Dealwatch: Freshfields and Mayer Brown win roles on Blackstone’s Centre Parcs sale Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Mayer Brown have won key spots on Blackstone’s sale of a majority stake in Centre Parcs…
Linklaters finance practice knocked as firm loses leading partners in Germany and Hong Kong Tom Moore Linklaters has suffered senior exits in two key financial centres, with former German international board member Eva Reudelhuber departing for…
Mishcon de Reya hires Enyo Law partner in ongoing disputes push Tom Moore After having left Addleshaw Goddard in 2010 to join high-end disputes boutique Enyo Law, partner Annabel Thomas (pictured) is returning…
‘A Chinese firm for Chinese clients’: Michelmores supports first UK launch by Chinese-owned law firm Legal Business YangTze Law has become the first wholly Chinese-owned law firm to launch in London, targeting Chinese corporates investing in Europe…
Mayer Brown teams up with ULaw to launch first ‘direct to solicitor’ apprenticeship Legal Business Mayer Brown has announced that it will be the first City law firm to offer the University of Law’s (ULaw)…
City moves: Kirkland sees another exit as Proskauer hires Howe while Hogan Lovells builds its high yield offering with Dentons hire Legal Business Proskauer Rose has continued to build its London corporate offering, bringing in M&A partner James Howe from Kirkland & Ellis,…
‘Not job done but it is the first step’: Addleshaws’ turnaround emerges as revenues grow 12% to £193m Kathryn McCann After having elected managing partner John Joyce (pictured) to help turnaround what had been a string of lethargic results following…
Withers takes its pick of McKenna Long partners ahead of Dentons tie-up as firm launches three US offices Michael West Withers has launched three new offices in the US with the hire of a nine partner team – the majority…
Taking New Jersey: Riverview Law opens second US office and starts UK recruitment drive Tom Moore Riverview Law, the fixed priced legal services business, is set to open a second US office with a launch in…
Revolving Doors: Hill Dickinson makes a double hire to its real estate team while Hogan Lovells makes a key lateral in New York Legal Business The past seven days have seen Hogan Lovells make a key arbitration hire in New York, Jones Day make a…
Ashurst hires Freshfields’ Australia head and former Tokyo managing partner to bolster cross-border work Michael West Ashurst has made a rare lateral hire from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, bringing in the firm’s country partner for…
Law firms set to downsize offices as profession faces 4.9m sq ft of lease events in London by 2021 Legal Business The legal profession is set to see a spate of downsizing of its real estate holdings according to CBRE’s Professional…
Gateley valued at £100m as it reveals first investors in landmark IPO Legal Business Documents filed at the London Stock Exchange today (29 May) reveal West Midlands firm Gateley is aiming for a £100m valuation and…
Dealwatch: Bakers wins role alongside Slaughters on Equinix’s £2.35bn takeover of Freshfields client Telecity Tom Moore Slaughter and May teamed up with a Baker & McKenzie team led out of London to help US data giant Equinix in its…
Significant mandates: JTI turns to Freshfields in latest tobacco challenge to plain cigarette packaging Legal Business The latest firm to win work challenging the UK government’s decision to introduce plain cigarette packaging, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s Tom…
WLG’s Poole changes retirement plans to take on international head role Kathryn McCann As Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co continues its post-merger integration, stalwart Quentin Poole (pictured) has taken on a new role…
KWM suffers another corporate exit in the City as Woollard leaves for Paul Hastings Legal Business Duncan Woollard has become the latest private equity partner to leave King & Wood Mallesons, heading for Paul Hastings to…
Another management departure at Olswang as GC Callander leaves to take on new role at Addleshaws Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard has hired Olswang’s general counsel (GC) and partnership secretary Simon Callander as it expands its partnership secretary role,…
95p to own a share of Gateley: Firm targets 8 June for admission onto AIM Legal Business Gateley has set 8 June as its expected admission date onto the AIM listing, giving it little over a week…
Hogan Lovells expands Frankfurt office with senior Skadden PE partner Jaletzke and lawyer duo Legal Business Hogan Lovells has bolstered its German operations with senior corporate partner Matthias Jaletzke, who counts Apax Partners among his clients,…
