Ominous signs for western firms in Russia as Akin Gump team quits to launch local independent Marco Cillario The latest sign that life in Russia is getting tough for international firms came today (5 September) as two of…
Disputes round-up: White & Case continues hiring drive with RBS litigation head as HSF partner appointed deputy High Court judge Tom Baker White & Case is continuing its bid to add firepower to its London disputes bench with the hire of The…
Revolving Doors: Summer recruitment round ends with Global 100 firms hiring in the City and Asia Thomas Alan The summer holiday recruitment round officially finished last week, with DLA Piper and Pinsent Masons making significant moves in London,…
International round-up: Latham hits DLA’s Madrid outpost again for antitrust partner as Kennedys opens innovation back office in India Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins has dealt yet another blow to DLA Piper’s Spanish ranks, hiring its first Madrid-based antitrust partner, while Kennedys has…
Deal watch: Magic Circle scoops £300m Funding Circle IPO as Linklaters advises on £2bn wind farm financing Nathalie Tidman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have scored lead mandates on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of small business lender Funding…
Deal watch: Slaughters leads on Wonga collapse and joins Skadden, Ashurst and CC on £3.9bn Costa deal Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has landed key roles on the high-profile collapse of payday lender Wonga and Coca-Cola’s £3.9bn acquisition of national…
Magic Circle duo goes full throttle on Aston Martin’s landmark London listing Nathalie Tidman City heavyweights Slaughter and May and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken the driving seat on the proposed initial public offering (IPO) of…
Revolving Doors: Sullivan & Cromwell ends City recruitment hiatus as White & Case lead firms strengthening in Asia Thomas Alan There are signs the summer hiring lull is coming to an end after Sullivan & Cromwell and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP)…
‘Europe’s waking up to legal tech’: another hefty funding round as start-up Apperio raises $10m Hamish McNicol Legal tech start-up Apperio is switching to growth mode after closing a $10m funding round that will enable it to…
DLA adds ‘practical’ regulatory expertise with hire of former high-ranking SFO lawyer Hamish McNicol DLA Piper has hired a former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) division head in response to multinational clients increasingly demanding ‘expertise on…
International round-up: Fieldfisher opens third China office as Pinsents settles Madrid dispute Tom Baker Ever-expansive Fieldfisher has bolstered its presence in Asia having opened a third office in China, while Pinsent Masons has settled a dispute…
Law Society predicts no-deal Brexit could halve UK legal sector turnover growth Hamish McNicol The UK legal sector could lose nearly £3bn in turnover growth and have 10,000 fewer jobs by 2025 with a…
HSF’s corporate ambitions take hit after losing seasoned trio to Morgan Lewis Tom Baker Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) rhetoric of improving corporate capabilities has taken a blow after a trio of transactional partners left for…
A&O Fuse start-up among first to take space at Barclays’ law tech lab Hamish McNicol A start-up from Allen & Overy’s (A&O) Fuse innovation hub is one of the first 17 companies to join banking…
Revolving Doors: Jones Day makes it a brace in the City as Clifford Chance loses partner in-house Thomas Alan Away from the headline laterals last week, Jones Day was the only firm to make moves in London after securing…
‘Not starting from scratch’: Fieldfisher opens high-volume hub in Belfast Tom Baker Mid-tier pacesetter Fieldfisher has become the latest firm to explore volume legal services, opening a low-cost hub in Belfast to be…
Double whammy for Magic Circle infra as Latham hires CC’s Moylan and A&O’s Andersen Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins has secured the services of two of the highest profile names in the City’s infrastructure private equity space…
‘Strong pipeline’: pay bump for A&O trainees and associates amid 80% retention rate Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has become the latest Magic Circle firm to announce pay increases for its trainees and newly qualified…
Deal watch: Weil and Slaughters lead on Bain’s £1.2bn esure bid as CC and RPC land House of Fraser roles Nathalie Tidman Weil Gotshal & Manges and Slaughter and May have scooped key mandates on Bain Capital’s proposed £1.2bn takeover of UK insurer esure…
Revolving Doors: City laterals slow as Hogan Lovells lose corporate partner to Dechert, while CC and Herbert Smith make moves abroad Thomas Alan In a lull for City recruitment, Dechert made the only significant London hire last week, with Kennedys recruiting in the regions…
