Scottish firms: Burness Paull awards staff 10% bonus while Shepherd and Wedderburn grows construction team Jaishree Kalia Scottish firm Burness Paull is awarding a 10% bonus to all its eligible employees across the firm’s three offices in…
Clydes hires Kennedys aviation heavyweight as it builds practice Jaishree Kalia Clyde & Co has hired Kennedys’ aviation liability and insurance star David Johnston with further lateral hires expected.
Dewey liquidators confirm payout while Cobbetts’ payments are postponed Jaishree Kalia As the fallout from the demise of Dewey & LeBoeuf continues, liquidators of the UK arm are assessing paying an…
Freshfields NY corporate partner joins King & Spalding as former Amsterdam chief joins boutique Legal Business With Magic Circle firms still vowing to break ground in the US legal market, Manhattan-based corporate partner Matthew Jacobson has…
Paul Hastings and Weil Gotshal & Manges lead on German bank acquisition Legal Business US firms Paul Hastings and Weil, Gotshal & Manges have won lead roles on the OCEAN Holding acquisition of German…
Magic Circle duo advise on LSE’s £938m rights issue as part of £1.6bn Frank Russell acquisition Jaishree Kalia Magic Circle firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters, alongside some of the leading US firms, have advised on the London…
Wachtell, Skadden and Goodwin Procter take lead roles on Bank of America’s $16.6bn settlement Legal Business Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Goodwin Procter have taken the lead roles on…
Another partner exit at Weil’s London office Legal Business Weil Gotshal & Manges’ head of European high yield Gil Strauss has become the most recent prominent partner to leave…
Quindell hires new legal chief as legal services division posts huge growth Legal Business Alternative business structure (ABS) Quindell has posted a huge revenue increase in the first half of 2014 with its Legal Services…
Accounts for Dechert’s UK LLP show revenues and profit falling Legal Business Profits at Dechert’s UK LLP dropped 21% from £35m to £27.7m for the 12 months to 31 December 2013, according…
Edwards Wildman posts 10% turnover slide in UK with latest LLP accounts Sarah Downey Having endured a difficult time in recent months with the exodus of multiple partners from its London office, US firm…
Clydes continues to grow ME practice while Jones Day hires in Singapore Legal Business Following a string of international lateral hires over recent months, Clyde & Co continues to bolster its team in the…
Ex-Clydes partner settles whistleblowing case Legal Business After a long-running dispute between Clyde & Co and former partner Krista Bates van Winkelhof, the firm has finally settled the whistleblowing…
Mishcon de Reya set to move to full-equity LLP structure in 2015 Legal Business Mishcon de Reya is set to bring all partners into the equity and convert to a limited liability partnership at…
Post-merger fallout: Squire Patton Boggs loses 23-strong team in the Middle East Legal Business The legacy Squire Sanders practice in the Middle East, a team of 23 lawyers that included five partners, has exited…
Slaughters and HSF lead as BHP Billiton undergoes major demerger Legal Business Slaughter and May corporate partners Richard de Carle and Susannah Macknay are spearheading a demerger at mining giant BHP Billiton,…
Reed Smith and BLP lead on £430m business park buy up Tom Moore Reed Smith and Berwin Leighton Paisner have led on a £430m purchase of three UK business parks by asset management…
‘We’re actively looking at our growth’: PwC hires King & Wood managing partner duo to spearhead Asia legal arm Legal Business PwC Australia has hired former King & Wood Mallesons managing partners, Tony O’Malley and Tim Blue, to spearhead the expansion…
Things to come – accountancy body handed power to grant ABS licences Legal Business There has been more attention of late on the corporate ambitions of major audit groups but news this week is…
Asia: Fears over Hong Kong’s judicial autonomy see vote of no confidence passed in local law society head Legal Business Hong Kong lawyers turned out in force last night (14 August) to cast a vote of no confidence in local…
