Spain prepares for IPO surge as US firms win key mandates on Aena’s €4.3bn float Legal Business The Spanish capital markets showed signs of improving last month as US firms Mayer Brown and Davis Polk & Wardwell…
No playbook for Dentons’ bold China tie-up Legal Business Tony Lin sizes up the world’s most lawyered firm and asks what Dentons’ much-hyped tie-up with Dacheng can deliver Size…
Withers leads way in major tie-up as Singapore rush continues Legal Business HSF, KWM and DLA Piper invest in key South-East Asia hub Highlighting continued law firm interest in the Singaporean economy…
News in brief – March 2015 Legal Business JP MORGAN TURNS TO GOLDMAN SACHS FOR NEW EMEA GC JP Morgan Chase hired heavyweight counsel, and former lawyer at…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in February 2015 Legal Business SKADDEN, FRESHFIELDS AND SLAUGHTERS LAND KEY ROLES ON £4.3BN CAN MAKER TIE-UP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised Ball…
Strategy review puts US merger and new office launches on HSF agenda Legal Business Further New York growth and Washington DC offering on the cards Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is accelerating its US development…
Reckitt Benckiser group GC Mordan looks to review and formalise panel Kathryn McCann Reckitt Benckiser (RB) is making plans to carry out a UK panel review, with Bill Mordan, senior vice president and…
Shearman & Sterling plans first African office opening Legal Business Firm prepares for association in Egypt with energy focus US law firm Shearman & Sterling is preparing to open an…
Addleshaw Goddard to establish flexible resourcing capability after strategy revamp Kathryn McCann Addleshaw Goddard (AG) is looking to establish a flexible resourcing capability by creating a pool of qualified lawyers and paralegals…
Tackling ‘passive disobedience’: Layton sets CC course with new strategy Legal Business CC international plan for increases in US and Asia revenue With the partnership keen to improve retention rates and eager…
Weil tops City partner promotions at leading Global London firms Legal Business US firms continue to break ground in London and are increasingly investing in moving their City lawyers up the partnership…
Can Cooley make good on its City ambitions? Legal Business Sarah Downey talks to chief executive Joe Conroy about its high-impact City launch ‘Eight years ago, I couldn’t get anyone…
More outward-facing but does new leadership have a message for Pinsents? Kathryn McCann Pinsents has delivered operational competence at the expense of flair and visibility. Kathryn McCann asks if a more outward-facing leadership…
Life During Law: Ciaran Carvalho, Nabarro Legal Business I decided I wanted to be a lawyer aged 14. My parents’ friends were looking after me while my parents…
From suits to silks: the rise of the solicitor QC Legal Business The five solicitors to take Queen’s Counsel in the latest round of appointments had one thing in common: they were…
A robust year for M&A shows challenge for City leaders in competing with US rivals Legal Business With no single UK law firm having made a significant impact on the US market, it was no surprise that…
Cultural revolution: will the UK Anti-Corruption Plan create a US enforcement regime? Legal Business Michael West reports on how a shift in enforcement will herald a raft of new advisory work At the tail…
Slaughters, Davis Polk and Skadden cash in on Shire’s biggest ever takeover Legal Business Dublin-headquartered Shire, took to the January sales with the $1.5bn it received in a break-fee from US pharma giant AbbVie…
Birmingham’s £307m NEC sale puts the limelight on Eversheds, WLG and Gateley Kathryn McCann Lloyds’ private equity arm acquires landmark event venue Birmingham City Council brought in the New Year with one of its…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in February 2015 Legal Business FRESHFIELDS, CC AND NRF CALLED IN ON BT’S £12.5BN PURCHASE OF EE Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised telecoms giant BT as…
