Dealwatch: Baker & McKenzie and Ropes & Gray lead on Merck’s $8.4bn superbug takeover Legal Business One of the world’s biggest pharma groups, New Jersey-based Merck, instructed an all-female partner team from Baker & McKenzie to…
Revolving doors: International hires for Allen & Overy, KWM and Morgan Lewis while Gibson Dunn turned to GE Legal Business A host of international hires last week saw Allen & Overy (A&O) and Morgan Lewis & Bockius enhance their Frankfurt…
Comment: Bringing greed to law – our part in the profession’s downfall Legal Business In our 25-year anniversary coverage, Cass Business School’s Laura Empson repeats a familiar refrain about the negative impact of the…
‘No one had done it in the London market’: Clifford Chance’s former head of antitrust launches City boutique Tom Moore Oliver Bretz, former global head of antitrust at Clifford Chance, is leaving after 15 years at the Magic Circle firm to…
Going in-house: Jardine Matheson hires Linklaters’ Parr as general counsel Legal Business It’s one in one out for London-listed conglomerate Jardine Matheson, owner of upmarket UK car dealership Jardine Motors, as the…
Guest post: Christmas comes early – SFO scores 1st Bribery Act convictions Guest Blog The SFO has successfully prosecuted its first series of Bribery Act convictions. On Friday the SFO reported that ‘Gary Lloyd…
Q&A: A&O capital markets co-heads talk innovative solutions and sharing leadership Jaishree Kalia Six months on from being elected co-heads of Allen & Overy’s (A&O) capital markets global team, David Benton and Simon Hill…
Targeting USA: Linklaters reshuffles teams to boost corporate and disputes Legal Business Magic Circle firm Linklaters has moved its TMT and tax groups from its commercial division into corporate. The firm has…
Global London: Respected Paris boutique launches City arm to target cross-border deals Jaishree Kalia French firm AyacheSalama has launched its first international office in the City with four partners as it looks to advise…
Investing in law: Parabis secures £13m from Duke Street to fund upgrades Legal Business Parabis Group has secured a further £13m investment from private equity company Duke Street Capital with the aim to improve…
Battle over, war begins: Clifford Chance set to face professional negligence claim by Excalibur funders Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) is to face a professional negligence suit over the high-profile Excalibur dispute by the case’s funders and…
‘Fits our philosophy and style of practice perfectly’: Three Crowns hires its first female partner from Covington Jaishree Kalia Arbitration boutique Three Crowns has hired its first female partner, Carmen Martinez Lopez, from Covington & Burling as the firm…
H1 2014/15: ‘We don’t want to grow simply to be bigger’ – Taylor Wessing reveals 7.3% UK revenue increase Sarah Downey Taylor Wessing has today (4 December) announced its half-year financial results, posting a 7.3% rise in revenue for H1 2014/15…
Dealwatch: HSF, Debevoise, Weil, and Freshfields double down on Sky Bet sale Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) continues to cash in on its ever strengthening relationship with Sky as the digital giant goes through…
Reputation management: Kingsley Napley taps Mishcon for media litigator Harris Legal Business Kingsley Napley continues to enhance its dispute resolution offering with the hire of high profile media litigator and Mishcon de…
Guest post: money or culture? What culture really means to law firms Legal Business Circling in the wings around almost any discussion of management and leadership issues in law firms, sometimes touted as a…
£1.25bn in revenue: Linklaters top earner brings home £2.4m as profits rise 7% Legal Business Recently filed accounts at Companies House have shown the highest paid member of the Linklaters partnership took home £2.4m at…
Broadening ‘the public’s choice’: Bar Standards Board to regulate businesses from 2015 Sarah Downey The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has received approval from the Legal Services Board (LSB) for its application to regulate businesses…
Adviser review: Firms vie for spots as Deutsche Bank assesses its global legal panel Legal Business German banking goliath Deutsche Bank has opened a review of its global legal panel with it set to conclude by…
H1 2014/15: ‘Early stages’ – Stephenson Harwood’s revenues up 12% in first half Jaishree Kalia Stephenson Harwood has posted a 12% increase in turnover to £64m for the first half of the financial year 2014/15…
