Channel 4 appoints Wiggin media litigator de Silva legal chief following GC Naik’s exit Legal Business Channel 4 has appointed Wiggin media litigator Amali de Silva as its new legal and compliance head, following the departure…
RBS shareholders agree settlement ahead of court date signalling end of epic dispute Legal Business Some 9,000 Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) shareholders have accepted a last-minute 82p per share out-of-court deal from the bank…
Stewarts Law brings in Dechert veteran to bolster fraud practice Legal Business Disputes leader Stewarts Law has made a rare partner hire in its core commercial litigation practice after recruiting Dechert litigation…
Freshfields to deploy second-tier lockstep for more partners as profit drive continues Legal Business As Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer continues its profitability drive, almost a quarter of the global partnership is expected to be on…
‘Common business sense’ – Simmons amends partnership deed to block team exits following A&O departures Legal Business While Herbert Smith Freehills became embroiled in a very public court battle over a team defection to White & Case…
Moving on: Bond Dickinson offers redundancies in Bristol following QBE panel loss Kathryn McCann Bond Dickinson has made up to five voluntary redundancies in its Bristol office after the firm lost out on a…
Thames Water invites tenders for £48m provision with new regulatory and disputes panel Tom Baker Thames Water has opened to tender its legal services provision worth £48m in total, inviting pitches from up to 10 firms for…
Ropes & Gray finance duo Wesseldine and Wheeler exit firm for King & Spalding Legal Business Ropes & Gray finance partners Mark Wesseldine and Fergus Wheeler have left the firm, for the City arm of King…
Fieldfisher grows finance practice with hire of K&L Gates’ Moller Tom Baker Fieldfisher has appointed Stephen Moller as a partner from K&L Gates, further bolstering the firm’s finance team after its April…
Simpson Thacher and CC act on $12.2bn real estate sale of Logicor to CIC Georgiana Tudor Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Clifford Chance (CC) have advised Blackstone and China Investment Corporation (CIC) respectively, as Blackstone announced…
Revolving doors: Dechert hires in Frankfurt, Watson Farley in Hamburg, McDermott in Dusseldorf Georgiana Tudor In a week of European-focused lateral hires, firms have expanded their German ranks. Dechert hired in Frankfurt, Watson Farley &…
OC team sets up boutique as Andersen launches in Cologne Legal Business Six lawyers from Osborne Clarke’s (OC) procurement team have left to establish a new law firm in Cologne, named Esch Bahner…
‘Long-term growth’: Lewis Silkin appoints CMS director of change Georgiana Tudor Lewis Silkin has appointed Graeme Wood as chief operating officer (COO) from CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang, ‘to support long…
‘Logical next step’: Pinsent Masons buys specialist diversity and inclusion business Brook Graham Kathryn McCann Pinsent Masons has acquired specialist diversity and inclusion (D&I) business Brook Graham for an undisclosed sum, fresh from buying a…
Simpson Thacher acts for CVC on record-breaking €16bn new fund Legal Business Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s London office has advised CVC Capital Partners on its record-breaking €16bn fundraising.
‘Fundamentally different’: MasterCard and Visa to face new £300m UK retailers’ interchange fee claims Tom Baker Humphries Kerstetter has launched a series of new £300m competition damages claims against MasterCard and Visa, on behalf of a…
Addleshaws, Freshfields and Linklaters line up on Lloyds and Metro Bank £1.9bn and £596.7m acquisitions Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard has scored roles advising both Lloyds Banking Group and Metro Bank on two distinct acquisitions worth £1.9bn and £596.7m…
Kennedys complete merger with US insurance firm Carroll McNulty & Kull Legal Business Kennedys and US insurance firm Carroll McNulty & Kull (CMK) have completed their merger, giving the firm over 1000 lawyers…
Bond Dickinson combines with Womble Carlyle to create transatlantic firm with £340m combined revenues Kathryn McCann Bond Dickinson has joined up with its US strategic alliance firm Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice to create a new transatlantic…
Ashurst and A&O score roles on Saudi Aramco’s JV with Lamprell to develop $5.2bn maritime yard Madeleine Farman Ashurst and Allen & Overy (A&O) are acting on Saudi Aramco and oil rig construction business Lamprell’s new joint venture…
