RPC’s surprise partnership shake-up signals focus on next generation but is the firm still playing too safe? Marco Cillario Marco Cillario assesses the background to RPC’s decision to abandon all-equity structure At a November press event held by a…
Goodwin and Eversheds make bold corporate plays amid hopes of increasing City transactional firepower Thomas Alan Goodwin Procter and Eversheds Sutherland both made significant corporate hires in November, with the pair recruiting Kirkland & Ellis partner…
Significant hires Legal Business Simmons & Simmons added to its international banking practice with the hire of Kirsty Barnes, formerly Gowling WLG’s head of…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 UK 2020: Breakdown of Pinsent Masons’ top-tier rankings Pinsent Masons has topped the list of firms with…
Three firms cut as National Grid unveils panel following ‘pay to play’ review and BAE loses longstanding legal chief Anna Cole-Bailey Anna Cole-Bailey rounds up the latest in-house panel reviews and moves In a busy month of in-house activity, National Grid…
A boon for Global London firms on big-ticket buyouts as US investors target hot tech assets Nathalie Tidman The take-private market has cooled after a prolonged spree of deals across Europe but US investors have continued to pile…
Sponsored briefing: Celebrating the successes of the legal sector Guest Blog Ahead of the 2020 Legal Business Awards, James Tsolakis of NatWest reports on the past year’s developments for the profession…
Dealwatch: Slaughters and Ashurst make headlines on i newspaper sale as DLA and A&O dine out on Bookatable acquisition Muna Abdi In a busy week for UK buyouts, Slaughter and May advised Daily Mail and General Trust on the £49.6m acquisition…
Revolving doors: Fieldfisher appoints new life sciences head as Fried Frank makes double London hires Muna Abdi Fieldfisher has hired Janita Good as its new head of life sciences. She joins from Osborne Clarke where she spent 14…
Comment: Miguel who? New Hogan Lovells chief is going to be a hard sell in Europe Marco Cillario Canvassing ex-partners a few days after Hogan Lovells’ board recommended Miguel Zaldivar (pictured) as the firm’s next chief executive, Legal…
Pinsents launches flexi-lawyering brand Vario in Germany following New Law acquisitions Thomas Alan Pinsent Masons has finalised two alternative legal services acquisitions, enabling the firm to launch its flexible lawyering business Vario in…
‘Dynamic and excellent’: A&O chooses Johannesburg for second cost-saving hub as Steptoe launches in Hong Kong with CC pair Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy has built on the success of its Belfast cost-saving centre with the launch of another in Johannesburg as…
Freshfields fuels New York M&A growth with four more Cleary lawyers Marco Cillario Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has added four more lawyers to its ten-partner Wall Street M&A team, with three counsel and one associate…
BARBRI acquires SQE provider Kaplan Altior in preparation for education market overhaul Thomas Alan Legal education provider BARBRI International has accelerated its plans to move into the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) prep market by…
Bakers former City head Senior admits to sexually harassing associate but denies abuse of position Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie’s former London managing partner Gary Senior has admitted his behaviour after a firm event in 2012 amounted to…
Six City firms appoint BPP to deliver ‘super-exam’ prep courses amid education shake-up Thomas Alan BPP has been chosen by a consortium of six leading firms to provide Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) preparation, as the…
Bakers accused of ‘failure’ over handling of allegations of sexual misconduct against former London head Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie was accused of ‘collective failure’ for the way it handled allegations of sexual misconduct against its former London…
The City and St Louis share the spoils of 17-strong BCLP global promotion round Thomas Alan Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has promoted five partners in London, the same number as in St Louis, in its…
Revolving doors: Latham revisits CC for finance hire as DLA recruits BCLP duo in London Muna Abdi Defying the pre-Christmas lull in City laterals, Latham & Watkins last week returned to Clifford Chance to bolster its finance bench…
Ballheimer announces surprise retirement as A&O leadership race heats up Nathalie Tidman As the Allen & Overy (A&O) leadership elections heat up, managing partner Andrew Ballheimer has announced his retirement from the firm…
