Guest post: A few thoughts on the Butler Sloss controversy Legal Business Lady Butler Sloss, a former and eminent senior judge, with significant experience through a child abuse inquiry (Cleveland) of matters…
Skadden pledges PE still core focus but declines to spend big on Murray-Jones replacement Legal Business The pending retirement of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s leading figure in the City private equity market Allan Murray-Jones has…
Linklaters former DCM partner Nigel Pridmore joins Ashurst Hong Kong Jaishree Kalia Linklaters former finance partner Nigel Pridmore has joined Ashurst in Hong Kong, following in the footsteps of London debt capital markets (DCM)…
Willkie Farr moves to build City private equity capability with hire of Kirkland duo Legal Business New York firm Willkie Farr & Gallagher has moved to build a City buyout practice with the hire of private equity…
Reed Smith bolsters City energy practice with further hire from McDermott Legal Business Reed Smith has made a further lateral hire to bolster its City offering, as Prajakt Samant becomes the second energy partner…
‘Sharpening its corporate offering’ – Middleditch is Linklaters new corporate chief as Wiggins takes on sector role Tom Moore Asia-based Matthew Middleditch has today (14 July) been named Linklaters‘ new head of corporate, replacing current incumbent Jeremy Parr, as…
Revolving Doors: Monckton attracts public law team; Arnold & Porter launches City financial services; Dentons grows in HK Legal Business The past week saw Monckton Chambers attract a five-barrister public law team led by Ian Wise QC from Doughty Street Chambers,…
Guest post: Light at the end of the tunnel for the SFO and a review of the last 12 months from David Green QC Legal Business Introducing the annual report for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the last financial year David Green, CB QC, director of…
In-house: Threadneedle looks to fill GC spot after Philip Reed resigns; Weatherford brings in Dianne Ralston as GC Legal Business Leading City asset manager Threadneedle Investments is looking to fill its general counsel (GC) role following the resignation of high…
Linklaters corporate heavyweight Charlie Jacobs leads on Carlyle’s circa £2bn RAC exit talks Legal Business Linklaters senior corporate partner Charlie Jacobs is leading for Carlyle Group on the US buyout house’s early stage discussions to exit…
Clifford Chance’s global MP Matthew Layton talks expansion and ambition for his first four-year term Legal Business The past week has seen Clifford Chance emerge as the star performer among its Magic Circle rivals, with a 7% rise…
Comment: ‘Nobody knows anything’ – Goldman is more right than Maister Legal Business As journalists and managing partners hit reporting season the understandable urge rises once more to make sense of the legal…
DWF takes legal action against the Insolvency Service after failed panel bid Sarah Downey Top 25 LB 100 firm DWF is taking legal action against the government’s Insolvency Service (IS) after the national firm lost…
Dealwatch: HSF and Slaughters UK advisers on AbbVie’s $51bn bid for Shire Tom Moore Herbert Smith Freehills‘ corporate partners James Palmer and Gillian Fairfield have taken the UK lead on US drugmaker AbbVie’s proposed…
Fieldfisher bolsters Paris office with trio of lateral hires Legal Business Fieldfisher has bolstered its Paris office with a trio of local lateral hires, including M&A lawyer Pascal Squercioni and tax specialist…
Robert Tchenguiz switches from Shearman to Stephenson Harwood in £300m SFO claim Legal Business Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz has replaced Shearman & Sterling with Stephenson Harwood as his adviser on a high profile lawsuit against the…
Weil Gotshal heads H1 global private equity table as DLA Piper enters top 20 Legal Business Weil Gotshal & Manges has come out on top of the latest H1 private equity league tables in a top 20…
Law Society pays £1m recruitment bill as Norton Rose Fulbright receives £435k Legal Business The Law Society paid out approaching £1m in recruitment fees over ten months in 2013, as Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) took…
Financial results 2013/14: Macfarlanes breaks through £1m PEP threshold as profit and turnover up over 20% Legal Business Macfarlanes has achieved a high double digit jump in both revenue and profit per equity partner (PEP) for the 2013/14…
Morrison & Foerster appoints Paul Friedman to newly-created European managing partner role Legal Business Paul Friedman has become Morrison & Foerster’s first managing partner for Europe, overseeing 26 partners and 43 associates across London, Berlin…
