‘Designed in the 19th century’: Leveson calls for court system reforms Legal Business Lord Justice Leveson has called for reforms to streamline the justice system in England and Wales for greater efficiency.
A €7.4bn enterprise value: Ropes & Gray and Lathams advise on Altice purchase Legal Business US firms Ropes & Gray and Latham & Watkins won roles advising on telecommunications group Altice’s purchase of Portuguese telecoms…
Dealwatch: Linklaters, Davis Polk, and De Brauw act on Vision Express owner’s €1bn IPO Legal Business US heavyweight Davis Polk & Wardwell, Dutch firm De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek and Magic Circle firm Linklaters have all scored…
Trainee retention: White & Case keeps on 100% of Spring 2015 trainees as OC retains 89% Legal Business White & Case and Osborne Clarke (OC) are the latest firms to reveal trainee retention rates this month, keeping on…
A public inquiry: Fieldfisher’s Smith serves as lead counsel as Litvinenko inquiry starts Legal Business A public inquiry into the London death of ex-Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has opened at the High Court this morning…
Revolving doors: Clydes, Quinn Emanuel and Gibson Dunn make key hires Legal Business Last week saw Clyde & Co expand its transportation finance practice in the City, while Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan…
Early stages: Clifford Chance kicks off lockstep review Legal Business Clifford Chance has started a review of its remuneration system at management level, a move which could see the firm…
Feuding brothers: Leading Indian firm Amarchand splits after failing to settle ownership battle Jaishree Kalia India’s largest law firm Amarchand & Mangaldas & Suresh A Shroff & Co has agreed to split the 600-lawyer firm…
A €3.5bn arbitration: Shearman, Bakers and White & Case land roles on Finnish nuclear dispute Jaishree Kalia Finnish power producer TVO and construction consortium Areva-Siemens have gone to London’s International Dispute Resolution Centre (IDRC) in a bid…
What’s in a name? Companies House found liable in £8.8m negligence spelling mistake case Legal Business Companies House has today (26 January) lost a major argument at the High Court after a Cardiff businessman argued a blunder…
‘A statement of intent’: Can Layton’s strategy reinvigorate Clifford Chance? Legal Business Nearly three decades have passed since the game changing union of Coward Chance and Clifford Turner – a watershed moment…
Targeting the UK: Slater & Gordon in talks with Quindell over division purchase Jaishree Kalia Alternative Business Structure (ABS) Quindell has entered negotiations to sell one of its operating divisions to Australian law firm Slater…
Mounting departures: Barclays’ global head of financial crime steps down Legal Business Days after Barclays global general counsel (GC) of corporate and investment banking Judith Shepherd announced that she will be stepping…
Team check-up: Co-op group reorganises legal team and starts panel assessment Kathryn McCann The Co-operative Group‘s general counsel Alistair Asher and head of legal Jim Tully are to lead an assessment into the…
6,600 lawyers: Dentons set to combine with China’s largest law firm Dacheng Legal Business Dentons is set to create the biggest law firm in the world by lawyer headcount through a combination with leading…
Clashing titans: Taylor Wessing acts as MetLife sues A&O client JP Morgan for $107m Tom Moore Two giants of the US financial services market, insurer Metlife and investment bank JP Morgan, have begun a legal battle…
Dealwatch: Simpson Thacher leads for KKR as thetrainline.com opts for sale over IPO Legal Business Private equity powerhouse KKR has purchased travel ticket seller thetrainline.com, with its go-to law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advising…
‘We have something to prove’: Raynor takes the top role at Shakespeares as Wilson departs Kathryn McCann Chief client officer Andy Raynor will take the chief executive role at Midlands-based Shakespeares, as current incumbent Paul Wilson departs…
Q&A: Heineken UK’s Graeme Colquhoun and DLA Piper’s John McKinlay talk sole adviser mandates Legal Business Having appointed DLA Piper as principal legal adviser this month (January) in a bid to cut down on external spend,…
Under new leadership: Eversheds appoints senior partner in Paris as Brown departs after 18-year tenure Kathryn McCann Eversheds has appointed Rémi Kleiman as the new senior partner in its Paris office, following the departure of long-standing incumbent…
