Who Represents Who: The data behind the story David Burgess Behind the scenes of recent panel decisions Pinsent Masons, DLA Piper, Ashurst and Bird & Bird have all missed…
Expansive Pinsents ships in four Norton Rose Fulbright partners for third Oz office launch Marco Cillario Pinsent Masons is continuing its sustained international expansion drive with a new Australian arm in Perth and the hire of…
Eversheds opens fourth German office in Düsseldorf Kathryn McCann Eversheds Sutherland expanded in Germany in August, opening its fourth office in the country after acquiring Düsseldorf-based firm Grooterhorst &…
Squad of Global 100 firms lines up on £9bn Worldpay disposal Tom Baker ‘Compelling rationale’ sees UK and US legal teams advise as Vantiv moves in A host of US and UK-based international…
‘Unprecedented in scale’: City bluebloods advise as Tata separates UK pension scheme Tom Baker Travers Smith, Slaughter and May and Hogan Lovells all advised as Tata Steel last month signed a long-awaited agreement to…
Pinsents secures £1.3bn Carillion HS2 mandate Georgiana Tudor Pinsent Masons picked up the key advisory mandate as embattled British construction company Carillion was handed a lifeline this summer…
Revolving doors: Global 100 firms target key international markets as City sees recruitment lull Marco Cillario In a quieter week for lateral hiring in the City, Global 100 firms have been strengthening their international operations. Mayer…
Investment costs force insurer LV= to pull plug on legal services Tom Baker In a further setback for insurers hoping to take advantage of the post-Legal Services Act landscape, Liverpool Victoria Friendly Society…
‘A clear cut case’ – Ex-KWM employees win £1m pay-out from employment tribunal Tom Baker After being on the verge of accepting a six-figure sum last month, a group of 288 former King & Wood…
Hogan Lovells to handle appeal as TfL refuses Uber new licence Tom Baker Hogan Lovells has been drafted in to advise Uber as the US-based ridesharing company launches a legal challenge to Transport for…
Belt and road: HSF secures China projects team from Pinsent Masons for huge infra push Marco Cillario China remains one of the most challenging markets to operate in profitably but the lure of its huge economy continues…
The rise of the accountants continues as PwC launches in DC Marco Cillario PwC will continue to spearhead the push by the Big Four accountancy firms into the global legal services market with…
Magic Circle prove mettle as Tata and ThyssenKrupp agree €15bn steel JV Tom Baker Following last month’s separation of Tata Steel’s business from the British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS), Linklaters and Slaughter and May…
‘Real estate up the agenda’: CMS brings across Paris team from Herbert Smith Marco Cillario CMS is continuing its global expansion with news that its French member firm has hired a two-partner real estate team…
Bar watchdog issues public apology to silk over Djibouti allegations Tom Baker The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has today (19 September) issued a highly unusual apology to Serle Court’s Khawar Qureshi QC…
Revolving doors: Osborne Clarke and Morgan Lewis make senior hires as City recruitment takes a breath Marco Cillario After an initial flurry of hires in September there has been a pause for breath, leaving Osborne Clarke (OC) and Morgan, Lewis & Bockius to bring…
Brexit boost continues for Dublin as Covington launches life sciences team in Ireland Kathryn McCann A Brexit-driven boost to Dublin as a professional services hub has been much discussed and now appears to be materialising…
Hogan Lovells to shed 90 City jobs as law firms continue to transfer back-office roles to low-cost hubs Marco Cillario Pity the poor business support staff. A week after Pinsent Masons confirmed that it was consulting on cutting 100 non-legal…
Top 100 firms defy Brexit upheaval with confident performance in first quarter of 2017/18 Marco Cillario A lack of clarity on the state of Brexit negotiations together with tougher macroeconomic conditions don’t seem to have impacted…
CMS signs up Saudi partners as White & Case brings in heavyweight Swedish duo Marco Cillario They are already two of the most globalised law firms in the business, but CMS and White & Case have…
