Making partner: Slaughter and May promotes four in London Legal Business Slaughter and May has boosted its partnership ranks in the City with its latest promotions round resulting in four new…
Opening in London: Chicago’s Jenner & Block targets litigation as it sets up shop in the City Legal Business After starting up in Chicago 100 years ago, US litigation powerhouse Jenner & Block has confirmed it will open its…
‘I have to refuse maybe four out of five cases’: Dechert arbitrator exits to establish boutique Legal Business Dechert partner Pierre Mayer is set to depart the firm to establish his own boutique in Paris due to reasons…
Reassessments: Bar Standards Board asks QCA to look at re-accreditation for QCs Legal Business As the on-going dispute over its Quality Assurance Scheme for Advocates (QASA) rumbles on, the Bar Standards Board (BSB) has…
Demand and supply: Harbour more than doubles its litigation financing capacity with new £230m fund Sarah Downey A sign of the growing third party funding market, Harbour Litigation Funding has raised a significant £230m investment fund to…
Revolving doors: Eversheds, Reed Smith and Gibson Dunn all make key hires while Stevens & Bolton boosts its construction practice Legal Business Both LB100 and Global 100 firms made senior appointments last week, bringing in both current and former team heads to…
Guest post: Pricing Power… and how to convert it into profit Legal Business The growth of professionals in Law Land with the word ‘pricing’ in their title has been explosive over the past…
Reshuffles: Norton Rose Fulbright finalises restructure as it reviews practice areas Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright has carried out a reshuffle of its management positions including creating a new global business head and…
In court: Gibson Dunn partner found to have ‘deliberately’ misled court Legal Business Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher partner Peter Gray has been found by Mr Justice Flaux to have ‘deliberately misled’ the High…
Calling in the regulator: Willkie Farr investigation prompts client to report itself to the SFO Legal Business A report delivered by Willkie Farr & Gallagher into expenses payments at struggling oil explorer Afren has led the client…
Dealwatch: Clifford Chance, Linklaters and Latham advise on $7.7bn Pirelli sale to ChemChina Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Linklaters and Latham & Watkins are advising on the $7.7bn bid by China National Chemical Corp (ChemChina)…
Guest post: Despair and not a lot of hope … what the coalition has done to UK justice Legal Business Rarely, if ever, has a British government engaged in such an assault on justice than the present coalition. The brunt…
Asia: BLP launches international arbitration practice in Hong Kong with local team hire Sarah Downey Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has launched an arbitration practice in Hong Kong with the hire of a nine-strong team from…
In-house: Barclays’ Asia GC set for EME investment bank role following Handling’s departure Kathryn McCann Barclays has appointed Simon Croxford as general counsel (GC) for Investment Banking for the Europe and Middle East region (EME)…
Guest post: What can IP offer Africa – and what can Africa offer IP? Legal Business A handsome book recently arrived on my crowded desk, demanding attention: it’s Innovation & Intellectual Property: Collaborative Dynamics in Africa,…
Senior appointments: A&O names Muzilla as US corporate finance head after Wickenden steps down Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) head of US corporate finance Jim Wickenden has left the firm, leading to the appointment of…
In-house: Bank of England appoints ex-CC partner Sonya Branch as its new general counsel Kathryn McCann The Bank of England (BoE) has appointed former Clifford Chance (CC) competition and regulatory partner Sonya Branch as its new…
Tackling evasion: Government set to create strict liability for offshore tax evasion despite Law Society concerns Legal Business The government has announced today (19 March) it is to establish a strict liability offence for offshore tax evasion –…
Significant mandates: Freshfields acts for the Bank of England as SFO investigates money-market auctions Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is representing the Bank of England (BoE) as the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) launches an investigation regarding…
Comment: Life after Sir Nigel – They built it, now what? Legal Business DLA Piper’s new head Simon Levine jokes about avoiding becoming the David Moyes to his high-profile predecessor’s Alex Ferguson, but…
