Into Africa: Shearman & Sterling plans first African office opening Legal Business US law firm Shearman & Sterling is preparing to open an office in Egypt, marking the firm’s first foray into…
Comment: Global Law Summit misses the mark and a big opportunity Legal Business Here at Legal Business we like to set the agenda, so we’re feeling ahead of the game in pointing out…
Global ambitions: Dentons opens in Jo’burg as accounts show profit jump Legal Business Dentons has continued its rapid expansion with the addition of a new South African office in Johannesburg, while accounts filed…
Growing the team: Mayer Brown hires DLA Piper’s head of structured trade finance Legal Business Mayer Brown, as it eyes an increase in cross-border asset-based lending (ABL) throughout Europe, has boosted its City banking and finance team with…
Winning in court: Mishcon de Reya avoids potential £10m plus claim as case dismissed Legal Business A $3.7m claim against Mishcon de Reya for dishonestly assisting a ‘crook’ client who used money meant to refinance a…
Q&A: Heath Tarbert, US banking partner at A&O, talks competing for regulatory work and if US regulators are setting the pace Jaishree Kalia A year on from his move to Allen & Overy (A&O) from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, US bank regulatory head Heath…
‘Highest concentration of millionaire households in the world’: Withers launches alliance with Singapore’s KhattarWong Legal Business Just weeks after confirming its expansion plans in Australia, Withers has today (4 February) announced it has established a formal…
HSF strategy review puts US merger and new office launches on the agenda Tom Moore Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is accelerating its US development plans, launching consultations to explore a US merger and office openings…
US financials 2014: Baker Botts grows revenues 11% as turnover picks-up at Dechert, McDermott and Goodwin Procter Jaishree Kalia Following Weil Gotshal & Manges’ impressive profit increase, other US firm numbers continue to paint a positive picture Stateside with…
Guest post: Dentons/Dacheng – A theory and rationale Legal Business I wasn’t going to write about Dacheng/Dentons until I was. When I first heard about the mega tie-up creating the…
‘The logical next step’: King & Wood Mallesons secures Singapore licence Legal Business Filling in a major hole in King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) Asian network, the firm is set to open an…
Moving up: Walgreens appoints Boots GC as global legal officer Legal Business US pharmacy giant Walgreens Boots Alliance has appointed the former general counsel of Alliance Boots, Marco Pagni, as executive vice…
Saudi relations: Clifford Chance special adviser resigns to head public regulator Legal Business Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) special adviser in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, founding partner of local firm Al-Jadaan & Partners with which…
Succeeding Eisenberg: Mayhew wins BLP managing partner role Tom Moore Lisa Mayhew, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) head of employment, pensions and incentives, has beaten the firm’s corporate chief David Collins…
Targeting New York: Clifford Chance bolsters NY office with DLA Piper finance partner Legal Business With US leadership previously announcing intentions to boost the firm’s New York bench, Clifford Chance has today (3 February) confirmed…
Revolving doors: OC and Boodle Hatfield both hire in the City while BLP and Pinsents focus on the Middle East Legal Business Osborne Clarke started last week with a hire from King & Wood Mallesons in the City but other laterals saw…
Significant departures: Latham & Watkins hires CC’s private equity co-head Oliver Felsenstein Legal Business Latham & Watkins has strengthened its corporate bench in Germany with the hire of Clifford Chance’s (CC) co-head of private…
Accounts revealed: Hogan Lovells records 3.9% international revenue boost as profits slide Legal Business Transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells has become the latest to publish its limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for the 2013/14 financial…
Trainee retention: Reed Smith, A&O and HSF keep on over 90% of spring 2015 qualifiers Tom Moore Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith Freehills and US firm Reed Smith have helped to quash the nervousness among trainee…
A 17-year dispute: Roadchef workers win legal battle against DAC Beachcroft client over employee shares Sarah Downey Hundreds of workers at motorway service operator Roadchef are set to share a windfall after a 17-year long legal battle…
