Guest post: Light at the end of the tunnel for the SFO and a review of the last 12 months from David Green QC Legal Business Introducing the annual report for the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) in the last financial year David Green, CB QC, director of…
In-house: Threadneedle looks to fill GC spot after Philip Reed resigns; Weatherford brings in Dianne Ralston as GC Legal Business Leading City asset manager Threadneedle Investments is looking to fill its general counsel (GC) role following the resignation of high…
Linklaters corporate heavyweight Charlie Jacobs leads on Carlyle’s circa £2bn RAC exit talks Legal Business Linklaters senior corporate partner Charlie Jacobs is leading for Carlyle Group on the US buyout house’s early stage discussions to exit…
Clifford Chance’s global MP Matthew Layton talks expansion and ambition for his first four-year term Legal Business The past week has seen Clifford Chance emerge as the star performer among its Magic Circle rivals, with a 7% rise…
Comment: ‘Nobody knows anything’ – Goldman is more right than Maister Legal Business As journalists and managing partners hit reporting season the understandable urge rises once more to make sense of the legal…
DWF takes legal action against the Insolvency Service after failed panel bid Sarah Downey Top 25 LB 100 firm DWF is taking legal action against the government’s Insolvency Service (IS) after the national firm lost…
Dealwatch: HSF and Slaughters UK advisers on AbbVie’s $51bn bid for Shire Tom Moore Herbert Smith Freehills‘ corporate partners James Palmer and Gillian Fairfield have taken the UK lead on US drugmaker AbbVie’s proposed…
Fieldfisher bolsters Paris office with trio of lateral hires Legal Business Fieldfisher has bolstered its Paris office with a trio of local lateral hires, including M&A lawyer Pascal Squercioni and tax specialist…
Robert Tchenguiz switches from Shearman to Stephenson Harwood in £300m SFO claim Legal Business Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz has replaced Shearman & Sterling with Stephenson Harwood as his adviser on a high profile lawsuit against the…
Weil Gotshal heads H1 global private equity table as DLA Piper enters top 20 Legal Business Weil Gotshal & Manges has come out on top of the latest H1 private equity league tables in a top 20…
Law Society pays £1m recruitment bill as Norton Rose Fulbright receives £435k Legal Business The Law Society paid out approaching £1m in recruitment fees over ten months in 2013, as Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) took…
Financial results 2013/14: Macfarlanes breaks through £1m PEP threshold as profit and turnover up over 20% Legal Business Macfarlanes has achieved a high double digit jump in both revenue and profit per equity partner (PEP) for the 2013/14…
Morrison & Foerster appoints Paul Friedman to newly-created European managing partner role Legal Business Paul Friedman has become Morrison & Foerster’s first managing partner for Europe, overseeing 26 partners and 43 associates across London, Berlin…
Norton Rose Fulbright ups NQ salaries to Magic Circle levels Legal Business Top 10 Global 100 firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has elevated its newly-qualified (NQ) lawyer salaries to Magic Circle firm levels,…
RPC bolsters insurance and marine teams with double hire from Clydes and Holman Fenwick Legal Business RPC has strengthened its insurance and marine capability in the UK and Asia with the hire of senior insurance litigation partner…
Squire Patton Boggs bolsters Asia presence with Tokyo merger Legal Business Newly-merged transatlantic firm Squire Patton Boggs has bolstered its presence in Tokyo by tying up with Japan-headquartered corporate boutique Mamiya Law…
Revolving Doors: DLA hires in France and the US; Simmons grows Bristol; Gibson Dunn expands in Beijing and Hong Kong Legal Business International expansion last week saw DLA Piper hire Holman Fenwick Willan’s (HFW) Paris head of tax Hervé Israël and bolster its…
Herbert Smith Freehills launches German competition practice with hire of Taylor Wessing head Michael Dietrich Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has moved one step closer to offering clients a full service out of its still fledgling German…
Hogan Lovells ties up with Mexico’s Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa Legal Business Hogan Lovells has made further inroads in Latin America by tying up with leading Mexican firm Barrera, Siqueiros y Torres Landa…
CC edges ahead in growth as Linklaters and Freshfields unveil financial results Legal Business Clifford Chance has emerged as the strongest-performing Magic Circle firm financially for 2013/14, as the UK elite all unveiled unaudited sterling…
