Changing counsel: Clyde & Co swaps XXIV Old Buildings for Brick Court Chambers in $285m mining tussle Tom Moore The bitter dispute between Zamin Ferrous, the mining company run by Indian billionaire Pramod Agarwal, and embattled natural resources group…
Ropes, Shearman and Slaughters win key roles on Liberty Global’s proposed acquisition of Cable & Wireless Kathryn McCann Ropes & Gray, Shearman & Sterling and Slaughter and May have landed key roles on the proposed £5.5bn acquisition of…
Revolving doors: Ince & Co makes double hire to ramp up insurance and aviation practices Legal Business After preparing to downsize its office space by almost half, Ince & Co has hired two more partners for its…
Trading update: Gateley expects 10% increase in half year revenue Kathryn McCann The UK’s first listed law firm, West-Midlands based Gateley said it is on track to lift revenues by 10% to…
Partner moves: Morgan Lewis and Ashurst make hires in London and New York Jaishree Kalia US firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius continues its firm wide hiring spree with Covington & Burling corporate partner Simon Currie…
White & Case to close Munich office after nearly a decade as it consolidates German operation Legal Business White & Case is shutting its Munich office after almost ten years after opening, offering its 11-lawyer team the opportunity…
Structured finance heavyweight Severs departs BLP for Paul Hastings Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s (BLP) head of structured debt and capital markets, Paul Severs, is leaving the firm to join Paul…
Hogan Lovells in mourning after lawyer killed in Paris attacks Legal Business A young Hogan Lovells associate was among the victims of Friday’s (13 November) terrorist attack in Paris, which has so…
Due south: Irwin Mitchell in takeover talks with Thomas Eggar Legal Business National firm Irwin Mitchell is in merger discussions with LB100 firm Thomas Eggar with a view to extending its reach in…
‘A big part of any growth strategy’: BLP launches in Myanmar with Baker & McKenzie hire Tom Moore Berwin Leighton Paisner has joined the recent rush into Myanmar, launching its fourth Asian office in Yangon with Baker &…
Six frontrunners emerge from pack in A&O management race Jaishree Kalia With next year set to be senior partner David Morley’s and global managing partner Wim Dejonghe’s final terms at Allen…
‘Unfulfilled client demand for alternative resourcing’: A&O launches Peerpoint in Asia Jaishree Kalia Following the success of its high-end contract lawyer service Peerpoint in London, Allen & Overy (A&O) is now extending the…
Cleaning up: Linklaters and Slaughters advise on record-breaking disposal of Northern Rock mortgages Legal Business Linklaters and Slaughter and May have landed major roles advising on the government’s record-breaking £13bn sale of former Northern Rock…
City firms called on as SFO launches Euribor prosecution against Deutsche Bank and Barclays staff Legal Business K&L Gates, Stephenson Harwood, Herbert Smith Freehills are among the City law firms instructed as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) today…
Business as usual: WLG’s Andrew Witts wins contested election for chair Kathryn McCann Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co (WLG) chairman Andrew Witts has been re-elected to serve as chairman for a further four years,…
Middle East moves: Latham loses partner trio to Hogan Lovells in Dubai Legal Business Three of the nine partners in Latham & Watkins’ Dubai office have resigned, just months after the US firm announced…
Former Withers client awarded extra £375k professional negligence damages by Court of Appeal Kathryn McCann The Court of Appeal has awarded a further £375k in damages against Withers while dismissing the firm’s appeal of the…
Comment: In-house counsel: more to do and happy about it Alex Novarese There are familiar themes and a few mixed messages from this year’s in-house lawyer survey but one obvious point to…
‘A watershed moment for enforcement’ – Cleary’s Gadhia sizes up class action competition reforms Legal Business We have begun a journey into the unknown. The new collective action regime for competition litigation, which came into effect…
DLA strikes groundbreaking deal to offer contract lawyering via LOD Tom Moore In a pioneering nod towards calls for the modern legal profession to be more collaborative, DLA Piper has struck a highly…
