In the bank: Global 100 firms bill £14.5m on mega ARM acquisition Victoria Young US and Magic Circle advisers on the mega acquisition of ARM holdings by Japanese group SoftBank will together rake in…
Olswang international telco head exits in set-back for LB100 firm Legal Business In its latest high-profile departure, Olswang‘s head of international telecommunications Purvi Parekh has exited the firm.
Regional player Shakespeare Martineau post-merger turnover drops to £71m Kathryn McCann Shakespeare Martineau has revealed its first post-merger turnover figure of £71m, down 6% on the combined figure of £75.6m for…
Plugging the leak: Ashurst approves lockstep overhaul to retain high performers Sarah Downey Amid a turbulent period of lawyer exits and poor financial performance, Ashurst partners have voted through fundamental changes to its…
‘Gateway for Asia’: Osborne Clarke enters association with new Singapore firm Legal Business Osborne Clarke has expanded its south-east Asia presence through an association with a new Singaporean firm, OC Queen Street.The initial…
Baker & McKenzie lifer Chadwick to take City reins as Rawlinson steps up to chair Tom Moore With Paul Rawlinson vacating the London managing partner post at Baker & McKenzie in October after winning the race to…
Latham strikes again: US firm takes Slaughters finance partner Warna-kula-suriya Legal Business In what is arguably the most high-profile partner exit from Slaughter and May in recent history, Latham & Watkins has…
Q&A: David Collins – Dentons UK corporate head on a fresh start, deals gone wrong and life after BLP Legal Business After his move from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) to Dentons as the new head of UK corporate and co-chair of…
‘Driven by client need’: Kennedys continues aggressive LatAm expansion with Chile and Colombia offices Kathryn McCann Kennedys has continued with its aggressive Latin America (LatAm) expansion, opening two more offices in Chile and Colombia, following the…
Irish ambitions: Pinsents eyes Dublin base as UK firms look to capitalise on post-Brexit market Kathryn McCann Pinsent Masons is eyeing up a Dublin base, to complement its existing offering in Belfast and provide a full UK…
In-house energy switch: senior BG Group lawyer Thomas Smith moves to Centrica Tom Moore With BG Group having been taken over by Shell for £35bn in February, BG’s deputy general counsel Thomas Smith has…
Macfarlanes gets the gig as firms line up on Verizon’s $2.4bn purchase of Fleetmatics Legal Business Just days after the headline grabbing acquisition of Yahoo!, Goodwin Procter, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, A&L Goodbody and Macfarlanes…
Revolving doors: Mishcon makes key City hire as K&L Gates boosts Fintech practice Legal Business Ahead of the expected summer slowdown, UK firms have made a spate of City hires, with Mishcon de Reya, K&L…
‘Cut through the noise’: Nextlaw partners with AI firm for Brexit contracts system Legal Business In the latest play for Dentons‘ tech joint venture, Nextlaw Labs has developed an artificial intelligence (AI) programme with London…
Growing the Pi: Gibson Dunn and A&O act on improved US offer for Premier Farnell Matthew Field Allen & Overy (A&O) and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher have advised on an improved bid for UK-based electronics manufacturer Premier…
Weightmans performance disappoints as PEP slips 19% and revenue misses £100m target Legal Business Weightmans managing partner John Schorah has slapped a £100m revenue target on the firm for 2016/17 after a year of…
Woodward’s deal streak continues as Linklaters takes first instruction for BC Partners in $1.6bn acquisition Legal Business Linklaters has landed its first private equity mandate for BC Partners, with private equity star Alex Woodward leading alongside Vincent Ponsonnaille…
Mishcon de Reya City PEP climbs to £1m as firm undergoes Brexit review Legal Business High flying City firm Mishcon de Reya has announced robust profits for the 2015/16 financial year, with profit per equity…
Making it in Manhattan: A&O pulls off four-partner finance hire to boost US presence Matthew Field Allen & Overy (A&O) has made a major addition to its US finance practice with the lateral hire of four…
Upping the ante: Latham appoints former A&O leadership contender Kensell Tom Moore Latham & Watkins‘ unrelenting assault on the City market has seen the US firm land one of London’s most high-profile…
