The £637m bet – Slater & Gordon on its daring play in UK’s personal injury market Legal Business Michael West talks to the Australian PI giant about its eventful Quindell acquisition After over three months of intensive due…
A&O, Freshfields and Slaughters land key roles on biggest-ever all-UK deal Legal Business Shell offers £47bn for BG Group The proposed £47bn acquisition of BG Group by fellow energy major Shell saw a…
Heavyweight US trio advises on €15.6bn Alcatel takeover Kathryn McCann Three US law firms – Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell – leveraged…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in April 2015 Legal Business GE RESTRUCTURING BRINGS IN RAFT OF ADVISERS A host of firms picked up work on General Electric (GE)’s restructuring, fielding…
Headlines and hype but less substance despite foreign firms’ push into Asia disputes market Legal Business Tony Lin argues that Asia’s small and politicised litigation market won’t deliver on the hopes many international law firms are…
Bakers to practise Chinese law through Shanghai joint venture Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie last month gained permission to practise local law in China through a joint operation with FenXun Partners.…
EY Law agrees new alliance as Asia-Pacific growth continues Legal Business Making good on its continued efforts to grow its Asia-Pacific presence, EY Law recently announced an alliance with South Korean…
Life During Law – David Ereira Legal Business I’m always in the present and think of the now. You make your own luck. You have to put yourself…
Revolving Doors: CMS hires from Freshfields, Mishcon from McDermott while King & Spalding and Ropes continue their City push Legal Business While last week saw a switch around among the City’s competition practices with Greenberg Traurig Maher, Kirkland & Ellis and…
Partner promotions: Simmons makes up 13 partners in bumper round as Charles Russell Speechlys promotes five Tom Moore Continuing the trend of increased partner promotions this year, Simmons & Simmons has promoted 13 lawyers to partner in its…
Guest post: Why ‘Big Ideas’ are often wrong and the fallacies of legal myths Legal Business Why do ‘big ideas’ or ‘monolithic ideas’ become so accepted when under analysis and the test of time they so…
Hitting your targets: A&O launches return to work pilot to meet 20:20 gender diversity goal Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) has launched a back-to-work initiative for women, using its contract lawyer business Peerpoint in a bid…
Partner promotions: DLA Piper promotes 44 to partner in corporate heavy round Legal Business Nearly 23% of the 44 lawyers making partner at DLA Piper in its 2015 round have been promoted in its…
Kirkland returns to Linklaters to hire UK competition head Riedel Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has turned to Linklaters for the second time this year and taken another leading partner with the…
Those who can: Travers Smith’s former head Andrew Lilley resigns to become teacher Legal Business Travers Smith’s former managing partner Andrew Lilley (pictured) has resigned from the firm after nearly 20 years, and is set…
International ambitions: City firm Lewis Silkin launches first overseas office in Hong Kong Legal Business City firm Lewis Silkin has this morning (30 April) announced the opening of an office in Hong Kong in a…
Partner promotions: Eversheds makes 22 up to partner with nine overseas Kathryn McCann As LB100 firms continue to make efforts to improve the gender diversity of their partnerships, Eversheds has made up 22…
Reshuffles: Hogan Lovells reshapes board as Norton Rose Fulbright elects new chair Legal Business Hogan Lovells has elected three partners to its 12-strong global board while Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has announced the appointment…
Going mainstream: Barclays breaks ground to forge first contract lawyer panel Kathryn McCann After establishing a global two-tier panel last year, Barclays has launched a procurement process to formalise its flexible resourcing usage…
Competing moves: Mayer Brown hires BLP’s competition head as CMA recruits from Freshfields Legal Business Mayer Brown has hired Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) head of EU and competition, David Harrison, ten years after he joined…
