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…
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…
