Tokyo deal wave anticipated following SoftBank’s £24.3bn ARM takeover Legal Business Lawyers working on the £24.3bn ARM Holdings takeover by Tokyo-based telecoms group SoftBank expect more M&A deals to come out…
No more Taylor Who? Flair and a bit of vision take Taylor Wessing to next step but what now? Matthew Field Matthew Field and Victoria Young talk to Taylor Wessing head Tim Eyles and assess the firm’s prospects ‘When Tim Eyles…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in July and August 2016 Legal Business US ELITE LEAD AS VERIZON TAKES YAHOO! FOR $4.8BN Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen &…
Recasting finance at Freshfields: high ambition married with gently lowered expectations Victoria Young Victoria Young and Madeleine Farman analyse the changes in Freshfields’ finance practice ‘I could have spent another ten years punching…
Osborne Clarke continues Asia phase of international expansion with Singapore tie-up Kathryn McCann Formal association with former Bird & Bird partner forms OC Queen Street Last month saw Legal Business 100 top 25…
The Italian job: Dentons opens in Rome a year after Milan launch Legal Business With its sights currently set on deepening its European coverage, Dentons has expanded its presence in Italy by opening an…
The eagle strikes: Cadwalader taps Bird & Bird for disputes head Baker Matthew Field New York-headquartered Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft has hired Bird & Bird dispute resolution co-head Steven Baker to its London office.
Freshfields acts for Apple as tech giant looks to appeal €13bn EU tax ruling Legal Business Apple has turned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as it looks to appeal the European Commission’s ruling it must pay €13bn…
Dentons European partners to stump up €7m for capital injection Tom Moore The European arm of Dentons has made a capital call to raise an additional €6m to €7m in a move…
‘Huge opportunities’: CMS launches in Hong Kong in Asia arbitration play Legal Business International law firm grouping CMS has today (1 September) opened in Hong Kong through its German arm CMS Hasche Sigle,…
Tamara Box takes the reins of Reed Smith’s European practice in management restructure Legal Business Reed Smith has carved up Roger Parker’s role as managing partner for Europe, the Middle East and Asia, with London…
DLA innovator Stephen Allen resurfaces at Hogan Lovells Matthew Field Hogan Lovells has hired former DLA Piper director Stephen Allen following his exit from the firm in March this year.
Succession planning: Marks & Spencer’s Chase to take over as longstanding GC Ivens retires Kathryn McCann One of the legal industry’s longest-standing leaders and regular GC Powerlist member Robert Ivens has retired from his role at…
MoFo and Gibson Dunn take a partner each from Proskauer’s City practice Kathryn McCann Following the news yesterday (20 August) that Proskauer Rose had hired from Dentons‘ private equity practice, the firm has lost…
Guest post: The Apple story – a wider perspective Legal Business It really does have it all, yesterday’s Apple story. But you don’t want to read 5,000 words and I don’t…
Top KWM funds partner exits for Clifford Chance in Germany Matthew Field Clifford Chance (CC) has tapped King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) for its highly-regarded Germany head of funds Sonya Pauls.
Shanghai savings: HSF first Western firm to open alternative legal services hub in China Legal Business With international law firms intent on carving up pricey mandates so that chunks can be processed more mechanically by cheaper…
In-house: New Merlin Entertainments GC launches first-ever formal panel Kathryn McCann Leisure company Merlin Entertainments has kicked off its first ever formal panel review in a process overseen by new general…
Akin Gump and Proskauer pick apart Dentons’ City private equity team Tom Moore Two leaders in Dentons‘ private equity practice in the City have quit the firm, with Igor Krivoshekov departing for Akin…
Revolving doors: Gibson Dunn adds New York PE strength while Bakers hires two in tax Legal Business US hires were on the cards for Baker & McKenzie and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, while Withers added in Hong…
