‘Each market is different’: Dentons’ Australian tie-up delayed Legal Business Melbourne office unlikely following Singapore closure Dentons’ tie-up with Australian firm Gadens, announced a year ago, has been delayed, with…
The Finance View: Global firms jostle for position in panda bond market Legal Business Victoria Young reviews how global firms are positioning themselves to cash in on a market on the cusp As the…
Outside the Box: Can Reed Smith’s new Euro heads take the firm’s London practice to the next level? Multiple Authors Georgiana Tudor and Victoria Young talk to Tamara Box and Andrew Jenkinson about competing in the London market Three years…
Life during law: Quentin Poole, Gowling WLG Kathryn McCann I thought I’d be suited to law because I’ve always been interested in people. And discussion and debate and argument.
Deal watch: Corporate activity in November 2016 Legal Business PE DOUBLE FOR CC Clifford Chance (CC) completed two major private equity deals in a month, advising as Cinven, Permira…
Life during Law: Aedamar Comiskey, Linklaters Legal Business I’m the fifth of six children. By child five, your parents are very relaxed. You can do what you want!…
Freshfields and Baker Botts take pole position on F1 sell off Legal Business Over 100 lawyers involved as PE firm sells sport to Liberty Media Just six months a partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s…
CMS returns to Hong Kong to enhance Asia disputes practice Legal Business CMS opened in Hong Kong in September through its German branch CMS Hasche Sigle, re-entering the city as part of…
The IT crowd: Travers, Kirkland and Freshfields team up on $8.8bn Micro Focus/HPE deal Legal Business Travers Smith and Kirkland & Ellis last month teamed up to advise UK tech firm Micro Focus on its $8.8bn…
What goes up: Linklaters to vote next month on new partner pay model Tom Moore Moore pulls together proposals for flexible model as lockstep set to evolve With Magic Circle rivals Clifford Chance, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus…
Olswang exits continue as merger claims swirl around TMT player Legal Business More than 30 partners have left the firm in the last 18 months Having emerged as one of the worst…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in October 2016 Legal Business CC and Davis Polk On $8bn China IPO: Davis Polk & Wardwell advised Postal Savings Bank of China on its…
White & Case opens Australia practice with ten-partner project finance raid on HSF Legal Business Simultaneous Melbourne and Sydney launches filled with former Freehills lawyers White & Case is to open two offices in Australia…
‘Good financial prudence’: Dentons’ European arm makes cash call Tom Moore Partners asked for between €6m and €7m to cut debt. The European arm of Dentons has made a capital call…
QBE reviews UK panel following appointment of global GC Kathryn McCann Australia’s largest global insurer QBE is to launch a review of its UK claims panel, following the appointment of a…
Is Kennedys keeping up? Insurance player claims innovation and expansion provide the right cover Kathryn McCann Kathryn McCann and Victoria Young discuss Kennedys’ prospects with longstanding senior partner Nick Thomas ‘I’d like to tell you that…
The rise of the machines: Slaughters latest to join rush to embrace artificial intelligence Legal Business Matthew Field reports on the latest from Global 100 players in legal tech Long regarded as the most conservative of…
Contenders step forward as race for Squires European head begins Legal Business Longstanding leader Crossley set to retire at year end Frontrunners have emerged in the contest to become the new Europe and…
Ashurst braces for £55m fit-out hit as City office move looms Madeleine Farman Firm prepares to sub-let up to 40% of new London headquarters As Ashurst partners digest a year of tumbling profits and turnover,…
Pressure piles on Ashurst as ten partners quit last month Madeleine Farman Paul Hastings, A&O and PwC heap further woe on City stalwart A beleaguered Ashurst has suffered another wave of partner exits, with ten…
