Leading commercial litigation set 20 Essex Street has today (18 June) announced the appointment of Christopher Hancock QC and Duncan Matthews QC as joint heads of chambers from 1 August, where they will succeed outgoing longstanding chief Iain Milligan QC.
Taylor Wessing promotes City trio in 12-strong partnership round
Taylor Wessing has unveiled its 2013/14 partner promotions, with three associates making the cut in London and a further nine across its European offices, marking a 25% drop on its promotion round last year.
CMS’ Aberdeen capability sees it awarded £572m BG Group disposal
CMS Cameron McKenna’s capability in Aberdeen has seen it selected ahead of fellow BG Group panel law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance to lead the energy producer’s £562m sale of a North Sea gas pipeline to Anglo-French fund manager Antin Infrastructure Partners.
Freshfields and Linklaters lead on SSP Group’s float
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are advising on the float of SSP Group, the owner of Millie’s Cookies and Uppercrust, on the London Stock Exchange.
Comment: Partner recruitment – better but still a case of buyer beware
If the oxymoronic notion of partner recruitment didn’t exist who would invent it? On one level, of course, its emergence in the legal profession was inevitable given wider changes in careers and attitudes to work. Without some form of partner mobility law firms would become inflexibly segmented and partners effectively bound to a single employer.
Edwards Wildman faces five-strong London partner revolt following string of City exits
Edwards Wildman is in talks with five disgruntled London partners following a string of exits from the top 100 US firm and accusations from one ex-partner that the City site is being neglected by its Boston headquarters.
FCA sets aside £1.7m for Clifford Chance’s insurance industry probe
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set aside £1.7m for the independent inquiry being conducted by Clifford Chance (CC) into the regulatory body’s botched announcement of an investigation into the insurance industry, a freedom of information request has revealed.
Greenberg Traurig hires Dentons London-based co-head of global real estate
Greenberg Traurig has hired Dentons London-based co-head of global real estate Eric Rosedale as its co-chair of international real estate.
Hogan Lovells leads for Vodafone on €145m Cobra acquisition
Hogan Lovells’ Milan office has led on Vodafone’s €145m acquisition of Italian car electronics maker Cobra Automotive Technologies as the machine-to-machine sector is identified as the latest untapped market.
Latham goes green with latest City hire of Macfarlanes environmentalist Paul Davies
In the latest of a series of heavyweight City hires, Latham & Watkins is to bring in Macfarlanes’ environmental specialist Paul Davies as a partner in its environment, land and resources group.