$100bn of M&A deals announced as Global 100 firms advise on Suntory, Time Warner and Amec bids David Stevenson Last year’s growth in confidence in the corporate sector together with fundraising activity among a number of large private equity…
LLP latest: Shoosmiths, Morgan Cole and MMS see significant drop in highest paid partner as Charles Russell’s takes home 64% more Francesca Fanshawe The latest round of LLP accounts for 2012/13 has revealed that Shoosmiths paid £1.5m to acquire Scottish firm Archibald Campbell &…
Hogan Lovells and Olswang strengthen TMT practices with hire of team heads in Hong Kong and Germany Legal Business As Hong Kong becomes gateway to the world’s biggest trader in goods after China overtook the US for the first time…
Dentons hires high profile energy partner Charles July and Eversheds’ banking partner Michael Wainwright Jaishree Kalia Increased optimism within the business sector at the start of 2014 is being reflected in a flurry of lateral hires…
Guest post: See Talent. Feed It. Legal Business Turnabout. I recently wrote about how to demoralize, discourage, and disenchant top talent. This is about how to retain that talent.…
Asia-Pacific: Clifford Chance unveils new Indonesia association as K&L Gates goes big in Japan David Stevenson With only Asia showing any real growth in M&A work for law firms during 2013, it is unsurprising that major international…
Dealwatch: HSF, Clifford Chance and Slaughters take the spotlight in Cineworld expansion Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has landed a role advising Barclays, JP Morgan and Investec on Cineworld Group‘s £107m rights issue…
Real estate round-up: Clifford Chance, Taylor Wessing and Burges Salmon start New Year on front foot Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC), Taylor Wessing and Burges Salmon have emerged as the pace setters for real estate work in the…
Strategic recruitment: A&O hires employment team in Paris Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) has underlined the importance of its global employment practice with a significant hire in France, recruiting…
Corporate: Freshfields makes Paris M&A lateral hire as 2013 M&A adviser tables do little to instil confidence Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has become the second elite global firm to make a high-profile corporate lateral hire this week, as…
Herbert Smith Freehills announces hire of Maitland Chambers Tom Leech QC as Murray Rosen QC retires Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills has today (9 January) announced the hire of Tom Leech QC, who has left Maitland Chambers to…
Board level appointment for incoming Tui general counsel Legal Business Leading European travel group Tui AG has become the latest major corporate to announce a board level legal appointment as former…
Fallout begins as Dundas & Wilson suffers spate of partner exits post-CMS merger deal Sarah Downey The fallout from Dundas & Wilson‘s recently announced takeover by CMS Cameron McKenna has begun in earnest, with the Scottish firm confirming…
Latham sets pace for 2014 as expansive City arm hires Weil private equity partner David Stevenson For many watchers of the upper reaches of City law, Latham & Watkins has in recent years established a profile…
Hires for Squire Sanders and Morgan Lewis as 2014 lateral window opens Legal Business After a flurry of lateral hire announcements before the City broke for Christmas in 2013, yesterday (6 January) saw two…
Asia-Pacific: Clydes eyes further China expansion as it hires Eversheds Asia employment head Jaishree Kalia Clyde & Co has further expanded its China operations with the hire of Eversheds’ Asia head of employment Iris Duchetsmann…
King & Wood Mallesons reshuffles management team again following partner exit Legal Business King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has made another change to its practice management team just months after restructuring its leadership…
Barely into 2014 another PE house bets on law as Permira puts £122m into LegalZoom Legal Business It’s a deal that brings together one of the most touted ‘alternative’ legal service providers with one of Europe’s top…
Mid-market feeding frenzy: Addleshaw, Bristows, Field Fisher and Irwin Mitchell unveil lateral hires Francesca Fanshawe The New Year lateral hiring spree has gathered momentum, with Addleshaw Goddard, Irwin Mitchell, Bristows and Field Fisher Waterhouse all…
CC formally launches ‘first-of-its-kind’ Saudi partnership but Riyadh remains a tough nut to crack Legal Business Clifford Chance today (6 January) formally announced the launch of its joint Saudi and foreign-owned law firm in Riyadh, boasting…
