Guest post: Legal Risk Study – how in-house lawyers manage (or don’t) ethics and risk Legal Business Readers who have not seen this already might be interested in the executive report from a study I am leading…
Dealwatch: A&O, Linklaters and Slaughters take lead on Virgin Active sale to South Africa-listed Brait Sarah Downey Magic Circle trio Allen & Overy (A&O), Linklaters and Slaughter and May have taken instructions advising on Virgin Group’s £682m…
10 weeks to respond: Cleary Gottlieb called in to handle EU competition claims against Google Legal Business Google’s lawyers at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton have been given 10 weeks to respond to the European Commission’s charges…
Targeting London: Goodwin Procter hires KWM’s Lever to launch City PE practice Legal Business Having set its sights on creating a private equity practice, given how Weil, Gotshal & Manges has made moves on…
Financials 2013/14: Baker & McKenzie’s UK outfit sees profits slump despite turnover rise Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie UK arm’s LLP accounts for the year ending 30 June 2014, filed at Companies House this week,…
Opening up new markets: Trowers becomes first foreign firm to get licence in Malaysia Legal Business Trowers & Hamlins has become the first law firm to secure a Qualified Foreign Law Firm (QFLF) licence in Malaysia…
Simpson Thacher’s Glover: Tied up and tied down – a peculiar way to police the private funds market Legal Business The financial crisis ushered a wave of new regulations aimed at mitigating systemic risk to the financial system. While no-one…
International moves: Dentons takes on White & Case Budapest office with over 30-strong team Legal Business Dentons has enhanced its CEE presence in Budapest with the hire of White & Case partners István Réczicza, Rob Irving…
‘Seizing new market opportunities’: Bakers gets first joint operation licence to practise Chinese law Tom Moore Long held at arm’s length by protectionist regulators, Baker & McKenzie has become the first international law firm to get…
Dealwatch: Skadden, Sullivan & Cromwell and Latham act on Nokia’s €15.6bn Alcatel-Lucent takeover Legal Business US firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Sullivan & Cromwell have advised on Nokia’s plans to take over…
Leadership: David Ryan set as Pinsents London head after leaving managing partner role Kathryn McCann David Ryan (pictured) is set to take up the role as head of Pinsent Masons‘ London office following the end…
Guest post: A very brief glance at the Labour Party Manifesto Legal Business Here are some of the ‘justice highlights’ in the Labour Party Manifesto for the 2015 General Election. The full manifesto…
Targeting London: Grimaldi hires former Clifford Chance chief executive Michael Bray for City ambitions Sarah Downey Italian independent firm Grimaldi has hired the former chief executive of Clifford Chance (CC) and prominent finance lawyer Michael Bray…
Global London: Latham & Watkins sees London revenues jump 20% Legal Business Latham & Watkins has joined a pool of strong US firm performances in the City in 2014 and recorded a…
The future is not where it used to be: Ashurst’s Vickers and Burton on a seismic shift in Europe’s leveraged debt markets Guest Blog For many participants in Europe’s leveraged market, 2014 on first impressions heralded something approaching a new normal.
Placed in the ‘bad bank’: Quinn Emanuel, Akin Gump and Bird & Bird lead on $835m Espirito loan dispute Sarah Downey Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld and Bird & Bird have been gifted lead instructions…
Leadership: Freshfields veterans Braham and Pugh set to go head-to-head in senior partner elections Legal Business A contest between the firm’s disputes and corporate partners is set as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former disputes and corporate heads…
Building the team: Paul Hastings hires Ashurst banking partner Jaishree Kalia Paul Hastings, which is intent on bulking up its English and US law finance practice in the City, has boosted…
International ambitions: Kennedys enters formal association with Chilean boutique Kathryn McCann Insurance specialist Kennedys, which has been boosting its international ties in recent months, has entered into another formal association –…
Comment: A new model, a new game as US firms secure a decisive victory Legal Business ‘We’re not a corporate firm, we’re an investors’ firm.’ That simple statement by one partner stood out more than any…
