Latin America pulls in insurance firms as Kennedys launches in Bogota Mark McAteer Following recent news that insurance specialist Kennedys is to merge with Simpson & Marwick in Scotland, the firm announced on…
Glaxo reviews advisers as A&O & CC take lead roles on £1.35bn Ribena and Lucozade sale Jaishree Kalia As GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) reviews its preferred law firms in a decision that could see the healthcare giant create a formal…
Deal watch: Hogan Lovells, RPC in key work for Kodak and AstraZeneca as DLA Piper reveals major High Court win Sarah Downey This week has seen two of the larger global challenger firms reveal significant wins on behalf of major international clients.…
Guest post: A fight to the death- can the Law Society and its regulatory arm continue as now? Legal Business ‘My terms of reference include a requirement to propose a framework that promotes the public and consumer interest, promotes competition,…
Lateral movement: Martin explains Macfarlanes’ current hiring spree Sarah Downey One of the biggest surprises to come out of Macfarlanes lately is not that it was one of the strongest…
Comment: The lingering enigma of BLP’s bad year Alex Novarese Success is a mysterious beast. Hard to define, built up over years and often the result of a formula even…
Legal aid reform: Grayling scraps competitive tendering plans Legal Business Fears that the government is reducing the justice system to a ‘stack it high and sell it cheap’ model were…
Return of the accountants: KPMG and EY consider ABS Sarah Downey Global accountants including KPMG and EY have the UK’s legal sector firmly in their sights as they consider their options…
Revolving doors: Linklaters boosts Asia restructuring practice while SJ Berwin makes key disputes hire Francesca Fanshawe In the second recruit to its Hong Kong office in the last couple of weeks, Linklaters has hired former Allen…
Clydes and Charles Russell establish new footprints while Kinstellar snares 10-lawyer team from Dentons’ expanding Kazakhstan operation Sarah Downey The start of September has seen international firms reinvigorate their expansion plans, with Clyde & Co revealing an Indonesian alliance…
Clifford Chance snares BLP’s contentious tax head Sarah Downey Senior exits from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) continue apace as Clifford Chance has confirmed the hire of Liesl Fichardt, the…
European expansion: Speechlys opens second Swiss base as Pinsents and OC bolster Euro offices through lateral hires Sarah Downey It’s been a year of highs and lows for private client firm Speechly Bircham which, after enduring flat revenues for…
US lateral spree: Jones Day closes in on 50 hires for 2013 as King & Spalding continues to crank up City offering Jaishree Kalia In its 49th lateral hire of 2013, Jones Day has hired Latham & Watkins finance partner Brian Conway to its…
Analysis: upheaval in Scots legal market continues as Kennedys takes over Simpson & Marwick Francesca Fanshawe Insurance specialist Kennedys is the latest in line of large English firms conducting raids north of the border over the…
Accept no substitute: Legal Business hits the iPad with the law app you’ve been waiting for Alex Novarese We take a sizeable step in the evolution of Legal Business today with the launch of a new iPad edition,…
Real estate round up: Macfarlanes, HSF, Slaughter and May and Hengeler Mueller each win key commercial property mandates Legal Business It’s been a week for the traditional corporate bluebloods to shine in real estate-related work, with Macfarlanes, Slaughter and May…
Deal watch: telecoms stays on front pages as Skadden and Simpson Thacher lead on Microsoft’s acquisition of Nokia’s mobile business Mark McAteer Following Monday’s $130bn deal between Vodafone and Verizon, yet another blockbuster telecoms transaction has emerged to keep M&A lawyers enthralled,…
ABS growing pains: Co-op Legal Service’s losses simply teething troubles, says GC Jaishree Kalia With news that Co-operative Legal Services (CLS) has posted a £3.4m loss in the for first half of 2013, the…
Healthy competition: Capsticks takes five partners from DAC Beachcroft Francesca Fanshawe It may be one of its signature practice areas but progressive insurance giant DAC Beachcroft last week (30 August) confirmed…
Back of the net: BLP and Fladgate advise on Gareth Bale’s £85m transfer to Real Madrid Sarah Downey It was a busy football transfer window for some of the UK’s leading law firms, with Berwin Leighton Paisner’s Graham Shear…
