Nabarro’s talent programme reaps eight partner promotions Francesca Fanshawe Nabarro has promoted eight lawyers to its partnership, with the firm’s City office awarded the lion’s share. The promotions, effective…
First partner appointment for newly merged Bond Dickinson Francesca Fanshawe Addleshaw Goddard real estate partner Paula Dillon is to join newly merged Bond Dickinson in its first post-merger hire. Dillon,…
CMS Cameron McKenna overhauls partnership structure Sarah Downey CMS Cameron McKenna will reform its partnership remuneration model on 1 May, enabling salaried partners to become equity partners quicker…
Taylor Wessing snares Harbottles IP head Owen Legal Business Taylor Wessing (TW) has secured a prominent lateral hire to its intellectual property team, recruiting the head of Harbottle &…
Trophy US hire for Freshfields as it lures former head of DoJ’s crime division Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has recruited former acting head of the criminal division at the Department of Justice (DoJ) to bolster…
Consolidation update: Thomas Eggar secures takeover of City boutique Pritchard Englefield Legal Business South East stalwart Thomas Eggar is to absorb City boutique Pritchard Englefield as the run of consolidation within the UK…
Redundancies: Pinsent Masons to lose 13 fee-earners in employment reshuffle Francesca Fanshawe Pinsent Masons is to cut 13 fee-earners from its employment practice in a third round of redundancies since the firm’s…
Capital ideas – the law firm model is as stable as you make it Legal Business It’s a sobering sign of what we’ve been reduced to when we’re praising firms for doing the obvious. This time…
Dundas & Wilson woes continue as it loses private equity duo to Mishcons Sarah Downey Dundas & Wilson has lost private equity partners Simon Sale and Nadim Meer to Mishcon de Reya, the latest in…
Stewart steps out of Goldstein shadow as Olswang hands popular head another term David Stevenson TMT specialist Olswang has re-elected long-time head David Stewart as chief executive for another three years. Before being elected chief…
Nabarro promotes restructuring head Godfrey to international role Legal Business Nabarro has appointed restructuring and insolvency head Patricia Godfrey as its new head of international. As part of the new…
Global London top 50 Legal Business The firms that appear in Global London are the 50 largest non-UK originated firms in London, ranked by headcount. Partner…
Positional play Legal Business Legal Business looks at five US firms that have recently made strategic moves in the City With the collapse of…
Revolution on a shoe string Jaishree Kalia Quinn Emanuel’s no-frills, high-end approach to law has re-written the rules on what US advisers can achieve in London after…
Love the legacy but it’s time for renewal Alex Novarese Tony Angel and the cute teddy bear next to him greeted me as I found my new desk – a…
Cobbetts gets burned but that’s business Pritchard There’s nothing like a bit of schadenfreude when matters go awry and the collapse of Cobbetts as an independent entity…
Converging in on an end game for Global London Alex Novarese Remember convergence? In the 1990s’ tech boom the concept was all the rage. It was the simple idea that rapidly-advancing…
Disputes revival has huge implications for City law Pritchard A few years ago – during what in retrospect turned out to be a boom – you knew where you…
The Last Word Legal Business In this month’s Global London special we track the fortunes of the leading international advisers in the City. But are…
OFT senior director joins Gibson Dunn’s City office Jaishree Kalia Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher has recruited Ali Nikpay, senior director at the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) into its antitrust…
