Revolving Doors: A&O bolsters City structured finance team with Milbank hires Holly McKechnie Leading this week’s high-profile moves, Allen & Overy has appointed John Goldfinch as a partner in its global structured finance…
Changing of the guard: DLA Piper elects next managing partner Holly McKechnie DLA Piper has today (23 February) announced the election of Charles Severs as its next managing partner. His tenure will…
‘Clients want to come to the best’: Quinn Emanuel breaks $2bn barrier with 26% revenue jump Alex Ryan Quinn Emanuel today announced its firmwide financial results for calendar year 2023, with the litigation powerhouse joining an elite band…
Dealwatch: US firms lead on household names The Body Shop and Yodel as restructuring returns Elisha Juttla The long-dormant restructuring market has had a shot in the arm recently, with the City teams of US stalwarts winning…
Breaking barriers: Garrigues tops €450m revenue in milestone for Euro Elite firms Anna Huntley Spanish leader Garrigues has continued its pacesetting reputation among the Euro Elite firms by becoming the first in the group…
Legal Business Global London survey – submissions close soon Mark McAteer The Global London survey window will be closing on Friday 1 March. We invite all participating firms to complete the…
Financial Regulatory and Disputes Summit: Stranger than fiction Holly McKechnie Even amid a stellar agenda at Legal Business’ Financial Regulatory and Disputes Summit 2023 last November, CMS’ session – Shams…
Revolving Doors: Fried Frank expands London team with Goodwin trio as Orrick faces global losses Elisha Juttla Leading the high-profile moves this week, Fried Frank has strengthened its London private equity practice with a triple hire from…
‘Firing on all cylinders’: Akin sees double-digit growth in revenue and PEP Holly McKechnie In keeping with Hogan Lovells’ recently released financial results, Akin has reported strong financials for 2023, contradicting fears of diminished…
‘Bolder, pragmatic, more proactive’: Regulators bare teeth, but will they bite? Holly McKechnie 2024 started with uncharacteristically decisive action from the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT), when in January it issued its joint highest-ever…
Paul Hastings scores double win from Latham after recent London losses Elisha Juttla Paul Hastings has hired litigation and trial partners Oliver Browne and Stuart Alford KC from Latham & Watkins, just days…
Simpson Thacher unveils new London head as office posts double-digit revenue growth Holly McKechnie Simpson Thacher has announced that Wheatly MacNamara will take over from Jason Glover as London managing partner in October. Glover,…
‘It’s a differentiating year’: Hogan Lovells sees double-digit growth in revenue and PEP Elisha Juttla As financial reporting season kicks off in earnest, Hogan Lovells has today (13 February) reported a 10% boost in global…
No shoo-ins at the Legal Business Awards, and beware the perils of TL;DR Nathalie Tidman Awards season. It should be viewed as a time of joy and anticipation, when law firms clamour to showcase their…
Revolving doors: Moves in disputes and antitrust as Paul Weiss continues sweep of London recruits Alex Ryan Simpson Thacher begins this week’s lateral hire round-up with its recruitment of Legal 500 international arbitration leading individual David Edwards…
‘You’d be a brave innovator to ignore the UK’ – why patent work is booming in the post-Brexit UK life sciences market Marie Johansen Nordland Buzz about blockbuster drug developments, expiring patents and the launch of the European Union’s Unified Patent Court – 2023 certainly…
Taking back control – the post-pandemic landscape for life sciences regulation Sophie Chan After years of delays caused by geopolitical instability and the Covid-19 pandemic, the new regulatory landscape for the life sciences…
Life Sciences perspectives: Grant Castle Sophie Chan Why did you decide to specialise in life sciences? I have a science background – a PhD in organic chemistry…
Rising stars: Zina Chatzidimitriadou – ‘It is the one legal area that affects every single one of us and is, above all, human-centred’ Sophie Chan Zina Chatzidimitriadou, senior managing associate at Sidley, on why she picked a career in life sciences law Why did you…
Rising stars: Jaspreet Takhar – ‘EU regulators are preparing an avalanche of new laws that are going to have a monumental impact on pharma and medtech’ Sophie Chan Baker McKenzie’s Jaspreet Takhar on the future of digital health solutions What made you decide to specialise in life sciences…
