Rapidly recruiting: Kirkland takes Linklaters’ corporate heavyweight Johnson Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has hired a fourth partner this year from Magic Circle rival Linklaters, as the head of private…
Pillsbury and Chadbourne in merger talks as NY’s legal mid-tier continues to consolidate Legal Business US firms Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman and Chadbourne & Parke are in early merger talks, with the potential to create…
Reed Smith’s City outpost delivers 12% profit surge as staff numbers lifted Legal Business Reed Smith experienced a double-digit surge in staff numbers across its largest Europe and Middle East offices last year as…
Q&A: Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC on the Bar, the challenges of nature and London’s status as a disputes hub Legal Business Having attended Legal Business’s first International Arbitration Summit in September to debate issues on investor-state disputes, Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC…
Asia Pacific move: Harbour Litigation Funding opens Hong Kong office Legal Business Third party financier Harbour Litigation Funding (HLF) has opened an office in Hong Kong to meet a rise in class…
DLA Piper boosts Hamburg outpost with team of 20 Legal Business DLA Piper has added a team of 20, including five partners to its Hamburg office from Bird & Bird, in…
Wilberforce Chambers takes silk trio and five juniors from soon-to-be dissolved 11SB Sarah Downey Wilberforce Chambers has taken silks Lexa Hilliard QC, Alan Gourgey QC and Marcia Shekerdemian QC from 11 Stone Buildings (11SB)…
Frontrunner eliminated as Linklaters cuts managing partner race to three Legal Business Linklaters’ banking chief Gideon Moore, dispute resolution head Michael Bennett and Asia managing partner Marc Harvey have made a final…
Herbert Smith Freehills, EY take lead on British American Tobacco acquisition Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills and EY Law in Poland have won roles advising as British American Tobacco (BAT) signed a conditional…
King & Wood Mallesons City departures continue as K&L Gates recruits tax partner Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) continues to see partner departures from its London office as K&L Gates has recruited longstanding…
City lawyers join Law Society in slamming SRA insurance proposals Victoria Young The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has joined the Law Society in condemning proposals from the Solicitors Regulators Authority to lower minimum…
Switching sides: HSF’s London litigation head Parkes lands FCA job Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) London litigation head Tim Parkes will leave the firm at the end of the year to take…
Hogan Lovells energy team exits continue as partner Levin takes up Nekton Group GC role Legal Business Hogan Lovells has confirmed the departure of leading corporate energy partner David Levin to energy merchant business Nekton Group, months…
Guest post: Partnership structures – separating the geese from the chickens Legal Business Partnership structure is under fire from a sea of self-proclaimed professional service firm management experts. Some, like Mark Brandon, bring a…
Weil Gotshal, A&O and Freshfields advise on Worldpay float Jaishree Kalia Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all picked up work advising card payment services…
Guest post: Making the case to regulate third-party funding – badly Legal Business The US Chamber of Commerce, scarred by the American litigation culture, has long been spreading the word about the pain…
BLP boosts Berlin practice by six with lateral hires from Orrick Victoria Young Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired two partners, Norbert Impelmann and Albrecht von Breitenbuch, along with four other lawyers from…
In-house: HSBC executive picked for British Land GC role Legal Business Property developer British Land has hired HSBC deputy company secretary and former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Elaine Williams as its…
Called to the bench: White & Case partner Ian Forrester QC made an EU judge Legal Business White & Case partner Ian Forrester QC has been appointed as the UK’s judge at the General Court of European…
The finance view: Bigger, simpler, cheaper? How to position the modern securitisation counsel Legal Business Securitisation lawyers have been hard pressed since the financial crisis, diversifying their practices and often even ditching the S word.
