Magic Circle trio and KWM advise on Clydesdale float as owner makes cut-price share offer Legal Business Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy (A&O), Linklaters and King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) are advising on Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank’s…
‘A real achievement’: Pinsent Masons tops Stonewall rankings for LGBT inclusive law firms Legal Business UK top 20 firm Pinsent Masons is the top law shop, and fifth best overall UK employer for LGBT staff…
Guest post: Knowing when to reinvent – the Aetna plan for business health Legal Business There’s a fascinating article in the December issue of the Harvard Business Review that ought to be required reading for the…
Arbitration investment: Jones Day construction head Lal departs to join Akin Gump Sarah Downey Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has made a key hire to enhance its international arbitration offering in London with…
Fried Frank hires Mayer Brown’s restructuring head to launch City workouts practice Legal Business Having launched a trio of practice areas – finance, private equity and funds – in London in just over a…
‘An absolute match’: Former Mayor Giuliani to join Greenberg Traurig in New York Legal Business Former New York Mayor and the face of Bracewell & Giuliani, Rudolph Giuliani (pictured), is leaving the firm for Greenberg…
Taylor Wessing taps King & Wood for COO Reid following MP resignation Legal Business Just days after the resignation of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) European practice head William Boss, Taylor Wessing has announced…
Revolving doors: Reed Smith ups energy offering as Mayer Brown JSM and Ince & Co make Hong Kong hires Legal Business Reed Smith, which last week cut 45 jobs across its US, Europe and Middle Eastern offices, has bolstered its energy…
‘A common sense decision’: Bar Council moves Pupilage Gateway timetable Legal Business Following calls from students and chambers, the Bar Council is moving its Pupillage Gateway timetable so applicants know the outcome…
‘Continuing growth’: Taylor Wessing makes capital markets play with K&L Gates senior corporate hire Sarah Downey Taylor Wessing has made a key hire in a bid to boost its equity capital markets offering with the appointment…
Beer bonds: Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and SullCrom advise on AB InBev’s £46bn issuance Jaishree Kalia Sullivan & Cromwell, Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy (A&O) have won roles as the world’s largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev…
Former Olswang chief executive Stewart joins arbitrator hub JAMS Legal Business David Stewart (pictured), who unexpectedly stepped down as Olswang chief executive at the end of 2014 following a clash with…
‘Necessary adjustments’: 45 lawyers laid off in Reed Smith restructure Legal Business Reed Smith has axed 45 lawyers from its US, Europe and Middle Eastern offices as it makes the ‘necessary adjustments…
KWM to hold elections as Europe managing partner Boss stands down after less than a year Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is to hold managing partner elections for its European practice as William Boss has resigned…
Changing places: Barclays names new UK/EME general counsel Legal Business In another round of musical chairs at Barclays, the banking giant has appointed Victoria Hardy as general counsel (GC) for…
‘When the time is right’: Ashurst puts Seoul launch on hold Jaishree Kalia Having first signalled intentions to set up a base in South Korea back in 2011, Ashurst has put plans to…
Guest post: How to run up a $1.6bn legal bill – the Nortel bankruptcy should be a wake-up call for the insolvency industry Legal Business What is a fair and equitable distribution of $7.3bn of global bankruptcy assets between multinational creditors where no legal mechanism…
Linklaters and Ashurst win roles as housebuilder Countryside Properties prepares to float Jaishree Kalia Linklaters and Ashurst have landed roles advising UK property developer Countryside Properties as it prepares to list on the London…
Fintech play: Hogan Lovells hires Pinsent Masons financial services chief Salmon Legal Business Hogan Lovells has made a key hire in the City with Pinsent Masons financial services chief John Salmon, in a…
Lockstep transfer: Freshfields Japan partners face profit cut as part of global review Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to transfer partners in its Tokyo office from its traditional lockstep to its second-tier lockstep…
