Ex-KWM real estate duo exits Ashurst for Fried Frank after one year Madeleine Farman Real estate duo Darren Rogers and Patrick Williams has resigned from Ashurst to join Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson’s…
High-stakes: White-collar crime teams ready as SFO hits Barclays with landmark prosecution Legal Business City white-collar crime specialists have been drafted in as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today (20 June) charged Barclays and…
Financials 2016/17: Stephenson Harwood revenues climb 11% as PEP falls 9% Madeleine Farman Stephenson Harwood has posted another year of growth with revenues up 11% to £176m. The firm, however, saw a drop…
Pinsent Masons hires rival Maclays’ financial services head Young Madeleine Farman Pinsent Masons has hired Scottish rival Maclay Murray & Spens’ financial services head David Young (pictured) to Pinsents’ Edinburgh and London…
S&C and Wachtell lead on Amazon’s $13.7bn Whole Foods buyout Tom Baker Sullivan & Cromwell and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz lead a host of elite US law firms advising Amazon on its $13.7bn purchase of…
Cleary defends Google in face of potential €1bn EC antitrust shopping market abuse fine Legal Business The European Commission’s (EC) probe of Google’s online shopping practices is reported to be closing in coming months with a…
‘Remarkable deal’ for tech: King & Spalding, SullCrom line up Delivery Hero’s €1bn IPO Legal Business King & Spalding and Sullivan & Cromwell are leading one online food-delivery service Delivery Hero’s planned initial public offering (IPO) €1bn target, with Freshfields…
‘Areas of strategic importance’: CC strengthens NY arm with two corporate veterans as US hiring push continues Georgiana Tudor As Magic Circle firms strive to bolster their US operations, Clifford Chance (CC) has announced today (19 June) that it has…
Revolving doors: Brown Rudnick hires in UK, Hogan Lovells bolsters Madrid, Ashurst adds to Paris, HSF boosts Moscow Legal Business In a series of banking, finance and tax appointments across the globe, international firms are hiring to boost their financial…
SRA opens tender for ‘super-exam’ provider with 1 September deadline Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) this week opened to tender its search for an assessment provider to deliver the new…
‘Fantastic addition’: Mishcon hires Withers’ wealth planning co-head Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has appointed Withers’ co-head of European wealth planning Filippo Noseda, who joins Mishcon Private on Monday (19…
Comment: Royaume-Uni, nil points – why the true Eurovision is independence Legal Business Compiling our second annual Euro Elite report this month reminded me of when the late Rodrigo Uría, then managing partner…
Clifford Chance loses City finance partner to Vinson & Elkins Madeleine Farman Vinson & Elkins (V&E) has hired London Clifford Chance (CC) finance partner John Dawson, as the US firm strengthens its…
Slater and Gordon serves £637m claim form on Watchstone for misrepresentation on sale Legal Business Slater and Gordon (S&G)’s UK subsidiary has served a £637m claim form on Watchstone Group in London’s High Court, for fraudulently misrepresenting…
‘I am trying to start a conversation’: Pearson law chief’s new book creates playbook for the modern GC Tom Baker While there is a body of writing on how to run an in-house legal team, much of it is dominated…
Hogan Lovells to open new Boston office in Collora buyout Legal Business Hogan Lovells is to merge with Boston-based litigation and investigations firm Collora on 1 September, taking on all of its…
It’s over: German firm Luther calls off Addleshaws merger talks Kathryn McCann Merger talks between Addleshaw Goddard and German outfit Luther have ended after Luther called off the deal, Legal Business understands.
Magic Circle pay watch: Links edges up associate salaries, Slaughters holds and CC gets coy Georgiana Tudor Pay rises continue to ripple through the top-end legal services market despite the uncertain outlook for the City. The latest…
RHA secures Therium funding for claimants in £3.9bn trucks cartel class action Tom Baker The Road Haulage Association (RHA) has secured full funding from Therium Capital for its £3.9bn competition damages class action against…
Norton Rose Fulbright delays Chadbourne merger due to a ‘few material conflicts’ Kathryn McCann Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has delayed its US merger with New York firm Chadbourne & Parke due to a ‘few material…
