Not everyone is getting hitched – Kennedys and Simpson & Marwick call off agreed merger Sarah Downey Getting a legal merger over the line is notoriously difficult but once the tie-up is agreed it usually goes through,…
Guest post: My thoughts (as a citizen) on Lord Sumption’s Azlan Shah lecture Legal Business On 20 November, Lord Sumption (Justice of the Supreme Court) delivered the 27th Sultan Azlan Shah Lecture in Kuala Lumpur…
Moscow team hire: Goltsblat BLP take on real estate trio from Akin Gump David Stevenson Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has bolstered its global real estate capability with the hire of a rated three partner team from…
LSB recommends patent and trademark firm regulator become ABS licensing authority Francesca Fanshawe Increasing numbers of patent and trademark firms can be expected to join the swathes of legal entities becoming alternative business…
Updated deal watch: Hogan Lovells wins £40bn Student Loans Company debt sell off Sarah Downey Following a six-month tender process the Department for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS) has appointed Hogan Lovells to advise on the…
Comment: Victories, defeats and growing up – Ashurst faces up to life after Charlie Alex Novarese Here’s one anecdote that didn’t make it into this month’s extended focus on Ashurst. Sometime soon after the firm had pulled…
Team hire: Pinsents boosts Paris practice with TMT hires from local boutique Francesca Fanshawe Pinsent Masons has launched a Paris TMT practice with a six-strong team from Paris-based boutique technology firm Ichay & Mullenex…
A carve-out before Christmas – HSF agrees compromise to (largely) unite post-merger partner pay David Stevenson It was a long time coming but Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has finally agreed a compromise to unite equity partner…
Redundancy watch: Pannone to make job cuts following Slater & Gordon takeover Sarah Downey Manchester’s Pannone is offering voluntary redundancies to around 100 staff as a result of its recently announced takeover by Slater…
Ashurst delves into Magic Circle for Linklaters DCM partner as Beddow named corporate co-head Jaishree Kalia Ashurst has tapped into the magic circle in a bid to strengthen its finance practice, hiring Linklaters debt capital markets…
Comment: ‘Mishcon’ no more but a City player at last? Wragges needs a big deal and the old magic Legal Business ‘Wragge & Co was the Mishcon of its day.’ That statement from a former veteran of the Midlands giant sums…
Former Times head of legal Alastair Brett suspended for six months for misleading court Sarah Downey The former head of legal for The Times newspaper, Alastair Brett, has been suspended from practising for six months by…
Germany: McDermott hires Ashurst Munich partner to head private equity David Stevenson Ashurst has lost a second senior partner in Germany as Nikolaus von Jacobs leaves to head up McDermott Will & Emery’s…
Bond Dickinson wins AIG tender for volume contract work Caroline Hill Following a competitive tender process between five of its panel law firms, AIG has awarded its bulk contract work…
H1 2013/14: Nabarro points to pick up in corporate and real estate amid flat half year results Sarah Downey Nabarro has posted flat half year (H1) revenues for the 2013/14 year, with figures rising by a marginal 0.3% from…
In-house: Transocean finds replacement general counsel after year-long search Legal Business Swiss-based offshore drilling contractor Transocean has appointed a new general counsel (GC) and senior vice president over a year after…
Revolving doors: KWM disputes head joins Quinn Emanuel start-up in Sydney Legal Business The fallout from upheaval within firms in the upper echelons of the Australian legal market continues with news today (5…
More for most or less for some? Links is latest top firm to sidle towards merit pay David Stevenson Even at the top of the market, the slow march towards performance-driven pay for associates continues with Linklaters this week…
Former Times head of legal Alastair Brett to face hearing for misleading court Legal Business The former head of legal for The Times newspaper, Alastair Brett, will appear before the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) tomorrow…
US bonus season: Cravath kicks off by holding bonuses at 2012 levels Jaishree Kalia The US bonus season has kick-started with elite New York firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore setting the tone by revealing it will…
