Guest post: Is sustainability improving corporate and professional ethics? Legal Business The ethical dimensions of in-house practice are a significant source of academic and practical interest, as the recent investigation of…
Comment: Partner recruitment – better but still a case of buyer beware Legal Business If the oxymoronic notion of partner recruitment didn’t exist who would invent it? On one level, of course, its emergence…
CMS’ Aberdeen capability sees it awarded £572m BG Group disposal Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna’s capability in Aberdeen has seen it selected ahead of fellow BG Group panel law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…
Freshfields and Linklaters lead on SSP Group’s float Tom Moore Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are advising on the float of SSP Group, the owner of Millie’s Cookies and Uppercrust,…
Taylor Wessing promotes City trio in 12-strong partnership round Sarah Downey Taylor Wessing has unveiled its 2013/14 partner promotions, with three associates making the cut in London and a further nine across…
The Bar: 20 Essex Street announces new joint heads of chambers Sarah Downey Leading commercial litigation set 20 Essex Street has today (18 June) announced the appointment of Christopher Hancock QC and Duncan Matthews…
Norton Rose Fulbright’s Martyr set to stand in upcoming global leadership election Legal Business He’s been a long time at the top but, having transformed London stalwart Norton Rose into a global challenger, he is…
Greenberg Traurig hires Dentons London-based co-head of global real estate Legal Business Greenberg Traurig has hired Dentons London-based co-head of global real estate Eric Rosedale as its co-chair of international real estate.
FCA sets aside £1.7m for Clifford Chance’s insurance industry probe Legal Business The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has set aside £1.7m for the independent inquiry being conducted by Clifford Chance (CC) into the…
Edwards Wildman faces five-strong London partner revolt following string of City exits Legal Business Edwards Wildman is in talks with five disgruntled London partners following a string of exits from the top 100 US…
Latham goes green with latest City hire of Macfarlanes environmentalist Paul Davies Legal Business In the latest of a series of heavyweight City hires, Latham & Watkins is to bring in Macfarlanes’ environmental specialist Paul…
Hogan Lovells leads for Vodafone on €145m Cobra acquisition Legal Business Hogan Lovells’ Milan office has led on Vodafone’s €145m acquisition of Italian car electronics maker Cobra Automotive Technologies as the…
Ashurst finance partner Simon Thrower latest to leave with move to Simmons Jaishree Kalia Ashurst finance partner Simon Thrower has quit to join Simmons & Simmons’ City practice within days of the announcement that corporate…
Comment: Cameronics redux – a hard-to-grasp institution that looks set to surprise Legal Business Given that I get paid to poke around law firms’ inner workings, it’s not that often that I find it…
Comment: Marking your own homework, Dentons and a defence of PEP Legal Business It would almost be too easy to pick holes in the letter that Dentons has supplied to the media to justify…
Financial Results 2013/14: Kennedys unveils a double digit hike in turnover to £128.5m Legal Business Kennedys is the latest UK firm to announce its 2013/14 turnover, unveiling double digit growth with revenue up by 10%…
‘We’ve got to complete the unification process’: Hogan Lovells incoming CEO and deputy talk strategy Legal Business As co-CEOs David Harris and Warren Gorrell enter their final weeks leading the partnership at transatlantic firm Hogan Lovells, newly-elected…
Shearman London and Linklaters Paris lead on circa $2bn Euronext float Legal Business Shearman & Sterling’s London office has taken the lead advising New York-listed global exchange and clearing house operator IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) on its initial…
Mishcon de Reya to launch independent private client business with offshore fiduciary firm Legal Business Mishcon de Reya has today (11 June) announced it is set to launch an independent, private client advisory business entitled…
Sandy Thomas sees off early challenge to leadership in Reed Smith’s contested managing partner elections Legal Business Alexander ‘Sandy’ Thomas has been elected as global managing partner at Reed Smith after John Martini, vice-chair of the firm’s…
