‘A statement of intent’: Can Layton’s strategy reinvigorate Clifford Chance? Legal Business Nearly three decades have passed since the game changing union of Coward Chance and Clifford Turner – a watershed moment…
Targeting the UK: Slater & Gordon in talks with Quindell over division purchase Jaishree Kalia Alternative Business Structure (ABS) Quindell has entered negotiations to sell one of its operating divisions to Australian law firm Slater…
Mounting departures: Barclays’ global head of financial crime steps down Legal Business Days after Barclays global general counsel (GC) of corporate and investment banking Judith Shepherd announced that she will be stepping…
Team check-up: Co-op group reorganises legal team and starts panel assessment Kathryn McCann The Co-operative Group‘s general counsel Alistair Asher and head of legal Jim Tully are to lead an assessment into the…
6,600 lawyers: Dentons set to combine with China’s largest law firm Dacheng Legal Business Dentons is set to create the biggest law firm in the world by lawyer headcount through a combination with leading…
Clashing titans: Taylor Wessing acts as MetLife sues A&O client JP Morgan for $107m Tom Moore Two giants of the US financial services market, insurer Metlife and investment bank JP Morgan, have begun a legal battle…
Dealwatch: Simpson Thacher leads for KKR as thetrainline.com opts for sale over IPO Legal Business Private equity powerhouse KKR has purchased travel ticket seller thetrainline.com, with its go-to law firm Simpson Thacher & Bartlett advising…
‘We have something to prove’: Raynor takes the top role at Shakespeares as Wilson departs Kathryn McCann Chief client officer Andy Raynor will take the chief executive role at Midlands-based Shakespeares, as current incumbent Paul Wilson departs…
Q&A: Heineken UK’s Graeme Colquhoun and DLA Piper’s John McKinlay talk sole adviser mandates Legal Business Having appointed DLA Piper as principal legal adviser this month (January) in a bid to cut down on external spend,…
Under new leadership: Eversheds appoints senior partner in Paris as Brown departs after 18-year tenure Kathryn McCann Eversheds has appointed Rémi Kleiman as the new senior partner in its Paris office, following the departure of long-standing incumbent…
SRA indemnity report: Number of closing firms drops despite rejection of minimum cover cut Legal Business The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has confirmed 12 law firms have been forced to close for failing to secure professional…
US revenues 2014: Weil Gotshal & Manges bounces back with 16.5% PEP increase Jaishree Kalia US firm revenues for 2014 have kicked off with Weil, Gotshal & Manges showing a comeback in its results after…
Change management: CC appoints new COO and innovation chief as Layton unveils new strategy Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) managing partner Matthew Layton has laid out the firm’s international strategy, aiming at becoming the ‘global law…
Job openings: Vacancies at real estate legal teams expand quickest in the City in 2014 as legal job market grows Legal Business In an indication of the legal job market’s growing strength, research analysing vacancy rates at law firms has shown that…
US-Russia relations: A&O, Skadden and V&E win roles as oil company EDC delists and sells $1.7bn stake Jaishree Kalia Despite the volatile economic conditions in Russia, Allen & Overy (A&O), Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Vinson &…
Paying the tab: Mishcon defeated as firm loses celebrity chef Ramsay’s High Court pub rent battle Tom Moore Mishcon de Reya client and celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has lost a High Court battle over the £640,000 annual rent…
Revolving doors: Clydes and Hunton & Williams make local hires while Squire Patton Boggs brings a team into its Paris office Legal Business Last week saw Clyde & Co expand its employment and personal injury practices with hires from DWF and Hill Dickinson,…
Judicial diversity: First female senior presiding judge appointed Legal Business The senior judiciary has gone further towards increasing diversity in its ranks as it names its first female senior presiding…
‘The first step’: Osborne Clarke restarts private client practice with double partner hire Kathryn McCann Osborne Clarke (OC) has relaunched a dedicated private wealth practice, following the departures of partners Sandra Brown, Robert Drewett and…
Aiming for 80 jurisdictions: EY law launches in Sweden with Stockholm office Kathryn McCann Ernst & Young’s (EY) legal team has launched in Sweden with the hire of a six member team in Stockholm,…
