Matrix Chambers clears Ben Emmerson QC after investigation into sexual assault allegations Legal Business Matrix Chambers has concluded an investigation into top silk Ben Emmerson QC following allegations of sexual assault during his work…
KWM latest: More US firms in play as crunch time approaches for legacy SJ Berwin Legal Business A conclusion to the sorry saga which has been the European partnership woes of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) is…
Comment: After shocks of 2016, law leaders may need to start thinking Legal Business Well, it is nearly over and few in the profession will mourn the passing of 2016. Not since the banking…
Latham continues City hiring spree with HSF energy head Balsdon Legal Business Latham & Watkins announced today (13 December) that it has hired Herbert Smith Freehills’s (HSF) global energy co-head John Balsdon,…
Turning Japanese: Freshfields and A&O act as Asahi makes €7.3bn play for five AB InBev beer brands Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Hogan Lovells have all advised as Asahi Group Holdings buys a group…
Q&A: Baker McKenzie managing partner Chadwick on leadership, the Big Four and law firm consolidation Matthew Field Having taken on the top London role from popular global chair Paul Rawlinson, Baker & McKenzie London managing partner Alex…
‘Significant in the post-Brexit market’: Shearman and Latham lead on Thomas Cook €750m high yield offering Legal Business Shearman & Sterling and Latham & Watkins have advised Thomas Cook and the underwriting banks in the global travel specialists’…
Revolving Doors: Addleshaws hires in London as Weil, Bakers and Dentons make international appointments Legal Business Addleshaw Goddard boosted its London practice with another hire last week as Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Baker & McKenzie, Dentons…
‘Riddled with rogues and corruption’: Quinn Emanuel’s Jagusch on modern arbitration Sarah Downey Arbitration today is full of routine corruption and rogue elements disrupting the process, argued Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s Stephen…
Comment: What does Mishcon know that your managing partner doesn’t? Legal Business It is often rightly noted that law is a conservative old game, as can be gleaned from the identikit strategies…
A&O and HSF take lead roles as 21st Century Fox tunes in on anticipated Sky takeover Georgiana Tudor Allen & Overy (A&O) and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are lead advisers in 21st Century Fox’s takeover bid for Sky,…
RPC to hold leadership election as MP Watmough stands down after eight years Legal Business City firm RPC has launched an election process for a new managing partner following the recent retirement of longstanding head…
Google UK legal chief departs for GC role at tech start-up Legal Business Signalling the increased variety of opportunity within the in-house community, Google’s longstanding UK and Ireland legal chief Emma Jelley has…
Linklaters, Cleary and White & Case advise as Glencore and Qatar take stake in Rosneft Legal Business Linklaters, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and White & Case are advising as Glencore and the Qatari Investment Authority (QIA)…
Morgan Lewis and A&L Goodbody act as Fyffes ripe for Japanese takeover Legal Business Advisory roles in Sumitomo Corporation’s €751m takeover of Irish banana firm Fyffes have been split between a raft of US…
‘Detailed discussions’: KWM enters formal talks with shortlist of merger suitors Legal Business Partners at King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) have been told at a partnership meeting today (9 December) of a shortlist…
In-house: RBS loses divisional legal chief to property fund Valad Europe Legal Business The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has lost a senior member of its in-house legal team, with banking lawyer Robin…
‘Not just blue sky thinking’: Linklaters launches innovation group and pilots coding training Legal Business Linklaters has set up a partner-led global innovation team to oversee the firm’s use of technology, including plans to teach…
King & Spalding accounts for London and France show revenue up 11%, while profit dips 10% Legal Business Revenue at the London and Paris outposts of US firm King & Spalding surged 11% in 2015 to £41.9m as…
H1 2016/17: Nabarro posts solid financials ahead of 2017 mega merger Legal Business Ahead of its three-way tie-up with CMS Cameron McKenna and Olswang, Nabarro has increased its half-year revenues to £57.5m for…
