Deal View: ‘Tooling up’ – Activist funds edging into the mainstream of UK deal scene Nathalie Tidman ‘Most listed companies have run across activists by now or at least come close,’ says Andy Ryde, Slaughter and May’s…
The Last Word: Opportunity knocks Legal Business The deal market tailed off at the end of 2018 after a generally resilient year. Here we ask the City’s…
From pavements to sidewalks: PE star Mahon’s move to Simpson Thacher melts CC hearts to stone Nathalie Tidman The success of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where others have failed in luring Clifford Chance (CC)’s Amy Mahon to the…
Significant hires Legal Business In its most significant hire since David Higgins’ move to Kirkland & Ellis in 2017, the US leader tapped Freshfields…
White & Case duo among four solicitors made up in reduced silk round Tom Baker Four sets boast the highest number of successful QC applications White & Case arbitration partners Dipen Sabharwal and Aloke Ray…
New Law meets Big Four – Has Deloitte got the conviction to match its free-thinking legal pitch? Thomas Alan Thomas Alan asks if Deloitte can find a new angle on legal services The often cited but seldom-seen legal arrival…
M&A focus: A sign of things to come? Europe’s deal market ends 2018 with a whimper after a forceful start Thomas Alan The ghost of political turmoil did little to hinder deal-doing in Europe in the first half of 2018 but its…
Third German office and trio of Dublin hires the latest moves in Pinsents’ international odyssey Marco Cillario Pinsent Masons has kicked off 2019 in expansionist mode, opening a new office in Frankfurt, right after finishing 2018 with…
Dentons risks Venezuelan instability to secure Norton Rose Caracas business Thomas Alan Dentons has acquired Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)’s 26-lawyer Caracas office, coinciding with Venezuela’s acute economic and political crisis. As part…
Life during law: Jeremy Drew Marco Cillario My mother was always convinced I was going to be a barrister. She used to watch TV dramas involving barristers.…
Post-merger chemistry and an absence of crisis mark BCLP launch but firm is yet to settle into its stride Thomas Alan Thomas Alan finds mixed omens in the wake of BCLP’s high-stakes union. A solid start cannot obscure that 2019 will be…
Legal 500 data: behind the story David Burgess The Legal 500 United Kingdom 2019 rankings Our cover feature this month looks at London-centric peer firms Macfarlanes and Travers…
Defying gravity – Inside the improbable rise of Travers and Macfarlanes Marco Cillario ‘If you look at Wall Street, this model is replicated again and again. There is no reason it shouldn’t work…
Deal watch: Healthy pickings for Travers and DLA on Unilever’s £150m graze buyout as firms navigate Interserve rescue saga Nathalie Tidman Travers Smith and DLA Piper have sated their appetites on The Carlyle Group’s £150m disposal of graze while a raft of advisers…
‘Poised for great things’: White & Case City revenue tops $350m as Milbank sees 25% turnover spike Nathalie Tidman White & Case’s expansive London office was responsible for 17% of firm-wide revenue as Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has a…
Linklaters turns to Asia for new banking head as Bugg steps down after three years Marco Cillario Linklaters’ Hong Kong based finance partner Davide Mencacci has replaced Tony Bugg to become the firm’s first non-London based banking…
Hope floats: DWF seeks £75m from expected March IPO Hamish McNicol DWF is planning to raise around £75m in an expected listing on the London Stock Exchange next month. The firm…
KPMG ups the ante with 145-lawyer hire in France and new consultancy service Marco Cillario KPMG has added its name to the list of Big Four accountants ramping up their legal service offering in recent…
Luminance valuation hits $100m as Slaughters stumps up in $10m investment round Thomas Alan UK legal tech leader and Slaughter and May ally Luminance has received further backing from existing investors, propelling the start-up to…
MoFo strikes London pay dirt with hire of Latham finance co-chair Kandel Marco Cillario Further evidence of significant lateral movement between US players in London emerged today (7 February), with news that one the…
