‘Unique in our field’: Latham taps Linklaters for fourth City regulatory partner in quick time Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins is ramping up its ambitions to expand beyond its traditional transactional heartlands in the City after tapping the…
Eversheds Sutherland settles £100m Northern Rock negligence case Hamish McNicol A £100m claim brought against Eversheds Sutherland by Northern Rock Asset Management (NRAM) has been settled. NRAM’s claim, which came to…
‘Some difficult decisions’: Ashurst set to cull up to 80 City secretaries Nathalie Tidman Ashurst has launched a redundancy review which could result in 80% of its 100-strong secretarial team in London being axed,…
‘Benelux connection’: Fieldfisher expands European reach with Luxembourg office Tom Baker Newly-crowned Law Firm of the Year at the Legal Business Awards 2018, Fieldfisher has continued its campaign of geographical expansion…
NRF partner promotions delayed as firm moves to US financial reporting ‘to align with the global business’ Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is shifting its financial reporting to the US calendar year-end in a symbolic move towards a more…
Clyde & Co launches new UK office in Bristol with three lateral disputes hires Tom Baker Ever-expansive Clyde & Co has deepened its domestic footprint with the launch of an office in Bristol, south west England,…
Revolving doors: Cadwalader, JHA and Memery Crystal make key City hires as international moves dominate Thomas Alan In a quieter week for City recruitment, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft made a key hire in London while a number…
‘Synergies and cost savings’: Links, Slaughters and Gibson Dunn advise as Sainsbury’s takes over Asda to create supermarket giant Marco Cillario Linklaters, Slaughter and May and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher have won key roles as Sainsbury’s agreed to merge with Asda…
Partner promotions: women make up nearly half of reduced Simmons promotion round Thomas Alan Simmons & Simmons has promoted four women to partner as part of a reduced round of just nine partner promotions globally,…
MoFo and Wachtell lead on T-Mobile’s $26bn ‘seismic shift’ buyout of Sprint Nathalie Tidman Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Morrison & Foerster have taken the lead on T-Mobile’s takeover of fellow US telecoms operator Sprint,…
In-house: EDF Energy pulls plug on eight firms in reduced legal roster Hamish McNicol EDF Energy, one of the UK’s big six energy suppliers, has nearly halved its UK legal panel and added two…
Moving on up: BCLP heading for new post-merger London digs Thomas Alan Newly merged Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has signed a lease on a new City office in what it calls a…
Slaughter and May return to Hong Kong for third-ever lateral hire Thomas Alan The lateral-phobic Slaughter and May has returned to the market barely a year after its first London foray with its third-ever…
Fuse breaker: A&O brings ‘very different’ focus to second tech lab Hamish McNicol In the same week banking giant Barclays joined the rising tide of law-tech innovation spaces, one of the earlier movers,…
‘A walk in the park’: Linklaters and A&O launch tech solutions to traverse the margin minefield Nathalie Tidman As increasing numbers of derivatives players face a scramble to comply with Initial Market (IM) regulations, Linklaters has become the second…
SRA admits to A&O Weinstein probe as MPs turn up the heat on regulator for ‘cosy’ interview with City giant Nathalie Tidman City heavyweight Allen & Overy (A&O) is under investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for its conduct in the Weinstein…
DLA loses three real estate partners to McDermott in wake of 50-lawyer exodus Hamish McNicol McDermott Will & Emery is darkening DLA Piper’s door once more, with the hiring of another three partners, shortly after bringing…
Revolving Doors: Herbert Smith Freehills raids Watson Farley as firms strengthen in the City and abroad Thomas Alan Four Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) partners have decamped to Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) – including aviation specialist Rex Rosales…
Fly like an Eagle: Barclays joins raft of firms with City law-tech incubator launch Hamish McNicol Banking giant Barclays is joining the trio of law firms which have already introduced forms of legal technology incubators by…
Rosenblatt takes ‘exciting step’ in UK’s fourth law firm listing Thomas Alan Rosenblatt Solicitors will float on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) to support its growth ambitions and help it attract and retain…
