Shearman, HSF and Milbank join Deutsche Bank panel as junior lawyer rules prove controversial Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills, Shearman & Sterling, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and Reed Smith have also taken places on Deutsche…
HSF promotes 21 to partnership including alternative legal services head Kathryn McCann Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has promoted 21 associates globally across eight offices, with 12 based in the UK and EMEA…
LLP latest: Travers’ top paid takes home £1.5m as Mishcon ‘shares the love’ Legal Business LLP accounts show City elite firms Travers Smith and Mishcon de Reya both saw double digit turnover growth in 2016.…
Baker McKenzie sees London revenue up to £176m as profits leap Matthew Field Baker McKenzie‘s London office has seen its revenue jump by more than 20% in the firm’s LLP accounts, with turnover…
Global London results: Sidley Austin City turnover hits £75m as Reed Smith sees a dip Legal Business Sidley Austin has seen its London turnover boosted by 17% in 2016, hitting £75.2m for the firm’s last financial year,…
Adviser review: Clifford Chance, Hogan Lovells and Ashurst lose out on FCA panel Legal Business RPC, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) and Squire Patton Boggs have won panel spots at the expense of rival City outfits…
Revolving doors: National recruits for Eversheds and TLT, while Ashurst and DWF bulk up in Europe Kathryn McCann In a busy week for both UK-based lateral hires and those further afield in Europe, Eversheds Sutherland has strengthened its…
Hogan Lovells launches global mentoring scheme in latest drive to hook fintech clients Legal Business In the latest in the trend of firms offering free advice to budding fintech start-ups, Hogan Lovells has launched a global…
Freshfields gives power to associates to pitch for fintech clients Legal Business While other Legal Business 100 firms such as Slaughter and May and Simmons & Simmons are giving free legal advice…
‘Needed a degree of reinvigoration’ – Linklaters reviews banking equity points Legal Business Linklaters has undertaken a review of equity points in its finance practice, as banking groups continue to move toward sponsors…
Cadwalader London office turnover nears $45m as firm quadruples City practice in four years Legal Business While the firm has been the subject of media scrutiny as it refocuses its US business, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft…
Linklaters takes Bovis mandate from Freshfields as Slaughters and Camerons line up on builders takeover talks Legal Business Linklaters has won a mandate to lead takeover defence for FTSE 250 housebuilder Bovis Homes, advising on merger bids from…
Government begins tender process for new £90m finance panel Legal Business Despite a drastic reduction in firms for its general advice panel, the government has indicated it will not reduce the…
‘The way forward’: Weightmans latest LB100 firm to establish global insurance alliance Legal Business Following DAC Beachcroft‘s decision to establish a four-firm international network earlier this year, Weightmans is collaborating with firms from the…
US heavyweights big contenders in TransferWise external counsel review Legal Business Payments company TransferWise is in the process of finalising its first ever roster of firms in what general counsel Jenifer…
Solicitors’ tribunal hands Clyde & Co record fine under money laundering rules Legal Business In one of the largest penalties awarded against a law firm by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, Clyde & Co has…
Partner promotions: Drastically reduced round for Addleshaws as Burges Salmon makes up trio Tom Baker Addleshaw Goddard and Burges Salmon have announced their latest partner promotions, with Addleshaws seeing a sharp drop in the number…
Media moves: Channel 4 general counsel Prash Naik to depart after more than two decades Legal Business Channel 4’s Prash Naik is to leave the media company just over three years after his appointment as general counsel…
Strategic recruitment: Latham continues litigation push with Olswang hire Georgiana Tudor After taking Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Martin Davies at the start of this year, Latham & Watkins is…
Fees to hit £125m for HSF client RBS as group action continues Legal Business The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is set to accumulate around £125m in legal costs as it defends itself against…
