Adviser reviews: Irwin Mitchell replaced by Shakespeares on National Grid’s UK panel after review Sarah Downey Top 30 LB100 firm Irwin Mitchell has lost its place on energy giant National Grid’s legal panel, following a review…
IPO Fever: Just Eat float gifts Herbert Smith Freehills and Linklaters with £700m listing Sarah Downey With Pets at Home and Poundland having only days ago made their London Stock Exchange debut, Just Eat yesterday (17…
Oil and gas: Slaughters, Linklaters and Hengeler act on €5.1bn sale of RWE Dea Legal Business With large deals in the oil and gas sector still often struggling to get away, RWE’s €5.1bn sale of its upstream…
Comment: The road to equity – a difficult journey, an uncertain destination Legal Business The legal profession is going through a period of dramatic and profound change, and the forces driving these changes are…
Asia moves: Hires for BLP, Milbank and Rajah & Tann as Harneys launches in Singapore David Stevenson Ever active, the legal market in Asia has seen a number of high profile hires and losses over the past…
Revolving Doors: Capsticks hires BBC’s head of competition as Field Fisher, Kennedys and TLT bring in laterals Francesca Fanshawe After a week that saw Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW), Kennedys and TLT all make significant hires into their City bases, one of more…
In-house: Virgin Media completes leadership reshuffle with new general counsel as Weight Watchers unveils its new GC Legal Business Home entertainment company Virgin Media has completed the overhaul of its executive following its £15bn acquisition by Liberty Global in…
Addleshaws begins management elections as Devitt stands down early Sarah Downey Addleshaw Goddard has started the week with news that managing partner Paul Devitt is to step down early, while partners…
Scottish union – Berrymans Lace Mawer ties up with HBM Sayers Sarah Downey The toll of top UK law firms opening in Scotland increased today (17 March) with the announcement that Berrymans Lace…
DLA and Weil lead on Vodafone’s €7.2bn acquisition of Grupo Corporativo Ono Legal Business Vodafone has turned to DLA Piper for its latest major M&A deal: the €7.2bn acquisition of Grupo Corporativo Ono, with…
You win some you lose some: Skadden’s client bows out of $1.7bn Amcol bidding war as $1bn Chiquita/Fyffes merger goes through Legal Business The month-long bidding war between French minerals company Imerys and New York’s Mineral Technologies (MT) for Amcol International this week…
Law Society CEO Des Hudson announces summer retirement following calls for resignation Sarah Downey Law Society chief executive Des Hudson has today (14 March) announced he is retiring in July after the society’s annual…
Russian leader Egorov Puginsky hires managing partner and nine lawyer capital markets team from rival Liniya Prava Jaishree Kalia Leading Russian firm Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & Partners has hired the managing partner and co-founder of rival Moscow firm Liniya Prava,…
Berlin office closure for King & Wood following partner departures and ‘strategic review’ Legal Business Following signifcant movement within the German arms of major international firms of late, King & Wood Mallesons SJ Berwin (KWMSJB) has pointed…
Freshfields arbitration practice sees more exits as trio set up boutique in Germany Jaishree Kalia Disputes partner Christian Borris is leaving Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s Cologne office at the end of April to set up a…
In-house moves: QBE Insurance Group appoints new group general counsel Legal Business Rated as one of the world’s top 20 insurance and reinsurance companies, ASX-listed business underwriters QBE Insurance Group have appointed the…
Asia network: BLP ties-up with Legal Network Consultants in Myanmar David Stevenson With energy and infrastructure deals at the forefront of its game plan, UK top 20 firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has…
High Court orders Withers to pay £1.6m over professional negligence claim Legal Business Leading private client firm Withers has this week been ordered by the High Court to pay £1.6m in damages after…
Numbers game – Freshfields awards 15 partner promotions across Europe, Tokyo and New York Legal Business In the latest round of partnership promotions, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has made up 15 new partners to its ranks. While that…
Diversity – Herbert Smith Freehills commits to 30% female partners by 2019 Legal Business Set against a backdrop of initiatives including the 30% Club’s drive to improve senior female representation on UK boards, Herbert…
