Herbies and Hogan Lovells win places on Land Securities panel Legal Business Land Securities has appointed Herbert Smith Freehills and Hogan Lovells to its revamped legal panel following a year-long review that…
RPC expands corporate practice with partner hires Jaishree Kalia RPC has beefed up its corporate practice with the hire of three of Wragge & Co’s heavyweight partners as it…
No let up for Libor claims as FSA issues record fines David Stevenson With the Financial Services Authority (FSA) issuing a record £300m of total fines in the UK in 2012, up from…
General counsel pay still bolstered by bonus culture Miriam Fahey The bonus, not the pay rise, was how companies rewarded the efforts of their general counsel (GC) in 2012. This…
TNK-BP takeover saga ends in largest Russian deal ever David Stevenson The ongoing battle over what was to become of Russian oil joint venture (JV) TNK-BP finally concluded at the end…
SJ Berwin is latest international arrival in Luxembourg Legal Business SJ Berwin announced the opening of its twelth office in Luxembourg at the start of the year, in what was…
Norton Rose Fulbright aims at Global Elite Pritchard The worst-kept secret in global law finally became official in November. Norton Rose and Fulbright & Jaworski announced their 3,800-lawyer…
Cohesion critical in proving three into one does go Mark McAteer By the time you read this Dentons (as anyone sane will call it), a three-way merger between SNR Denton, Salans…
Landmark three-way merger aims to end Dentons’ Europe woes Legal Business At press time, partners at SNR Denton, Salans and Canadian firm Fraser Milner Casgrain (FMC) were poised to vote through…
Banks could face backlash on legal panel reviews David Stevenson With the latest round of bank panel reviews in full swing, early indications show signs of a backlash from law…
Korea legal market shows signs of saturation Miriam Fahey With the recent influx of foreign firms into Seoul showing no signs of stopping, questions are being raised as to…
Magrath launches in Singapore Mark McAteer November saw London-based Magrath become the first corporate immigration specialist to open a standalone presence in Singapore; Ben Sheldrick and…
Locke Lord’s lateral spree continues in London Miriam Fahey US firm Locke Lord has continued its rapid expansion in London since launching in February this year with the addition…
DAC Beachcroft becomes first UK firm in Chile Jaishree Kalia DAC Beachcroft has strengthened its presence in Latin America by becoming the first European-based firm to launch in Chile by…
Ashurst expansion continues full throttle David Stevenson Ashurst’s recent appetite for international expansion shows no sign of abating, with the firm announcing in November the launch of…
Parabis Group storms into Scottish insurance market David Stevenson Private equity backed Parabis Group recently entered the Scottish legal insurance market with a bold statement of intent, hiring local…
Mike’s Mechanics Mark McAteer White & Case sent Mike Goetz to London in 2000 to take its City finance practice to a new level.…
Is it a Law Firm? Miriam Fahey Times they are a-changing. Meet the international law firms with hardly any offices, no trainees, and the bare minimum of…
On the Mend David Stevenson When the credit crisis hit, leveraged finance lawyers were among the first to fall. They are still in the doldrums,…
Know your numbers David Stevenson When former Dewey & LeBoeuf partners blamed Citibank for not telling them about the dire state of the firm’s finances,…
