Succession planning: RBS and Barclays lose their GCs Kathryn McCann Last month saw both Barclays and The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) put succession planning into place as global general…
News in brief – February 2015 Legal Business KENNEDYS OPENS IN SCOTLAND Last month, Kennedys finally entered the Scottish market with the opening of offices in Glasgow and…
Guest post: Dentons/Dacheng – A theory and rationale Legal Business I wasn’t going to write about Dacheng/Dentons until I was. When I first heard about the mega tie-up creating the…
‘The logical next step’: King & Wood Mallesons secures Singapore licence Legal Business Filling in a major hole in King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) Asian network, the firm is set to open an…
Moving up: Walgreens appoints Boots GC as global legal officer Legal Business US pharmacy giant Walgreens Boots Alliance has appointed the former general counsel of Alliance Boots, Marco Pagni, as executive vice…
Saudi relations: Clifford Chance special adviser resigns to head public regulator Legal Business Clifford Chance’s (CC’s) special adviser in Saudi Arabia, Mohammed Al-Jadaan, founding partner of local firm Al-Jadaan & Partners with which…
Succeeding Eisenberg: Mayhew wins BLP managing partner role Tom Moore Lisa Mayhew, Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP’s) head of employment, pensions and incentives, has beaten the firm’s corporate chief David Collins…
Targeting New York: Clifford Chance bolsters NY office with DLA Piper finance partner Legal Business With US leadership previously announcing intentions to boost the firm’s New York bench, Clifford Chance has today (3 February) confirmed…
Revolving doors: OC and Boodle Hatfield both hire in the City while BLP and Pinsents focus on the Middle East Legal Business Osborne Clarke started last week with a hire from King & Wood Mallesons in the City but other laterals saw…
Significant departures: Latham & Watkins hires CC’s private equity co-head Oliver Felsenstein Legal Business Latham & Watkins has strengthened its corporate bench in Germany with the hire of Clifford Chance’s (CC) co-head of private…
Accounts revealed: Hogan Lovells records 3.9% international revenue boost as profits slide Legal Business Transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells has become the latest to publish its limited liability partnership (LLP) accounts for the 2013/14 financial…
Trainee retention: Reed Smith, A&O and HSF keep on over 90% of spring 2015 qualifiers Tom Moore Allen & Overy (A&O), Herbert Smith Freehills and US firm Reed Smith have helped to quash the nervousness among trainee…
A 17-year dispute: Roadchef workers win legal battle against DAC Beachcroft client over employee shares Sarah Downey Hundreds of workers at motorway service operator Roadchef are set to share a windfall after a 17-year long legal battle…
‘We’re on a journey we haven’t completed yet’: BLM elects senior partner Mike Brown for second term Legal Business In an uncontested election, risk and insurance-focused law firm BLM has unanimously re-elected its senior partner, Mike Brown, for a…
Targeting South Korea: Milbank opens in Seoul Legal Business The influx of Western law firms in South Korea continued today (2 February) after local authorities rubber stamped Milbank, Tweed,…
Q&A: A year on – Shell’s legal director Donny Ching on handling oil industry pressures and a 1000-strong team Kathryn McCann Donny Ching (pictured) replaced Peter Rees as Royal Dutch Shell’s legal director in February 2014. After almost a year in the…
Targeting Amsterdam: Baker & McKenzie bulks up with Linklaters partner and Houthoff Buruma team Tom Moore Baker & McKenzie has ramped up its corporate offering in Amsterdam with the hire of seven lawyers including Linklaters‘ corporate…
‘A challenging year’: DAC Beachcroft profit falls as firm hit by rising staff costs and IT failure Legal Business DAC Beachcroft’s latest LLP fillings at Companies House have revealed the firm’s profits available for division among members fell by 18.3%…
Losing QCs: BLP’s plan to compete with the Bar hit by another advocacy exit Tom Moore Stuart Isaacs QC, the man brought in to lead Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s advocacy unit and compete with the Bar, has…
Taking Manhattan: Freshfields continues New York expansion with Kirkland & Ellis hire Kathryn McCann Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its US offering again, this time enhancing its employment capability with the…
