Brexit blues: Addleshaws and Gowling WLG freeze pay as a result of referendum vote Kathryn McCann Both Addleshaw Goddard and Gowling WLG have frozen their August salary reviews until the autumn as a result of Britain’s…
Quinn makes City white-collar crime play with hire of former SFO prosecutor Amaee Legal Business Disputes powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has launched a long-anticipated corporate crime practice in London through the hire of…
Clifford Chance latest Magic Circle firm to boost New York office with restructuring hire Matthew Field Clifford Chance (CC) has tapped Chadbourne & Parke for restructuring lawyer Douglas Deutsch, its second hire to the New York…
Freshfields makes real estate partner Johnson global finance head Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed real estate finance partner Simon Johnson as its new global head of finance following a…
SABMiller legal chief Davidson to stand down as mega beer merger finalises Sarah Downey Brewing giant SABMiller’s general counsel (GC) John Davidson will stand down in six months’ time following a post-acquisition review by…
In-house: Hogan Lovells, Clifford Chance and Linklaters pick up spots on new EU banking panel Legal Business Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance and Linklaters have been joined by Hogan Lovells and PwC on a new panel created…
In the bank: Global 100 firms bill £14.5m on mega ARM acquisition Victoria Young US and Magic Circle advisers on the mega acquisition of ARM holdings by Japanese group SoftBank will together rake in…
Olswang international telco head exits in set-back for LB100 firm Legal Business In its latest high-profile departure, Olswang‘s head of international telecommunications Purvi Parekh has exited the firm.
Regional player Shakespeare Martineau post-merger turnover drops to £71m Kathryn McCann Shakespeare Martineau has revealed its first post-merger turnover figure of £71m, down 6% on the combined figure of £75.6m for…
Plugging the leak: Ashurst approves lockstep overhaul to retain high performers Sarah Downey Amid a turbulent period of lawyer exits and poor financial performance, Ashurst partners have voted through fundamental changes to its…
‘Gateway for Asia’: Osborne Clarke enters association with new Singapore firm Legal Business Osborne Clarke has expanded its south-east Asia presence through an association with a new Singaporean firm, OC Queen Street.The initial…
Baker & McKenzie lifer Chadwick to take City reins as Rawlinson steps up to chair Tom Moore With Paul Rawlinson vacating the London managing partner post at Baker & McKenzie in October after winning the race to…
Latham strikes again: US firm takes Slaughters finance partner Warna-kula-suriya Legal Business In what is arguably the most high-profile partner exit from Slaughter and May in recent history, Latham & Watkins has…
Q&A: David Collins – Dentons UK corporate head on a fresh start, deals gone wrong and life after BLP Legal Business After his move from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) to Dentons as the new head of UK corporate and co-chair of…
‘Driven by client need’: Kennedys continues aggressive LatAm expansion with Chile and Colombia offices Kathryn McCann Kennedys has continued with its aggressive Latin America (LatAm) expansion, opening two more offices in Chile and Colombia, following the…
Irish ambitions: Pinsents eyes Dublin base as UK firms look to capitalise on post-Brexit market Kathryn McCann Pinsent Masons is eyeing up a Dublin base, to complement its existing offering in Belfast and provide a full UK…
In-house energy switch: senior BG Group lawyer Thomas Smith moves to Centrica Tom Moore With BG Group having been taken over by Shell for £35bn in February, BG’s deputy general counsel Thomas Smith has…
Macfarlanes gets the gig as firms line up on Verizon’s $2.4bn purchase of Fleetmatics Legal Business Just days after the headline grabbing acquisition of Yahoo!, Goodwin Procter, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, A&L Goodbody and Macfarlanes…
Revolving doors: Mishcon makes key City hire as K&L Gates boosts Fintech practice Legal Business Ahead of the expected summer slowdown, UK firms have made a spate of City hires, with Mishcon de Reya, K&L…
‘Cut through the noise’: Nextlaw partners with AI firm for Brexit contracts system Legal Business In the latest play for Dentons‘ tech joint venture, Nextlaw Labs has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) programme with London…
