Freshfields and Latham act on creation of new PE house as Barclays spins-off another venture Legal Business Private equity heavyweights Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Latham & Watkins have acted on the spin-off of Barclays’ natural resources private…
‘Supporting strategic expansion’: Wilberforce takes barrister duo from 3 Stone Buildings Sarah Downey Wilberforce Chambers continues to expand, adding Fenner Moeran QC and Andrew Child from 3 Stone Buildings, just weeks after bringing…
Forsters faced with £70m negligence lawsuit over Siberian oil deal Legal Business Forsters is defending a £70m professional negligence claim filed by businessman Rupert Galliers-Pratt in which he alleges the firm failed…
Hausfeld to open Berlin office with €30m investment from litigation funder Burford Legal Business Third party litigation funder Burford Capital is investing €30m in US competition law boutique Hausfeld so it can open in…
RBS dispute: Mishcon de Reya instructed as Lloyds Bank claimants break away from shareholder group Legal Business Several Lloyds Banking Group institutional clients have instructed Mishcon de Reya after breaking away from the shareholder action group involved…
Linklaters makes first US lateral hire in two years with Baker’s New York litigation chief Legal Business Linklaters has made a statement of intent in New York by hiring Baker & McKenzie’s Manhattan litigation head Douglas Tween,…
Pro bono, confusion and funding gaps – mixed messages as Gove meets City firms to discuss a law firm levy Sarah Downey Was it a progressive discussion about boosting pro bono and One Nation values, or an opportunistic attempt to tap the…
Guest post: Why law firms need to be good at what they’re for Legal Business I’m currently preparing a webinar on getting and using feedback. It’s not a new subject – either to you or…
Tale of two strategies: Cleary Gottlieb passes on London again as White & Case promotes heavily in the City Legal Business Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has made up seven partners across its global network with London missing out for the…
KPMG appoints Boston Consulting’s Barton as GC replacement for Sharp Kathryn McCann Boston Consulting Group’s (BCG) Jeremy Barton has been appointed the new UK general counsel (GC) at KPMG following the departure…
Middle East moves: Herbert Smith Freehills to reopen in Saudi Arabia Legal Business Four months after shutting down its Abu Dhabi office and two years after terminating its association with a Saudi Arabian…
Revolving doors: King & Wood Mallesons, Ropes & Gray, Trethowans make strategic hires Victoria Young On the move this week are partners from Clifford Chance, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Trethowans, who are joining King…
Herbert Smith counters Thierbach loss with King & Spalding hire Legal Business Just over a month since news broke that its high-profile capital markets head Steve Thierbach was leaving, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has…
Heir to the throne: deputy head Booth to succeed King as Crown Estate GC Legal Business The Crown Estate has today (26 October) announced its head of legal Rob Booth, will succeed high-profile director of business…
Freshfields to double office space in Manchester as low-cost services site in Salford confirmed Legal Business Having taken its first step toward offering alternative legal services to clients earlier this year, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has selected…
Clyde & Co continues arbitration push with Berwin Leighton Paisner hire Legal Business Clyde & Co has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s co-head of arbitration and energy specialist Richard Power as it continues to…
So much for the Global Law Summit – Gove floats £60m-plus tax on City law firms to fund criminal courts Legal Business New Justice secretary Michael Gove is set for a tussle with City lawyers after floating a plan to impose a…
Hogan Lovells wins landmark judgment in Ablyazov Supreme Court fraud case Legal Business Hogan Lovells has won a landmark judgment for its client BTA Bank in one of the largest fraud trials ever…
Value added: report rebuffs presumptions about judicial review Legal Business While UK Prime Minister David Cameron has led a recent attack over judicial review decisions and the cost of the…
Macfarlanes taps Ashurst for another real estate hire Legal Business With Macfarlanes having a made a virtue of broadening its service lines post-recession to contribute to its impressive financial performance…
