Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made another change in management before the year ends, appointing head of the firm’s retail sector offering Claire Wills (pictured) as co-head of the firm’s financial institutions group (FIG).
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made another change in management before the year ends, appointing head of the firm’s retail sector offering Claire Wills (pictured) as co-head of the firm’s financial institutions group (FIG).
Alternative business structure (ABS) Quindell, which posted a substantial increase in revenues in its legal services division this summer, has brought in PwC to carry out an independent review on the company’s accounting policies.
At one point in our Regional Insight report – a major collaboration with our colleagues at The Legal 500 included with this issue of Legal Business – one GC based in the North West discusses a recent pitch in which a City law firm came out best on price against regional rivals. Surprising as it may seem, it is reflective of a dynamic that has seen London advisers focus on handling work from UK regions after realising that simply aspiring to be a City leader is a road to nowhere for many firms.
Following the high-profile inquiry carried out by Clifford Chance litigation partner Simon Davis, the keenly awaited report on the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) behaviour in leaking a business plan to The Telegraph has found failures that ‘fell short of the standards expected of those it regulates’.
The HQ for London bobbies for almost 50 years, Magic Circle firm Linklaters was charged by Abu Dhabi Financial Group to execute the purchase of New Scotland Yard in Victoria for £370m, with national firm Michelmores acting for the seller.
It’s been little over a year since the high profile takeover of Manches by Penningtons, and the combined firm now has its sights set on further expansion having today (10 December) announced the opening of an overseas office in San Francisco’s financial district.
Following on from closing its office in Guangzhou in Greater China in September this year, Stephenson Harwood has entered an alliance with local firm Wei Tu.
General counsel (GC) are increasingly involved in handling cyber security issues at board level, reflecting a more comprehensive shift towards effective risk management, research from Legal Business and PwC has revealed.
One of the world’s biggest pharma groups, New Jersey-based Merck, instructed an all-female partner team from Baker & McKenzie to help it execute its $8.4bn takeover of Cubist Pharmaceuticals.
Mirroring last year, Shearman & Sterling has elected two London associates to partner as part of its promotion round which has seen thirteen made up in total.