CC breaks ground with 15% ethnic minority target for partners but can the profession follow through? Alex Novarese Is the next front on diversity in the profession targets for ethnic minority representation? The industry looks to be slowly…
Magic Circle trio ask City staff to work from home as coronavirus crisis deepens Nathalie Tidman Allen & Overy (A&O), Slaughter and May and Clifford Chance have asked City staff to work from home in a bid to mitigate…
Dealwatch: CC beats Coronavirus jitters with two mandates as DLA drinks up Danone deal Muna Abdi An ‘all over the place’ market which saw Coronavirus impact transactions did not stop Clifford Chance (CC) from advising on two…
LLP accounts: Pension costs hurt CC profits as A&O leadership sees pay increases Marco Cillario Operating profit at Clifford Chance (CC) UK LLP fell 5% to £260m in the year to 30 April 2019 amid…
Deal watch: Simpson Thacher conjures Blackstone and Alibaba mandates as Linklaters and CC lead on British Steel takeover Muna Abdi Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has picked up two high-profile mandates advising Blackstone on the acquisition of MagicLab alongside the Hong Kong…
Legal 500 Data: Behind the story David Burgess This issue holds our annual Global 100 survey results, but which Global 100 firms top The Legal 500 for number…
CC reveals first Magic Circle 2018/19 results as PEP grows just 1% and revenue nears £1.7bn Marco Cillario Clifford Chance (CC)’s managing partner Matthew Layton spoke of ‘times of investment’ and pointed to his firm’s four-year performance after…
CC follows Freshfields with £100k package for junior lawyers as pay war with US rivals intensifies Marco Cillario Clifford Chance (CC) has become the second Magic Circle law firm to raise the starting pay for its associates to…
Deal watch: Seats at the table for Travers, Skadden and Gateley as Pret acquires EAT and Oliver’s chain collapses Marco Cillario Two opposite developments in the UK high street have seen City and US firms advise as food chain Pret A…
‘Break the dominance of a single metric’: CC pilots dropping billable hours from performance reviews Marco Cillario Clifford Chance (CC) is piloting a radical reform to the way it assesses the performance of its associates and counsel,…
Clifford Chance mints nine City partners in its largest promotion round of the decade Marco Cillario Clifford Chance has promoted 30 lawyers to partner, confirming a trend which saw Magic Circle firms increase their partner intake…
Watson Farley & Williams makes major City energy play with Clifford Chance Africa director Tom Baker Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) is set to hire Titus Edjua, director of Clifford Chance’s (CC) Africa group, to boost its project…
From pavements to sidewalks: PE star Mahon’s move to Simpson Thacher melts CC hearts to stone Nathalie Tidman The success of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett where others have failed in luring Clifford Chance (CC)’s Amy Mahon to the…
LLP accounts: Strong returns for CC leadership with bumper 38% pay rise as Eversheds executives see take home remain static Tom Baker Clifford Chance’s (CC) 13-strong executive leadership team took home £22m in the 2017/18 financial year, according to the firm’s filings…
Who Represents Who: The data behind the story Amy McDermott Clifford Chance finance clients, 2017 As LB looks at the future of finance, we look at the clientele of the…
Banking and finance focus: Back to the future Nathalie Tidman ‘The truth is no-one’s got the faintest idea what finance practices will look like in the future,’ shrugs Tony Bugg,…
‘An international guy’: Ouwehand wins Clifford Chance race to become first non-London senior partner Nathalie Tidman Clifford Chance has elected Amsterdam head Jeroen Ouwehand as its first ever senior partner based outside the City. The news comes…
Hello from the other side: CC private equity star Mahon to join Simpson Thacher Nathalie Tidman In a significant blow to Clifford Chance’s M&A practice, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has enticed private equity star Amy Mahon to…
Two European candidates remain as CC’s senior partner contest goes down to three Marco Cillario The likelihood of Clifford Chance’s (CC) next senior partner being based outside London has surged after the first round of…
EasyJet GC completes ITV round-trip for head of legal job Tom Baker ITV has appointed easyJet group general counsel (GC) Kyla Mullins as its new head of legal, filling a role vacated…
