Q&A: RPC’s new managing partner talks strategy, international expansion and tech Legal Business With long-term managing partner Jonathan Watmough stepping down in December last year, insurance head James Miller has taken over the…
Ashurst Paris corporate team chooses Freshfields as Magic Circle firm reinvigorates offering Madeleine Farman Madeleine Farman on a rare team move between London-based international players In one of the most significant team hires between…
‘Sign of things to come’: Shell leads on sale of own North Sea assets Legal Business Shell’s in-house legal team recently took the lead on the sale of $3.8bn worth of its own North Sea oil…
Linklaters alumni line up opposite former firm in Reckitt’s $16bn takeover of Mead Johnson Legal Business In the first transatlantic merger to make headlines so far in 2017, Kirkland & Ellis partners David Holdsworth and Paula…
East side story: NRF adds Manhattan credibility with projects-driven Chadbourne tie-up Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has pulled off its second US merger, this time with New York-based Chadbourne & Parke, giving…
Clyde & Co continues rapid US expansion after opening Washington and Chicago offices Legal Business Office launches follow team hire from Troutman earlier this year Clyde & Co continues to look for opportunities to expand…
News in brief – March 2017 Legal Business FRESHFIELDS SIGNS 20-YEAR LEASE ON NEW HQ Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has signed a pre-let agreement on a 20-year lease in…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in March 2017 Legal Business SLAUGHTERS TAKES LEAD ON PHARMA MEGA DEAL Slaughter and May has acted opposite Cravath, Swaine & Moore as Johnson &…
Growth spurts: Can Goodwin Procter’s impressive string of European hires hold it together? Madeleine Farman Madeleine Farman and Victoria Young sit down with Europe chair David Evans (pictured) to discuss laterals, integration and the next…
One man band: Can Ropes & Gray maintain the momentum without Allen? Madeleine Farman Madeleine Farman and Victoria Young ask the firm’s leaders about growth in the City. Ropes & Gray’s rapid growth in…
Life during law: Jonny Earle, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher Legal Business I don’t take anything for granted. I’ve been lucky, had some good breaks and people have invested time in me.…
Shell moves to ‘appropriate’ fee arrangements for all matters following panel review Kathryn McCann Royal Dutch Shell has implemented a rule that all new legal matters must be priced using ‘appropriate’ fee arrangements (AFAs),…
Joyce stands for re-election as Addleshaw partners vote through Scottish merger Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard managing partner John Joyce is to stand for re-election for a second term beginning May 2017, it was…
‘A combination of poor decisions’: KWM’s plan to recapitalise European business fails Legal Business Legacy SJ Berwin on the brink as global managing partner stands down Persistent troubles at King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM)…
Quinn Emanuel’s Jagusch says modern arbitration has become ‘riddled with rogues and corruption’ Legal Business Arbitration today is full of routine corruption and rogue elements disrupting the process, argued Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Stephen…
Slaughters and Addleshaws follow Simmons in developing fintech funds Legal Business Slaughter and May and Addleshaw Goddard are targeting the fintech market, following in Simmons & Simmons’ footsteps to develop funds…
Burness Paull defends multimillion-dollar claim relating to legacy business Kathryn McCann Long-running dispute reaches Court of Session One of Scotland’s leading independent firms, Burness Paull, is defending a $210m claim relating…
United states: Kaye Scholer/Arnold & Porter union sees reshuffle in City practice Legal Business Merger will create a $1bn firm with over 1,000 lawyers In what is the largest announced US law firm merger…
Excalibur judgment leaves dispute funders with £20m bill Legal Business In November the long-running Excalibur litigation came to a head as London’s Court of Appeal (CoA) found the third-party funders…
Doubling up: Freshfields scores roles on Europe’s largest real estate transactions this year Legal Business First-time instruction for Kirkland in €2.4bn purchase Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has advised on two of the largest European real estate…
