Revolving Doors: Proskauer, Mayer Brown and Pinsents hire in PE as A&O Shearman loses German arbitration head Will Lewallen Martin Graham has joined Proskauer’s private equity and M&A team in London, returning to private practice after 18 years at…
Revolving Doors: Latham boosts London life sciences as Weil hires German PE partners Will Lewallen Latham & Watkins has hired intellectual property and life sciences partner Lydia Torne to its office in London. Torne, who is…
Top firms in the game for record $55bn EA buyout Will Lewallen A raft of top law firms have scored lead roles as American video game company Electronic Arts (EA) has agreed…
Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer kicks off US investment plan with first post-merger lateral Will Lewallen Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer has made its first US lateral hire since its transatlantic merger this summer, bringing in a…
Ashurst opens in Casablanca: how firms are betting on an investment boom in Morocco Will Lewallen Ashurst has this week launched its first office in Africa, becoming the latest international firm to open in Morocco, as…
Ex-Clifford Chance partner exits Arsenal in board shakeup Will Lewallen Arsenal executive vice chair and former Clifford Chance partner Tim Lewis has parted ways from the North London football club,…
LB Awards Law Firm of the Year 2025 – why Freshfields is a contender Will Lewallen Of the UK-heritage firms in the running for Law Firm of the Year at the LB Awards, Freshfields stands out…
Top firms advise on €3.1bn IPO in European listings revival Will Lewallen Latham & Watkins, Linklaters and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have scored lead roles as security company Verisure announces plans to…
Freshfields to cut back Manchester paralegal ranks with redundancy round Will Lewallen Freshfields has become the latest major law firm to announce job cuts this year, with up to 19 paralegal roles…
‘There’s significant capital flowing into Italy’ – Ropes makes Milan move with Latham team hire Will Lewallen Ropes & Gray has ramped up its European expansion with the launch of a new office in Milan, hiring a…
Latham and Paul Weiss score lead roles as Apollo injects €3.2bn into RWE joint venture Will Lewallen Latham & Watkins and Paul Weiss have scored major roles acting for Apollo as the private capital fund targets European…
Revolving Doors: Ropes restocks in PE as Slaughters sees double partner departure Will Lewallen September is here, summer is over and this week’s Revolving Doors has a flurry of moves as partners everywhere return…
Role scorers: the law firms on the biggest deals of a record £3bn Premier League transfer window Will Lewallen The summer transfer window has seen Premier League clubs splash record amounts of cash on new players, with total spending…
Addleshaws posts fifth consecutive year of double-digit revenue growth Will Lewallen Addleshaw Goddard has posted double-digit revenue growth for the fifth consecutive financial year, marking a successful first 12 months in…
Quartet of transatlantic firms get VIP access as Soho House goes private in $2.7bn deal Will Lewallen A quartet of international law firms have taken key roles on a take-private deal which has seen international private members…
Slaughters, Latham and HSFK lead on National Grid’s £1.5bn LNG sale Will Lewallen Slaughter and May, Latham & Watkins and Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer have all taken lead roles on Centrica’s £1.5bn acquisition…
South Asian Heritage Month: ‘My experiences have shaped me – that adds value in terms of what I bring to the firm’ Will Lewallen Twenty years ago, Sajida Hussain approached the reception desk of an assessment centre and said she was there for an…
Eversheds Sutherland pushes PEP to £1.4m as revenue sees another year of growth Will Lewallen Eversheds Sutherland has posted across-the-board increases for the 2024-25 financial year, with profit per equity partner (PEP) closing in on…
Pinsents posts modest revenue increase as PEP stalls Will Lewallen Pinsent Masons grew revenue by just under 5% during the last financial year, with the increase in fee income coming…
Slaughters and A&O Shearman lead on £2.4bn takeover of FTSE 250 financial services group Will Lewallen Slaughter and May and A&O Shearman have taken lead roles on the £2.4bn takeover of FTSE 250 financial services firm…
