Addleshaws enters continental Europe through BCLP Hamburg hires Marco Cillario Despite having launched five international offices in Asia and the Middle East since 2012, top-20 UK law firm Addleshaw Goddard…
Global Elite line up on Nestlé’s $10bn skincare business sale to EQT Thomas Alan Latham & Watkins is acting alongside US counterpart Kirkland & Ellis in advising EQT as the private equity house looks…
Dealwatch: Insolvencies provide work for CC and Gateley Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom advised food chain Pret A Manger as it agreed to acquire all of Eat’s…
Sponsored briefing: With great funding comes great responsibility! Guest Blog Jacqueline Young from Augusta Ventures discusses the challenge litigation funders face to balance support for access to justice with more…
The DAC Interview – Close to the rocks Hamish McNicol Legal Business (LB): You have both been in charge for nearly four years. What are some of the highlights? David…
No Buzz Lightyear complex as Kennedys’ revenue tops £200m for the first time Hamish McNicol Kennedys senior partner Nick Thomas will be ‘very disappointed’ if the firm does not have another year of double-digit growth…
At best, murky: MPs slam ‘legally sanctioned secrecy’ of gagging orders in discrimination cases Nathalie Tidman A parliamentary select committee has condemned the ‘routine cover-up’ of discrimination allegations by employers as calls for a clampdown on…
Ashurst dismisses board member under cloud of misconduct Nathalie Tidman The board of Ashurst has asked Bernd Egbers, a Munich-based board member, to leave the firm ‘as a result of…
CC follows Freshfields with £100k package for junior lawyers as pay war with US rivals intensifies Marco Cillario Clifford Chance (CC) has become the second Magic Circle law firm to raise the starting pay for its associates to…
Deal watch: City teams fly on £4.6bn Rolls-Royce pension deal as Kirkland and Goodwin take multi-billion dollar mandates Nathalie Tidman Big-ticket deals have been fuelling the market in pensions, private equity and fundraising recently with UK top-10 firms and US…
Clydes senior partner Konsta to step down as firm grows revenue 11% in 2018/19 Marco Cillario Clyde & Co senior partner Simon Konsta (pictured) is to step down from his role in October just over half…
Revolving doors: Freshfields hire to leave DWF managed services role after less than a year Thomas Alan DWF’s New Law credentials have been dealt a blow as its managed services chief executive is set to leave the…
Government ushers in emergency pay boost for judges amid mounting staff shortages Nathalie Tidman The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has ushered in an emergency boost to senior judges’ remuneration as an unprecedented recruitment crisis…
Cash in hand: Slaughter and May to pocket £6m in fees for advice on failed hostile bid Thomas Alan Slaughter and May is set to receive over £6m in fees after advising sub-prime lender Non-Standard Finance (NSF) on its failed…
Herbert Smith Freehills to scale back German operation with Berlin office closure Thomas Alan Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) will be closing its Berlin office by the end of the year, reducing the firm’s German…
Dentons UK and Middle East revenue nears £230m in first post-Scotland results Marco Cillario Dentons’ UK and Middle East revenue rose 13% to £229.8m in 2018/19 but growth in profit per equity partner (PEP)…
Slater and Gordon’s £637m Quindell claim to be heard in October Thomas Alan The saga of Slater and Gordon’s (S&G) ill-fated Quindell acquisition is set to intensify with the national firm’s £637m claim…
NRF loses ten-lawyer London insurance litigation team to Kennedys as BCLP hires energy partners from Watson Farley Marco Cillario UK top 30 insurance and shipping specialist Kennedys has raided Norton Rose Fulbright’s (NRF) London insurance bench, recruiting two partners and another…
In-house: TfL stations enlarged panel roster as WorldRemit GC exits for regtech start-up Hamish McNicol Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Simmons & Simmons and Lewis Silkin have lost spots on an expanded Transport for London (TfL) legal panel, while…
Taylor Wessing breaks £150m UK revenue barrier as PEP rises 13% Marco Cillario Taylor Wessing has kicked off the financial reporting season for the UK top-25 with another year of double-digit growth in profit…
