co hits choppy water in Singapore as Reed Smith appoints leadership duo Tom Moore As part of its quest to seek a local tie-up Reed Smith has secured the double hire of Ince &…
Omani sovereign wealth fund calls in Freshfields to sue Bulgaria Tom Moore Oman’s largest sovereign wealth fund has hired Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to take Bulgaria to arbitration over its role in the…
Name partner departs arbitration boutique Volterra Fietta Tom Moore Four years after leaving Latham & Watkins to launch arbitration and international law boutique Volterra Fietta, Stephen Fietta has resigned to set up…
Allen & Overy and Linklaters win key roles on £550m Quorn acquisition Tom Moore Allen & Overy and Linklaters secured advisory roles as the private equity owners of meat-substitute Quorn offloaded it to a Filipino…
Debevoise and White & Case to battle out South Korea tax arbitration Tom Moore Debevoise & Plimpton and White & Case are among firms drafted in to fight out an arbitration claim against South Korea from…
