Kirkland’s trophy hire – Robert Khuzami to join the firm in Washington Legal Business If securing senior US regulatory agency lawyers can be compared to a highly competitive game of cards, then Kirkland &…
Resurgence in debt and equity capital markets sees Allen & Overy claim top spot for issuer and manager roles David Stevenson Allen & Overy (A&O) has topped Thomson Reuters’ table of legal advisers on global debt and equity capital markets work for…
In-house Round-up: Swiss Re GC to DAC, Co-op’s Gulliford to Pannone, FACT appoints first GC and Auction.com takes on senior legal team Francesca Fanshawe If it had seemed that the flow of UK hires between private practice and in-house was very much one-sided in…
European expansion – Osborne Clarke continues international drive with Paris launch Francesca Fanshawe At the start of 2012 Osborne Clarke (OC) had little in the way of a direct international presence but the…
Comparing apples with, err, pears: Dentons’ financials show slight increase in revenue as Withers and Travers reveal numbers Legal Business If the financial results of 2013 are useful for one thing, it will be to remind us of the sheer…
Why the Serious Fraud Office should now be left to get on with its knitting Jaishree Kalia The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is an organisation under pressure. Pressure from MPs over the severance packages of former executives,…
Turns out not all publicity is good as law firm admits it revealed JK Rowling’s secret crime novel side-line Jaishree Kalia Media law firms have long received a profile far outranking their small size thanks to their close proximity to celebrity…
Financial results 2013: Dundas & Wilson fails to halt the slide as profits fall 21% Francesca Fanshawe It was once Scotland’s most revered firm but Dundas & Wilson continues to experience misery heaped upon misery, rounding off…
Financial results 2013: BLP confirms bad year as revenues drop by 5% David Stevenson It appears today (19 July) is a good day to try and bury bad news. With Dundas & Wilson earlier…
European movers: Bakers bolsters Madrid office with team of 20 as Hogan Lovells launches in Luxembourg and Wragges takes on Paris team David Stevenson In many ways it is a curious time to be building up corporate and finance capability in the depressed Spanish…
Judicial watch: Sir John Thomas handed top judicial role as Lady Justice Hallett misses out Legal Business Despite speculation that the UK could be set for the first woman Lord Chief Justice, it was this week confirmed…
If you can’t beat ’em… Cripps Harries merges with Vertex as Geldards acquires TPP Law Francesca Fanshawe Good strategy is rarely dictated by old wives’ tales but the adage ‘if you can’t beat them join them’ certainly…
Guest post: There is a market for judges emerging – but only winning with the oligarchs is not the answer either Legal Business Moses LJ has set his satirical pen a scribbling in a recent speech reported in the Gazette. It simplifies, as…
Reed Smith set to earn nearly £1m from Savile mandate as BBC criticised for £5m bill Legal Business Reed Smith has received nearly a million pounds in legal fees as a result of assisting in the BBC’s investigation…
A high-stakes global play – SJ Berwin to vote next week on tie-up with Asian giant King & Wood Mallesons David Stevenson Arguably the most ambitious deal to hit the global legal market since the 2010 tie-up between Hogan & Hartson and…
Benchmarking global law firms is getting harder – HSF issues partial post-merger results suggesting PEP down to £750k Legal Business Pity the reporters covering the legal industry as the rash of international mergers and differing profit structures has seen law…
Into the Breach: Investigations work on the rise as Linklaters takes on G4S tagging role David Stevenson Big ticket M&A may be in short supply but both defensive and regulator-instigated investigations into corporate behaviour is burgeoning, as…
Can’t make an omelette – newly-merged Norton Rose Fulbright sees exodus in Middle East David Stevenson So far the high-stakes merger between Norton Rose and US practice Fulbright & Jaworski has been sealed with minimal fall-out…
Deal Watch: sporting metaphor alert as Dechert, HSF and DLA Piper score high-profile football roles David Stevenson The balance sheets of most English clubs may be shakier than Villa’s back four, but when it comes to raising…
Reappointing and renewables – the newly-merged Norton Rose Fulbright and Bond Dickinson in again on Crown Estate energy panel Francesca Fanshawe Norton Rose Fulbright and Bond Dickinson have been reappointed to the Crown Estate’s energy and infrastructure panel in what will…
