Kirkland shortens equity track as it wages intensified war for talent Nathalie Tidman Kirkland & Ellis has shortened its path to equity partnership by a year in another audacious move that will doubtless…
Revolving doors: White & Case lands corporate heavyweight from Clifford Chance as Hogan Lovells makes German team hire Tom Baker Headlining the latest round of lateral partner appointments, White & Case has made an eye-catching move for Clifford Chance’s former…
Guest comment: The new differentiator for law firms? Guest Blog A quiet revolution is happening, and I am here to champion it. For many years, the role of a professional…
Revolving doors: Cleary makes Bay Area move as HogLov and Squire enhance Africa offerings Mark McAteer In a bold Bay Area play, Cleary Gottlieb has announced that it is opening in California with the arrival of…
Revolving doors: Capita appoints new legal chief as Clifford Chance lures back former PE star Tom Baker In a major in-house move, professional services company Capita has appointed Claire Denton as its new chief general counsel and…
Revolving doors: Mishcon expands in Singapore as Squire takes on Madrid buyout team Tom Baker Bouncing back from a swathe of pre-IPO disputes partner exits, Mishcon de Reya has made a senior contentious hire in…
Guest post: COP26 heats up and global temperature pledges spur optimism Guest Blog As the 2021 United Nations Climate Change conference gathers momentum, Tim Baines, counsel in Mayer Brown’s environmental team, finds optimism…
Revolving doors: HSF takes two senior New York litigators from Hogan Lovells as Littler expands in Portugal Tom Baker Amid a hectic week for lateral partner recruitment, Herbert Smith Freehills has picked up two former Hogan Lovells financial litigation partners in New…
Guest post: Any COP? – mixed messages at UN climate summit as usual platitudes belie call for action Guest Blog As the 2021 United Nations Climate Change conference enters full swing in Glasgow, Tim Baines, counsel in Mayer Brown’s environmental…
Revolving doors: Goodwin lures capital markets guru as Ashurst boosts derivatives practice Tom Baker Amid the latest round of lateral hires, Goodwin has picked up capital markets partner and ESG specialist Ariel White-Tsimikalis from Bryan…
Revolving doors: private equity spree continues as Gibson Dunn hires buyout team from Vinson & Elkins Tom Baker Continuing the private equity theme set by last week’s spate of hires, Gibson Dunn has appointed a trio of buyout partners from…
Revolving doors: Kirkland picks up Freshfields private equity stars again as seven partners depart pre-IPO Mishcon Tom Baker With echoes of David Higgins’ landmark $10m switch in 2017 , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has lost two up-and-coming private equity…
‘Similar but different’: Osborne Clarke’s veteran senior partner Saul hands the baton to Clough Nathalie Tidman Having overseen a time of significant growth for Osborne Clarke, Andrew Saul (pictured) is making way for Peter Clough to…
Revolving doors: Disputes dominate as Willkie and HFW make major London team hires Tom Baker In a headline week for the London disputes market, a three-partner antitrust litigation team from Quinn Emanuel’s market-leading practice has…
Dealwatch: Golden ticket for Skadden and Taylor Wessing as they lead on Netflix’s Roald Dahl acquisition Nathalie Tidman Pundits on the apparently unceasingly bullish deal markets have become well-versed in pointing to sectors that have particularly been stoked by…
Kirkland breaks own record again to make up 151 new partners and 19 in London Nathalie Tidman With the boldness the market has come to expect from the world’s highest-grossing law firm, Kirkland & Ellis has again…
GC Powerlist UK 2021: Inclusions list Legal Business Please see below for a link to an online pdf of GC Powerlist United Kingdom 2021: GC Powerlist United Kingdom…
Pinsents, Travers Smith and easyJet the big winners as Legal Business Awards returns to Grosvenor House Mark McAteer Pinsent Masons, Travers Smith and easyJet were among the major winners at the 2021 Legal Business Awards, which returned as a…
Revolving doors: Ashurst makes senior high yield hire from Shearman as WilmerHale sees double departure to G100 rivals Tom Baker Amid another hefty round of parner recruitment, Ashurst has made a senior hire in London, bringing in Jacques McChesney as…
Rare blow for Cravath as Freshfields hires Zoubek to co-head Wall Street M&A team Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired Cravath M&A partner Damien Zoubek to co-head its New York corporate practice alongside Ethan Klinsberg,…
