DLA Piper

Ben Wheway

The term ‘global elite’ conjures up images of a group of cosmopolitan, international businesses, drawn from all of the world’s major financial centres. The reality, however, is much more Anglocentric, and…

Will Lewallen

In New York, Cleary Gottlieb has hired equity capital markets co-head Ilir Mujalovic and capital markets partner Harald Halbhuber from…

Eliza Winter

DLA Piper is acting for administrators of long-beleaguered craft beer brewer BrewDog on the sale of some of its UK…

Eliza Winter

Willkie Farr & Gallagher has hired Clifford Chance’s former UK competition head as a partner in London. Greg Olsen will…

Kate Peacock

Latham & Watkins has again hit a magic circle firm in Europe for a clutch of private equity partners, hiring…

Eliza Winter

Pinsent Masons is opening in Warsaw, the firm announced today (3 February), with six new partners hired from DLA Piper, Dentons,…

Kate Peacock

Sidley Austin has rolled into 2026 with yet another hire from Latham & Watkins, bringing over the firm’s former global…

Kate Peacock

US firms dominated the M&A rankings in 2025, according to the latest data from the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG),…

Will Lewallen

Litigation giant Quinn Emanuel has hired financial disputes and investigations specialist William Charles from Milbank, where he spent 11 years,…

Eliza Winter

Kirkland & Ellis has strengthened its London antitrust and competition practice this week with a double partner hire from Weil.…

Theresa Hargreaves

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has announced its final legal panel, worth up to £820m, with a total of 30…

Kate Peacock

Earlier this month, Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) became the third major firm to withdraw from South Africa in just over…

Eliza Winter

Leading the high profile hires this week, Latham & Watkins has continued its financial sector push with a notable partner…

Kate Peacock

Proskauer has further expanded its London finance practice with its hire of Andrew Payne. Previously at Linklaters in Singapore, Payne…

Theresa Hargreaves

Quinn Emanuel has significantly bolstered its international arbitration practice in London, bringing over senior partner and practice co-lead Andrew Savage…

Alex Ryan

McDermott Will & Schulte has hired financial services regulatory partner Karen Butler from DLA Piper, as the firm continues to…

Bertie Ford

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has made a decisive move into the UK real estate market, launching a London practice…

Bertie Ford

DWF and DLA Piper have advised on the sale of renowned jeweller Fabergé to a US tech investment firm for…

Bertie Ford

Proskauer has hired financial services regulatory partner Anna Maleva-Otto from legacy Schulte Roth & Zabel into its London funds group,…

Will Lewallen

Slaughter and May, Linklaters, DLA Piper and Freshfields have taken lead roles as the UK confirms a long-awaited £38bn deal…