Guest post – Syria: the UK can legally use force Legal Business In some ways this week, with the recall of Parliament and the UK tabling a UN resolution, seems like a…
Financial results 2013: Bakers reveals double-digit profit growth against global turnover increase of 5% Caroline Hill Baker & McKenzie has revealed above average financial performance for 2012/13, with a global revenue increase of 5% to $2.419bn…
Regulatory work: Cadwalader and Cleary face off over Ryanair/Aer Lingus, while Links and HSF advise on PPI compensation pot Jaishree Kalia In a move being watched with interest by M&A lawyers and competition experts throughout Europe, the Competition Commission (CC) has…
Ireland’s lucky number seven: Irish Treasury appoints septuplet of firms to its legal panel Sarah Downey Thanks to the economic turbulence that has plagued the Irish nation since 2008, Dublin’s largest firms continue to collect hefty…
Compliance drive – BLP’s financial services partner joins Barclays investment arm as EMEA head David Stevenson As leading retail and investment banks bolster their internal compliance functions it has emerged that Berwin Leighton Paisner’s (BLP) financial services…
RSM Tenon in administration as three UK firms carve out Challinors Sarah Downey The break-up of debt-laden Midlands firm Challinors took a ‘hunter turned hunted’ twist yesterday afternoon (22 August) after administrator RSM…
Trainee retention: Macfarlanes & Latham reveal numbers Legal Business Macfarlanes has become the latest City firm to decide on its trainee retention rates, with 18 out of 24 trainees –…
Takeover potential – Linklaters & Simmons lead on Amec’s £700m bid for Kentz David Stevenson Linklaters and Simmons & Simmons‘ longstanding corporate relationships with Amec and Kentz have gifted them with a potentially lucrative takeover bid…
Revolving Doors: Ashurst makes key energy hire in New York as Gibson Dunn and Squire Sanders expand in London Jaishree Kalia Ashurst this week announced the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) energy partner Charles Williams in a bid to boost…
UK PI bandwagon – Slater & Gordon buys Fentons and reveals 2012/13 results Legal Business Slater & Gordon today (21 August) made further inroads into the UK personal injury (PI) market as it formally announced…
Guest post: Could David Miranda be a “terrorist”? Legal Business There’s understandably been a great deal of reaction to the nine-hour detention at Heathrow airport of David Miranda, who was…
BLP loses head of private equity Raymond McKeeve to Jones Day David Stevenson With all eyes on Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) the news that corporate finance partner and global head of private equity…
BAE international: defence giant rolls out UK cab rank model to Asia and ME Caroline Hill With the UK’s investment in defence broadly flat British defence giant BAE Systems is looking increasingly to the international markets…
Challinors administration: SGI Legal acquires personal injury work of ailing Midlands firm Sarah Downey The keenly-watched administration of Midlands firm Challinors this evening (20 August) led to a first sale of its personal injury caseload…
Revolving Doors: Linklaters hires former Herbert Smith Asia head as Clayton Utz and Norton Rose make key hires David Stevenson Herbert Smith Freehills recent internal confidence that its run of post-merger exits had come to an end has been dashed after…
Wall Street in London: Weil Gotshal and Davis Polk lead on $1.6bn takeover of UK’s Edwards Group David Stevenson As British industrial technology firm Edwards Group is today (19 August) bought out for $1.6bn by Swedish engineering group Atlas…
Against the grain: Kent CC’s legal arm introduces trainee programme as it unveils 20% rise in profits Sarah Downey As private practice firms including Allen & Overy downsize their trainee intakes the successful legal arm of Kent County Council has…
Personal injury: Slater & Gordon in talks to acquire Fentons Legal Business Further consolidation in the personal injury market looks set to take place next week after it emerged that acquisitive Australian-listed…
Private equity: CVC gifts Clifford Chance and Cleary Gottlieb with two major European mandates David Stevenson Followers of the tussle between UK and US private equity practices for European mandates were this week rewarded with an…
Asia round-up: DLA loses former Singapore head..again.. as Hill Dicks launches in Hong Kong Legal Business With all eyes trained on Asia the office fall outs and launches have been throw into far sharper relief. Losing…
