Clifford Chance, Covington and Skadden lead on £930m AA IPO Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Covington & Burling and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are advising on the £930m flotation of over two…
‘Hundreds of thousands of pounds are earmarked’: Linklaters’ senior partner Robert Elliott talks new diversity targets Tom Moore As Linklaters yesterday (9 June) became the second Magic Circle firm after Allen & Overy to put in place gender diversity…
Genus turns to Shire Pharmaceuticals to fill GC and company secretary role Legal Business Following the return of Tom Kilroy to Misys, Genus, a leading provider of bovine genetics and reproduction services yesterday (June…
UK big six energy giant SSE announces seven-strong inaugural legal panel Legal Business Big six energy giant SSE has set up an inaugural seven-strong law firm panel following an ‘extensive selection process’. Freshfields Bruckhaus…
Ashurst corporate partner Nigel Stacey quits for Gibson Dunn’s City office Jaishree Kalia Ashurst’s corporate partner Nigel Stacey has quit the firm to join the London office of Los Angeles-founded firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.…
Contested senior partner elections at Pinsent Masons as Chris Mullen challenged by head of construction Legal Business Pinsent Masons senior partner Chris Mullen will next month face construction head challenger Richard Foley in the first contested elections at the…
Revolving Doors: HSF’s Rosen QC returns to the Bar; laterals for Weil Gotshal; Simmons; Rosenblatt and Payne Hicks Legal Business The latest standout lateral moves have seen Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) former advocacy chief Murray Rosen QC return to the Bar,…
California dreaming: Clyde & Co expands US practice Caroline Hill Clyde & Co announced today (9 June) that it is expanding its West Coast US practice, opening an office in…
Financial results 2013/14: Addleshaws posts mixed results as profit down 11% after partner restructuring and CFA write-off Legal Business Addleshaw Goddard today (9 June) unveiled mixed financial results for the 2013/14 period, with turnover up by 3% to £171.4m but…
Deloitte plots legal market assault with appointment of global managing director Legal Business Deloitte has become the last of the Big Four accountancy firms to announce plans to re-enter the legal market with the…
Eversheds real estate head and tax partner to form high-end boutique Legal Business The head of Eversheds’ international real estate group, William Naunton, is to leave the firm alongside tax partner Clive Jones…
Squire Patton Boggs – what does the merger mean for lawyers in London and Europe? Legal Business Effective on 1 June, the merger between 39-office firm Squire Sanders and 330-lawyer Washington outfit Patton Boggs will bring together…
Financial results 2013/14: Osborne Clarke unveils a PEP increase of 46% Legal Business Osborne Clarke continues its upward growth trajectory with an announcement today (6 June) of a 46% increase in profit per equity…
Associate pay 2014 – ‘A good year’ sees CC boost salaries and bonuses across the board Sarah Downey Magic Circle firm Clifford Chance (CC) has significantly raised its salary package for its newly qualified (NQ) lawyers and junior…
Zoopla! Freshfields and Slaughter and May line up for £1bn float of the UK’s second biggest property website Legal Business The anticipated £1bn initial public offering (IPO) of the UK’s second largest online property website has seen Magic Circle firms…
Strategic Recruitment: The Product Jaishree Kalia The debate over the value of partner recruitment has intensified in recent years. Legal Business analyses hiring trends at top…
Strategic Recruitment: What Lies Beneath Legal Business More law firms are formally vetting potential senior recruits. Legal Business investigates the growth – and controversies – of partner…
The Programme – how Dundas & Wilson fits into the CMS masterplan Sarah Downey With a takeover of Dundas & Wilson under its belt and a barrage of post-Lehman re-engineering in place, CMS Cameron…
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…
Partner recruitment: 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…
