Shearman partners overlooked in Allen & Overy leadership race Alex Ryan In a move that may not come as a surprise to most, Allen & Overy (A&O) has unveiled a list…
Revolving Doors: Global 100 firms expand in the City as Australian market sees lateral hiring spike Ayesha Ellis In the City, Kiran Arora has left BCLP to join Eversheds Sutherland as a new partner in its corporate and…
Dealwatch: Telegraph auction off as Barclay brothers pay off Lloyds debt with loan Alex Ryan The Telegraph and The Spectator are no longer up for auction after Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI helped the Barclay family…
Revolving doors: Latham hires Akin duo as firms strengthen finance, disputes and family practices Elisha Juttla Latham & Watkins has strengthened its private credit practice in London by adding two partners from Akin. Fergus Wheeler and…
Slaughters’ outgoing senior partner Cooke to follow fellow grandees in post-retirement pivot Holly McKechnie Slaughter and May’s eminent senior partner Steve Cooke has become the latest law firm leader to embrace a change of…
‘A springboard for greater success’: Johnston elected as next Addleshaw managing partner Ayesha Ellis Addleshaw Goddard has announced that Andrew Johnston has been successful in securing the position of the firm’s managing partner through…
Greenberg expands finance team in the City with Weil hire Elisha Juttla Greenberg Traurig announced today (27 November) that Luke Lado has joined the firm as a shareholder, bolstering its banking and…
Revolving doors: Global 100 bolster ranks in Europe, Asia and the Middle East Alex Ryan Despite losing yet another partner in London this week to Paul Weiss, Kirkland & Ellis has continued to build its…
‘The transition is over’: BCLP names Jinal Shah as new UK managing partner Elisha Juttla Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) announced this week that Jinal Shah will become the firm’s UK managing partner from 1…
The onslaught continues: Paul Weiss raids Kirkland again to hire City IP partner Nathalie Tidman Just when the market thought Paul Weiss had eased up on its hiring spree in the run-up to Christmas, the…
Revolving Doors: Disputes hiring picks up pace as Global 100 players make key appointments Holly McKechnie Allen & Overy has hired cyber security incident response partners, Ffion Flockhart, and Charlie Weston-Simons, with Flockhart taking on the…
Government to address PACCAR ruling with amendment to Digital Markets Bill – but litigation funders argue it isn’t enough Bethany Burns An amendment filed to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill last week will allow the use of damages-based agreements…
SFO opens criminal investigation into Axiom Ince Holly McKechnie A criminal investigation has been launched into Axiom Ince, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced today (14 November). Seven individuals…
V&E hires energy and infra partner de Cintré from Milbank in the City Elisha Juttla Vinson & Elkins has hired Milbank’s Kilian de Cintré as a partner into its corporate and finance practice in London,…
Revolving doors: Magic Circle firms lose partners in New York and London as US firms strengthen London teams Ayesha Ellis Last week was a busy one for lateral hires, with a mix of City, regional and international firms announcing their…
International round-up: Global 100 firms expand in the Middle East and Asia Holly McKechnie Ahead of our annual Global 100 report in our November/December issue, firms have made concerted efforts to consolidate and expand…
Dealwatch: €5bn Vodafone deal shows ‘the debt is there, if you can find the right transaction’ Alex Ryan The biggest European transaction of recent weeks came when Vodafone announced the sale of its Spanish business to TMT investor…
Allen & Overy suffers ‘data incident’ as ransomware group LockBit claims responsibility Alex Ryan Allen & Overy has confirmed that it has suffered a ‘data incident’. Posts from X user and self-described ‘threat intelligence…
Revolving Doors: Kirkland opens new office with partner hires as G100 firms bolster finance, restructuring and disputes teams Elisha Juttla Kirkland & Ellis has opened an office in Riyadh and recruited two new partners. Noor Al-Fawzan, specialising in M&A and…
Mayer Brown hires HSF antitrust partner Vowden in the City Elisha Juttla Mayer Brown has hired Daniel Vowden as a partner into its antitrust and competition practice in London, the firm announced…
