Switching sides: HSF’s London litigation head Parkes lands FCA job Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) London litigation head Tim Parkes will leave the firm at the end of the year to take…
Hogan Lovells energy team exits continue as partner Levin takes up Nekton Group GC role Legal Business Hogan Lovells has confirmed the departure of leading corporate energy partner David Levin to energy merchant business Nekton Group, months…
Guest post: Partnership structures – separating the geese from the chickens Legal Business Partnership structure is under fire from a sea of self-proclaimed professional service firm management experts. Some, like Mark Brandon, bring a…
Weil Gotshal, A&O and Freshfields advise on Worldpay float Jaishree Kalia Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all picked up work advising card payment services…
Guest post: Making the case to regulate third-party funding – badly Legal Business The US Chamber of Commerce, scarred by the American litigation culture, has long been spreading the word about the pain…
BLP boosts Berlin practice by six with lateral hires from Orrick Victoria Young Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired two partners, Norbert Impelmann and Albrecht von Breitenbuch, along with four other lawyers from…
In-house: HSBC executive picked for British Land GC role Legal Business Property developer British Land has hired HSBC deputy company secretary and former Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Elaine Williams as its…
Called to the bench: White & Case partner Ian Forrester QC made an EU judge Legal Business White & Case partner Ian Forrester QC has been appointed as the UK’s judge at the General Court of European…
The finance view: Bigger, simpler, cheaper? How to position the modern securitisation counsel Legal Business Securitisation lawyers have been hard pressed since the financial crisis, diversifying their practices and often even ditching the S word.
Trowers & Hamlins unites with Devon firm as part of regional push Victoria Young Trowers & Hamlins has combined with Devon based Stones Solicitors to create a firm with turnover of about £85m, in a…
Guest Post: It’s all in the Game: Immigration Lawyers vs the High Court? Richard Moorhead I have on a few occasions blogged on the High Court’s (and indeed the now Lord Chief Justice’s) exasperation, justified…
Winston & Strawn elects corporate partner Ashcroft as London board member as Madden steps down from global executive Legal Business US firm Winston & Strawn has shaken up its global executive committee, and replaced London board member and disputes partner…
Scottish play: Clyde & Co seals Simpson & Marwick deal Legal Business After months of negotiations, Clyde & Co has successfully secured a merger with Scottish firm Simpson & Marwick, following other…
Guest post: WTF is a trusted adviser and how did GCs come to strive for it? Legal Business ‘What’s your ambition son?’ ‘Well dad, I’d like to be a plausible adviser’ ‘Good boy. And then one day you might…
‘Differing practice interests’: strategic tensions emerge as 11 Stone Buildings votes to dissolve Sarah Downey London commercial and chancery chambers 11 Stone Buildings (11SB) is set to dissolve on 30 October 2015.
Gibson Dunn strikes again to land HSF’s global head of capital markets Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ global capital markets chief, Steve Thierbach, is set to leave the firm for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher…
Freshfields head of Islamic finance to leave for Morgan Lewis Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer global head of Islamic finance Tarek El-Assra has quit the firm to join Morgan, Lewis & Bockius…
Comment: The NYLon law firm – outmoding a Global Elite and Magic Circle firm near you Alex Novarese If there is one big trend in the analysis of Legal Business in recent years it is the encroaching existential…
Microsoft general counsel promoted to president and chief legal officer Legal Business Brad Smith, Microsoft’s general counsel, has been appointed as the company’s president and chief legal officer in a rare move…
US law firms take advantage of early retirement myths at City leaders, argues report Legal Business New research suggests US firms are picking up top talent by taking advantage of the misconception that UK firms exit…
