Skadden and A&O act on Vantiv’s £9bn buyout of UK payment processor Worldpay Tom Baker An Allen & Overy (A&O) team is advising UK company Worldpay on its £9bn sale to US payment processor Vantiv,…
DLA Piper and A&O lead firms on Link’s £888m buyout of UK business services group Capita Marco Cillario Eversheds Sutherland, Macfarlanes, DLA Piper and Allen & Overy (A&O) are advising on Australia-headquartered Link Group’s £888m purchase of UK-based Capita Asset…
Ashurst and A&O score roles on Saudi Aramco’s JV with Lamprell to develop $5.2bn maritime yard Madeleine Farman Ashurst and Allen & Overy (A&O) are acting on Saudi Aramco and oil rig construction business Lamprell’s new joint venture…
Hogan Lovells hikes NQ pay by 5% in latest round of City increases Legal Business Hogan Lovells’ UK newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers pay has risen 5%, as the firm increases junior associates’ salaries.
‘Forward-looking changes’: A&O introduces new management structure Madeleine Farman Following a consultation period, Allen & Overy (A&O) has introduced a new executive committee and client group in a bid…
‘Hugely complicated’: Watson Farley, White & Case, A&O line up on $14bn shipping deal Tom Baker Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) has advised a group of 29 international and local banks who were acting as financiers…
‘This latest round has been disappointing’: A&O vows to address lack of diversity as Magic Circle announces new partners Georgiana Tudor Allen & Overy (A&O) promoted just two women to partnership last month, 8% of its total round, with the firm…
‘Enhancing our approach to development’: A&O drops annual appraisals in performance pilot scheme Georgiana Tudor Allen & Overy (A&O) confirmed today (4 May) that it has been running a performance pilot scheme for the last…
Shearman hikes UK associate pay following 14% increase in City revenue Legal Business Shearman & Sterling‘s UK associates will see another increase to their salaries with newly qualified (NQ) lawyers taking home £10,000…
Revolving doors: DLA Piper, Ince & Co bulk up in Germany while Shearman and Fox Williams bring in City partners Legal Business DLA Piper and Ince & Co have made team hires in Germany this week, while Shearman & Sterling and Fox…
A&O makes up 24 partners in largest promotion round since 2008 Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has made up 10 partners in London with banking, international capital markets and corporate each seeing…
‘We won’t stop’: A&O management team on building out in the US and breaking lockstep Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O)’s management is bullish about the Magic Circle firm’s US expansion plans, having broken lockstep twice in…
A&O and CC take spots as Bradford & Bingley loans sold by Slaughters Treasury client Georgiana Tudor Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) have all picked up advisory roles in the UK government’s…
Mishcon, A&O and Freshfields major winners at 2017 Legal Business Awards Mark McAteer Mishcon de Reya, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer were among the major winners at the 2017 Legal Business…
Freshfields and A&O latest in the Magic Circle to post spring trainee retention rates, keeping on 84% and 82% respectively Madeleine Farman Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have both kept on 31 members of their spring trainee intake, with…
Managing Manhattan: A&O moves senior partner contender Tim House to New York Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy‘s (A&O) global head of dispute resolution Tim House is to become senior partner of the US and…
‘He knows us well’: Anglo American appoints Shearman’s Price as new GC Legal Business Anglo American has appointed a former external adviser, Shearman & Sterling‘s co-head of mining and metals Richard Price, as its…
‘We can compete’: A&O breaks lockstep again for new Manhattan finance team Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has broken lockstep again for a New York finance team hired last week, about six months…
A&O continues US spree with three finance partners from Paul Hastings Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has continued its US push picking up a three partner finance and securities team from Paul…
A&O continues US expansion with third litigation hire in a month Madeleine Farman Allen & Overy (A&O) has continued its expansion in the US with the appointment of Eugene Ingoglia to its investigations…
