Hong Kong drives H1 revenue at Ince by 125% following key partner hires amid expansive year Muna Abdi Following the full integration of its consolidated businesses in the UK and China, Ince today (28 November) published revenues of…
Weil completes withdrawal from CEE as Warsaw office breaks away Marco Cillario Weil, Gotshal & Manges is winding down its once-potent Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) operations, with its 80-strong Polish team setting…
Weil makes up four in the City as women dominate global promotions for the first time Nathalie Tidman In an industry struggling to make good on long-held promises to achieve diversity at the partnership level, Weil, Gotshal &…
Foreign giants combine to enter UK training market as radical education shake-up looms Thomas Alan Australia’s leading legal training outfit is to team up with a major US player to enter the UK market ahead…
Dealwatch: A&O and Ashurst close £1.2bn UK tunnel project as US-led buyouts take centre stage Muna Abdi Allen & Overy and Ashurst won leading roles on the £1.2bn Silvertown Tunnel project, the only big-ticket UK-led deal this…
New solicitor code ushers in tougher duties on profession and moves to boost freelance lawyers Nathalie Tidman A profession having to get used to increasingly robust regulatory oversight will have more on its plate from this week…
Legacy Lovells misses out again as board recommends yet another legacy Hogan & Hartson CEO Muna Abdi The Hogan Lovells board has once again chosen a legacy Hogan & Hartson partner to be its next chief executive. Miguel…
Mayer Brown makes up three in the City in 27-strong global partner promotion round Nathalie Tidman Mayer Brown has promoted three lawyers to partner in London in a scaled back round that saw 27 partners minted globally.…
Revolving doors: Shoosmiths hires first COO as DWF acquires small Australian firm and others look to the continent Muna Abdi City lateral recruitment was quiet last week, with firms instead hiring in Europe as Shoosmiths appointed a chief operating officer (COO)…
‘A complete waste’: Tories revisit judicial review and Human Rights Act in latest manifesto pledges Thomas Alan The Conservative Party has been criticised for looking to rekindle the debate over judicial review and the Human Rights Act…
In-house: National Grid drops three firms from panel following ‘pay to play’ review Hamish McNicol BDB Pitmans, Irwin Mitchell and Norton Rose Fulbright have been dropped from National Grid’s panel, understood to be worth about £12m a…
Chadwick gets second term as Bakers’ London head after winning contested election Marco Cillario Baker McKenzie tax partner Alex Chadwick (pictured) will lead the firm’s City office until the end of 2022 after seeing off…
RPC abandons all-equity structure in sweeping partnership shake-up Marco Cillario Reversing a common trend among many City firms in recent years, RPC is to introduce the roles of fixed share…
Revolving doors: City hires aplenty as Goodwin adds Kirkland PE player and Weil makes restructuring lateral Muna Abdi Leading US firms have continued to ramp up lateral recruitment in London as Goodwin Procter hired a private equity partner from…
Freshfields recruits Linklaters’ alternative legal services head as chief operating officer Nathalie Tidman Linklaters’ global head of alternative legal services has quit just months into his role to become chief operating officer at…
Deal watch: Simpson Thacher conjures Blackstone and Alibaba mandates as Linklaters and CC lead on British Steel takeover Muna Abdi Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has picked up two high-profile mandates advising Blackstone on the acquisition of MagicLab alongside the Hong Kong…
Comment: New Law needs a new dictionary to get that promised breakthrough Alex Novarese For more than a decade now technology and innovation jargon has been pushing its way inelegantly into the legal sphere.…
Gowling WLG appoints corporate partner UK chair as Witts steps down Hamish McNicol Gowling WLG has elected a corporate partner chair of its UK LLP, with incumbent Andrew Witts standing down after more…
Revolving doors: Simmons and CMS make City banking and pensions hires as Gibson Dunn bolsters its Paris bench Muna Abdi In another muted patch for City laterals, Simmons & Simmons and CMS were the only firms to hire in London…
In-house: BAE air legal head quits for aerospace rival as Lloyds’ legal ops head joins Clifford Chance Anna Cole-Bailey BAE System’s longstanding legal chief for air, Julie Smyth, has landed the general counsel (GC) role at GKN Aerospace, while…
