Revolving doors: City hires aplenty as Goodwin adds Kirkland PE player and Weil makes restructuring lateral Muna Abdi Leading US firms have continued to ramp up lateral recruitment in London as Goodwin Procter hired a private equity partner from…
Freshfields recruits Linklaters’ alternative legal services head as chief operating officer Nathalie Tidman Linklaters’ global head of alternative legal services has quit just months into his role to become chief operating officer at…
Comment: New Law needs a new dictionary to get that promised breakthrough Alex Novarese For more than a decade now technology and innovation jargon has been pushing its way inelegantly into the legal sphere.…
Gowling WLG appoints corporate partner UK chair as Witts steps down Hamish McNicol Gowling WLG has elected a corporate partner chair of its UK LLP, with incumbent Andrew Witts standing down after more…
Revolving doors: Simmons and CMS make City banking and pensions hires as Gibson Dunn bolsters its Paris bench Muna Abdi In another muted patch for City laterals, Simmons & Simmons and CMS were the only firms to hire in London…
In-house: BAE air legal head quits for aerospace rival as Lloyds’ legal ops head joins Clifford Chance Anna Cole-Bailey BAE System’s longstanding legal chief for air, Julie Smyth, has landed the general counsel (GC) role at GKN Aerospace, while…
Ashurst joins flexible lawyering bandwagon as DWF completes BT Law acquisition Thomas Alan Ashurst has teamed up with US-based law company Elevate and Cognia Law to offer clients flexible lawyering through the firm’s…
Goodwin makes good on Taylor Wessing hires with Cambridge office opening Nathalie Tidman The expansive Goodwin has leveraged its recent four-strong band of life sciences and technology laterals from Taylor Wessing to open a…
Linklaters ExComm bag £25m amid surge in revenue from US and AsiaPac, LLP accounts reveal Marco Cillario The 12 members of Linklaters’ executive committee and senior partner Charlie Jacobs saw a 17% pay increase to more than…
Rolling up the sleeves: Eversheds sets out corporate ambitions with hire of Simmons’ UK corporate head Hamish McNicol Eversheds Sutherland is ramping up its City investment plans as the firm looks to become a leading player in the…
Revolving Doors: Proskauer and TLT hire in the City as Clydes insurance head retires Muna Abdi Proskauer and TLT have added to their funds and banking practices in what was a quiet week generally for City…
‘Not a chance’: Reed Smith rules out a listing as it lands ABS licence approval Thomas Alan Reed Smith has made good on its plans to secure an alternative business structure (ABS) licence from the Solicitors Regulation…
‘Reflecting the market right now, not several years back’ – The Legal 500 UK launch unveils a new approach Georgina Stanley Late last month we published the first Legal 500 UK guide since I took over as editor. While changing something…
Comment: Whatever happened to the PR as managing partner consigliere? Alex Novarese For a pundit often claimed to be dismissive of the PR community, the subject of this leader may surprise. The…
City promotions drop for Latham in US-driven partnership round Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins has promoted 33 lawyers to partner, with its London outpost accounting for 15% of those getting the…
In-house: GC Risam draws on experience as Lombard International invites tenders for debut panel Anna Cole-Bailey Wealth-structuring company Lombard International is creating its first-ever legal adviser panel under the watch of general counsel (GC) Monica Risam,…
‘Developing market share’: Weightmans opens shop in Newcastle through Watson Burton acquisition Thomas Alan National player Weightmans has expanded into North East England after acquiring Newcastle-based firm Watson Burton, adding nine partners to the…
Partner promotions: Cleary bypasses the City as Ropes again makes up just one in London Nathalie Tidman Despite previously denying claims that the firm is retrenching in London, Ropes & Gray has promoted just one new partner…
Paul Hastings withdraws from Milan as K&L Gates loses eight-partner employment team in Australia Thomas Alan Paul Hastings is shutting up shop in Milan as its office head leaves for a US rival while K&L Gates…
CAT rules in favour of claimants and funders as trucks cartel dispute intensifies Thomas Alan The Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) has today (29 October) laid down a marker in the ongoing trucks cartel dispute, giving…
