Eversheds votes for US merger as Singapore tie-up delayed Kathryn McCann Partners at Eversheds and Atlanta-based Sutherland Asbill & Brennan have voted today (16 December) to create a new global firm…
KWM moves to secure European presence with ‘KWM Deutschland’ spin off Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons has incorporated a new limited liability partnership on Companies House called ‘KWM Deutschland’.
Rise of the fintechs: Barclays divisional legal head leaves for Monzo bank Kathryn McCann Barclays’ lead legal counsel for client and customer experience Dean Nash has joined fintech startup Monzo bank as head of compliance.
‘Step change in standards’: CMA sets timeline to improve price transparency in legal services Legal Business The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has said clients are struggling to find legal services at the right value following…
Another Freshfields heavyweight moves into banking as former senior partner Lawes joins Lazard Legal Business Former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer senior partner Will Lawes is the latest heavyweight from the Magic Circle firm move into investment…
DLA, Slaughters and CC advise on Heineken UK’s bid for Punch pubs portfolio Kathryn McCann DLA Piper, Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance (CC) have all won roles advising on Heineken UK’s proposed £403m acquisition…
Slaughters seeks to maintain no billable hours culture with associate pay revamp Legal Business Associates at Slaughter and May will receive salary increases of up to 10% as of January 2017 following a major…
January deadline looms as KWM Europe sets administration date Multiple Authors Staff at the European arm of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) have been told the firm is expected to move…
Matrix Chambers clears Ben Emmerson QC after investigation into sexual assault allegations Legal Business Matrix Chambers has concluded an investigation into top silk Ben Emmerson QC following allegations of sexual assault during his work…
KWM latest: More US firms in play as crunch time approaches for legacy SJ Berwin Legal Business A conclusion to the sorry saga which has been the European partnership woes of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is…
Comment: After shocks of 2016, law leaders may need to start thinking Legal Business Well, it is nearly over and few in the profession will mourn the passing of 2016. Not since the banking…
Latham continues City hiring spree with HSF energy head Balsdon Legal Business Latham & Watkins announced today (13 December) that it has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’s (HSF) global energy co-head John Balsdon,…
Turning Japanese: Freshfields and A&O act as Asahi makes €7.3bn play for five AB InBev beer brands Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Hogan Lovells have all advised as Asahi Group Holdings buys a group…
Q&A: Baker McKenzie managing partner Chadwick on leadership, the Big Four and law firm consolidation Matthew Field Having taken on the top London role from popular global chair Paul Rawlinson, Baker & McKenzie London managing partner Alex…
‘Significant in the post-Brexit market’: Shearman and Latham lead on Thomas Cook €750m high yield offering Legal Business Shearman & Sterling and Latham & Watkins have advised Thomas Cook and the underwriting banks in the global travel specialists’…
Revolving Doors: Addleshaws hires in London as Weil, Bakers and Dentons make international appointments Legal Business Addleshaw Goddard boosted its London practice with another hire last week as Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Baker & McKenzie, Dentons…
‘Riddled with rogues and corruption’: Quinn Emanuel’s Jagusch on modern arbitration Sarah Downey Arbitration today is full of routine corruption and rogue elements disrupting the process, argued Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Stephen…
Comment: What does Mishcon know that your managing partner doesn’t? Legal Business It is often rightly noted that law is a conservative old game, as can be gleaned from the identikit strategies…
A&O and HSF take lead roles as 21st Century Fox tunes in on anticipated Sky takeover Georgiana Tudor Allen & Overy (A&O) and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are lead advisers in 21st Century Fox’s takeover bid for Sky,…
RPC to hold leadership election as MP Watmough stands down after eight years Legal Business City firm RPC has launched an election process for a new managing partner following the recent retirement of longstanding head…
