Revolving Doors: Latham loses energy partner to Milbank as Global 100 firms take partners from each other Charles Avery Latham & Watkins has lost energy and infrastructure partner Matthew Brown to rival Global 100 firm, Milbank. Brown, who will…
A class act: Skadden and the industry mourn death of M&A icon Scott Simpson Nathalie Tidman Skadden’s Scott Simpson, one of the most influential M&A lawyers of his generation, has died suddenly at the age of…
BLM salaried partners forced to re-apply for roles as Clyde merger looms Tom Baker Salaried partners at BLM will have to re-apply for their positions once the firm’s merger with Clyde & Co goes…
‘I believe in our victory’: Defiant Radchenko named CMS Kyiv managing partner Charles Avery CMS has named Vitaliy Radchenko the new managing partner of its Kyiv office, as the practice continues to contend with…
Revolving Doors: White & Case snaps up finance partner as Boies Schiller loses three in Manhattan Megan Mayers White & Case has bolstered its London debt finance practice with the addition of acquisition and leveraged finance specialist Monica Barton…
Cyber attack and Ukraine invasion blamed as Ince sees revenue slump 3% Tom Baker Ince has chalked up a 3% dip in revenues from £100.2m to £97m to a March cyber attack, the war…
America or bust: Ashurst on the hunt for US merger partner Tom Baker Ashurst is understood to be pursuing merger partners in the US as a strategic priority, rekindling its aspirations towards a…
City talent tussle continues as CC matches Freshfields with £125k NQ salary Charles Avery Clifford Chance’s (CC) next cohort of newly qualified associates will take home £125,000 per year, after the firm bumped its…
Welcome to Miami: Kirkland and Winston open in Florida as Willkie targets Frankfurt capital markets Charles Avery Winston & Strawn and Kirkland & Ellis have boosted their profiles on the US east coast by opening Miami offices,…
Quinn Emanuel expands European footprint with fifth German office in Berlin Tom Baker Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has strengthened its German presence with the opening of a new office in Berlin with…
Guest comment: How are law firms retaining the top talent? Guest Blog Nathan Peart, managing director of the Associate Practice Group at Major, Lindsey & Africa, analyses associate retention The race to…
Revolving Doors: Eversheds snaps up white-collar specialist as Kirkland adds US funds team Charles Avery Eversheds Sutherland’s corporate crime and investigations team has been strengthened by the addition of Anupreet Amole from Brown Rudnick, who…
Dealwatch: Ashurst and Travers double up on McColl’s and Ideagen acquisitions as Freshfields energises offshore wind deal Charles Avery A trio of City firms acted on the sale out of insolvency of McColl’s to supermarket chain Morrisons, in a…
Dechert condemns former partner Gerrard after High Court rules the firm breached ENRC client duty Tom Baker Dechert has strongly condemned retired white-collar partner Neil Gerrard after the High Court today (16 May) ruled that he and…
Revolving Doors: BCLP hires Brown Rudnick restructuring duo as Greenberg bolsters white-collar practice Megan Mayers Greenberg Traurig continues to bolster its white-collar crime and investigations team with the addition of Rebecca Meads. Meads joins…
Comment: A personality crisis and the great WFH salary cut brouhaha Nathalie Tidman Hasn’t what I’m snappily calling ‘Stephenson Harwood WFH pay cut-gate’ caused a furore? In case you’ve missed it, the RollOnFriday report…
Ince in firing line over ‘inappropriate’ restaurant behaviour allegations Tom Baker Ince has launched a formal internal investigation after a viral tweet from a Cardiff restaurant owner claimed a group of…
Leadership shake-up sees Stevens & Bolton unveil new managing partner Megan Mayers Richard King has been succeeded by corporate partner James Waddell as Stevens & Bolton’s managing partner as part of a…
Revolving doors: Four in three out for Squire as Ropes brings in private equity trio Charles Avery Ropes & Gray has taken further steps towards its goal of becoming the go-to private equity practice in the city…
Eversheds and Clifford Chance Moscow teams launch independent firms following Russia exodus Charles Avery Following on from the spate of Moscow office closures in March as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, international firms…
