Partnership promotions: Norton Rose Fulbright makes up 51 in largest promotions round since merger Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has today (27 April) announced a total of 51 lawyers were made up to partner across…
130,382: Solicitors numbers rise led by in-house expansion while training contract numbers continue to slide Legal Business The Law Society today (27 April 2015) published its Annual Statistics Report 2014, showing that while the number of solicitors…
Revolving doors: European hires as HSF recruits in Germany and Bird & Bird focuses on Denmark while Ogier hires from Kirkland Kathryn McCann King & Wood Mallesons real estate team hire from Eversheds may have made the headlines last week, but there were…
Dealwatch: Travers, HSF and Paul Weiss advise on $2.1bn Pace sale Legal Business Travers Smith, Herbert Smith Freehills and Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison have all landed roles on the $2.1bn sale…
A €350bn asset manager: Slaughters and Links lead on Santander and UniCredit’s asset management merger Legal Business Slaughter and May and best friend firm Uría Menéndez plus Davis Polk & Wardwell in the US were instructed by…
Winning work: Addleshaws picks up lead role on Tate & Lyle’s joint venture break up Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard has secured a lucrative mandate from British-based multinational Tate & Lyle, a client traditionally associated with the Magic…
Partner promotions: Stephenson Harwood makes up five in London as Ince promotes City duo and one in Dubai Kathryn McCann Stephenson Harwood and Ince & Co are the latest firms to announce their partner promotions, with the former making up…
‘A significant phase of renewal’: King & Wood Mallesons takes real estate team from Eversheds Legal Business Three months after persuading Eversheds‘ heavyweight real estate trio William Naunton, Clive Jones and Cornelius Medvei to stay in Big…
Partner promotions: Herbert Smith Freehills makes up 21 to partner in 43% female round Legal Business For the second time since its UK-Australia merger in 2012, the bulk of partner promotions at Herbert Smith Freehills have…
Significant mandates: Slaughters, Paul Weiss and Hengeler act as Deutsche Bank fined $2.5bn Legal Business Famed for its work on blockbuster M&A, Slaughter and May had five partners working around the clock as Deutsche Bank…
Consolidation: DWF to merge with City-based insurance practice Watmores Kathryn McCann The acquisitive DWF shows no signs of slowing down with the announcement today that it is to acquire niche insurance…
Succession planning: Lloyds GC Whittaker steps down with deputy Cheetham picked as successor Legal Business Lloyds Banking Group group general counsel (GC) Andrew Whittaker (pictured) is stepping down from his role after two years and…
Partner promotions: Olswang makes up five in an expanded all-female round Legal Business Olswang has continued the trend of firms improving their partnerships’ gender diversity by promoting a five-strong all-female round after promoting…
Mounting departures: CC sees further German exits as capital markets partner leaves for SZA Schilling Sarah Downey Clifford Chance (CC) has this week seen another exit from its German operations with longstanding capital markets partner Markus Pfüller…
Office closures: Paul Hastings picks up Fried Frank’s Asia head in Hong Kong Legal Business Rival firms have been keen to pick up talent following Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s exit from Hong Kong and…
Guest post: The Conservative Party manifesto and human rights Legal Business The Conservative Party manifesto states that the terms of British EU membership will be renegotiated and an in/out referendum held.…
Guest post: Ed can enter No. 10 without Nicola’s keys Legal Business This election looks a close-run thing – very close run indeed. As I write, polls and forecasts suggest strongly that…
Building the team: Withers boosts Connecticut office with 11-strong hire from US outfit Legal Business After undertaking a signifcant push into the Asia-Pacific market since the start of this year, Withers has now enhanced its corporate,…
Partner promotions: Wragge Lawrence Graham promotes six to partner Kathryn McCann One year on from its merger, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG) has promoted six new partners across the firm’s corporate,…
Asia: Norton Rose Fulbright takes on five-strong Fried Frank disputes team in Hong Kong Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has recruited a team of five lawyers from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s disputes practice…
