‘A matter of chemistry’: Nabarro finds a new alliance partner in French firm Lefèvre Pelletier Legal Business Nabarro has opted for Lefèvre Pelletier & associés to fill the France-sized hole in its international network after August &…
‘With our deep gratitude’: Olswang’s CEO Stewart resigns Legal Business Olswang’s chief executive officer David Stewart has stepped down from his role after seven years leading the firm, either as…
Made to measure? Legal Business MARKET VIEW – ARBITRATION CMS Cameron McKenna’s Guy Pendell and Lindy Patterson QC assess industry sectory arbitration and the role…
‘I was impressed by the firm’: Farrer & Co turns to CMS Cameron McKenna financial control chief to boost growth Legal Business Private client-focused firm Farrer & Co has made concerted efforts to polish its growth strategy, and has recruited CMS Cameron…
Dealwatch: Phones 4u, with £105m profit and ‘cash in the bank’, enters administration with CC, A&O and CMS acting Sarah Downey Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance and CMS Cameron McKenna have all landed key roles advising on the administration of…
Olswang appoints first board non-executives as it continues management overhaul Legal Business David Chance and Andreas Raffel have joined Olswang today (1 September) as the firm’s first non-executive directors to monitor and…
Trainee retention: Nabarro and Fieldfisher maintain high rates while Trowers & Hamlins drops to 64% Legal Business Nabarro and Fieldfisher have kept on a high number of trainees this month with the latter firm retaining 100% of…
Covington and CMS lead on AstraZeneca’s £1.2bn Spanish transaction Legal Business A London team at Covington & Burling led by corporate partner Lucinda Osborne advised AstraZeneca on a potential $2.1bn deal…
Dundas & Wilson reveals 4.5% revenue dip alongside 8% PEP increase in its final year Legal Business Once a storied institution in the Scottish legal market, Dundas & Wilson has unveiled its last ever financials and has…
Edwards Wildman sees final corporate partner exit for Olswang as Arnold & Porter emerges as ‘in talks’ with disputes team Legal Business US firm Edwards Wildman has seen the last of its quintet of disgruntled corporate partners resign as it has emerged…
Summer retention 2013/14: RPC posts 100% trainee retention rate as CMS sees rate drop to 67% post Dundas tie-up Legal Business City firm RPC is the latest to reveal its trainee retention rates this summer, and has announced it will keep…
Management: Nabarro reappoints Inkester as managing partner after first election in 15 years Sarah Downey Having geared up for its first managing partner elections in 15 years, the partnership at top 30 LB 100 firm…
Nabarro settles professional negligence claim for £10m Sarah Downey Nabarro has agreed to pay £10m to settle a £130m professional negligence claim brought against the firm by a former…
Financial results 2013/14: Olswang suffers further drop in PEP to £490k with turnover up 7% to £117.6m Legal Business Olswang has reported mixed 2013/14 financial results with profit per equity partner (PEP) down 4%, following a double-digit drop last…
Further Edwards Wildman City fallout as CMS set to take on corporate partner Legal Business The fallout from the embattled City office of US firm Edwards Wildman continues as it emerges that corporate partners Eero Rautalahti…
Financial results 2013/14: Nabarro posts static revenues while PEP jumps 10.5% Sarah Downey Top-30 LB100 firm Nabarro is the latest to unveil its 2013/14 financials, with annual turnover broadly flat at £116.7m, a…
Olswang’s head of real estate finance quits for Dechert Legal Business Olswang’s head of real estate finance Eleni Skordaki has quit the firm after nearly ten years to join Dechert’s City finance…
Norton Rose Fulbright hires CMS Cameron McKenna DCM partner Legal Business Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has hired CMS Cameron McKenna banking and finance partner Nigel Dickinson to its debt capital markets team.
CMS’ Aberdeen capability sees it awarded £572m BG Group disposal Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna’s capability in Aberdeen has seen it selected ahead of fellow BG Group panel law firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer…
Comment: Cameronics redux – a hard-to-grasp institution that looks set to surprise Legal Business Given that I get paid to poke around law firms’ inner workings, it’s not that often that I find it…
