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…
Asia-Pacific: Pinsents continues expansion with high-profile appointments in Singapore and Shanghai Francesca Fanshawe Pinsent Masons has continued to develop its Global 100 credentials, this time bulking up its Asia-Pacific corporate capability with the…
Revolving doors: HSF loses Perth mining head to Australian rival David Stevenson Having completed a crucial overhaul of its management and remuneration structures towards the end of 2013, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) would have hoped…
New Year, new job: Hogan Lovells boosts global partnership by 29 in latest promotion round Sarah Downey Hogan Lovells has increased the number promoted to partnership this year to 29, of which 11 made the cut in…
LLP filings 2012/13 – Nabarro’s highest earner sees pay increased by 31% Legal Business Following a seven-month period in which its year-end profitability rose significantly but its half-year revenue was flat, top 30 LB100…
Merger watch – 2013 a record year for legal mergers as 2014 promises more of the same David Stevenson The long-awaited consolidation of the legal market accelerated in 2013, which was a record year for large UK law firm…
In-house: high-profile Pfizer GC steps down while former Dewey chair appointed as a UAE legal adviser Legal Business She has built a reputation as one of the most powerful and influential lawyers in the world but Pfizer has…
