Life during law: Peter Crossley, Squire Patton Boggs Legal Business I started life in South Africa mainly doing crime and divorce. Knowing something about criminal law, and the cut and…
Keeping up with the Joneses – will A&O’s pay overhaul keep top talent? Sarah Downey Sarah Downey looks at the £20k pay boost and whether the market will follow suit Allen & Overy (A&O)’s decision…
The Finance View: Bigger, simpler, cheaper? How to position the modern securitisation counsel Legal Business Michael West assesses the impact of the ongoing rehabilitation of structured finance Securitisation lawyers have been hard pressed since the…
A&O and Freshfields win work on Bwin’s bidding battle Legal Business 888 looks set to strike £900m deal Deal lawyers took little respite over the summer as the traditional lull failed…
Host of Global 100 firms advise on Coke bottler’s $31bn three-way merger Legal Business Over ten firms were involved in the complex cross-border merger that saw three of The Coca-Cola Company’s bottlers unite to…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in July and August 2015 Legal Business PEARSON TURNS TO FRESHFIELDS ON SUMMER FT AND ECONOMIST SELL-OFF Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Pearson twice over the summer. The…
DLA splits from SA alliance firm Cliffe Dekker over integration and branding issues Kathryn McCann Last month saw DLA Piper and South African firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr end their ten-year formal alliance over integration and…
Greenberg makes a splash in Europe after two mass summer hires in Berlin and Warsaw Legal Business Greenberg Traurig has made a concerted push into Europe this summer. Having recruited a 12-lawyer real estate team in May…
News in brief – September 2015 Legal Business BAKERS’ 2014/15 FINANCIALS SEE FIRM SLIP BEHIND DLA Baker & McKenzie revealed it generated $2.43bn in the year to 30…
Life during law: Mark Darley, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom Michael West The lift bank on my floor is the perfect length for a cricket pitch. My son’s old school cricket bat…
A&O leads City’s big four amid subdued results Kathryn McCann Firm posts 8% PEP hike and 4% revenue increase With all of the Magic Circle financial results in, Allen &…
Candidates emerge as CMS gears up for autumn managing partner election Legal Business Four partners are tipped as potential successors as Weston prepares to step down CMS Cameron McKenna is gearing up for…
CC innovation chief creates taskforces to drive change Legal Business Firm eyes IBM Watson partnership and new software products Six months into the role, Clifford Chance (CC)’s head of innovation…
Jacobs frontrunner for next Linklaters senior partner Legal Business Slaughters’ senior partner race also underway ‘There’s no-one else,’ mused one ex-Linklaters partner. ‘If Charlie Jacobs isn’t the next senior…
Re-elected Verrier shuffles the White & Case pack Legal Business White & Case announced last month the re-election of executive chair Hugh Verrier, who takes on the role for a…
TTIP: Arbitration moves into the limelight Legal Business Tom Moore looks at the US-EU free trade pact’s potential for arbitration The rise of international arbitration has gone unhindered…
Booming pharma sector delivers work to US firms’ City offices Legal Business M&A work in the pharmaceutical industry continued apace last month, with White & Case’s London office winning its first mandate…
Dickson Minto lands role alongside Proskauer Rose, A&O and Ashurst on $1.7bn ERM sale Kathryn McCann The recent appetite of Canadian pension funds for high-quality assets was demonstrated again in June as Allen & Overy (A&O),…
Olswang to lose Berlin team in strategy reversal Sarah Downey Freshfields among firms in talks to take over the office The last 12 months have been quite a whirlwind at…
King & Spalding secures four-partner Ashurst team for Tokyo launch Legal Business Withers makes further Asia push with Japanese opening King & Spalding chose Tokyo last month as its second base in…
