Private equity: CVC gifts Clifford Chance and Cleary Gottlieb with two major European mandates David Stevenson Followers of the tussle between UK and US private equity practices for European mandates were this week rewarded with an…
Deal Watch: Dentons & King & Spalding act on HR Owen hostile takeover bid as Freshfields and Skadden secure Asian M&A roles David Stevenson While the traditional August lull in corporate work may have seen Asia relax, the giant is far from asleep and…
Freshfields and Linklaters take the lead on Schneider Electric’s £3.3bn Invensys bid Legal Business Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have landed the leading roles on a takeover bid by France’s Schneider Electric for UK…
India calling: Freshfields and Linklaters make key India hires as Amarchand opens up its partnership Jaishree Kalia The periodic excitement over the liberalisation of the Indian legal market may currently be reduced to background chatter but the…
Clifford Chance underperforms Magic Circle with 9% drop in PEP Legal Business Clifford Chance (CC) has underperformed its Magic Circle rivals in its 2012/13 results as the firm today announced a 2.5% decline…
Reporting season floodgates open as four major City firms reveal 2012/13 revenues Jaishree Kalia Reporting season has opened in earnest in the City as Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer today (5 July) reveals it has bucked…
Financial results round-up: Freshfields tops UK elite firms Legal Business Magic Circle firm shines with 7% revenue spike in flat market Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has led the Magic Circle for…
Corporate: Alibaba and Kabel Deutschland deals land roles for Freshfields, Linklaters and Hengeler Mueller Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have landed two major corporate mandates advising Alibaba on what Reuters describes as ‘the most…
Magic Circle unveils new pay levels Jaishree Kalia Four of the five Magic Circle firms have now revealed their decisions on newly qualified (NQ) and trainee salaries, with…
Cinven gifts Freshfields with IPO while HSF defends Severn Trent Jaishree Kalia A handful of major corporate mandates were unveiled last month as private equity house Cinven kicked off its £1.4bn proposed…
Corporate stirrings: Cinven gifts Freshfields with IPO while HSF defends Severn Trent Legal Business A handful of major corporate mandates were unveiled this week as private equity house Cinven kicked off its £1.4bn proposed…
Comment: Things I would have said about the future of law if I hadn’t forgotten my notes Alex Novarese I was recently asked to speak on a panel debate for Georgetown Law at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s City office to…
It’s your profession – accept it, change it but be honest Alex Novarese There are plenty of editors who live on the conference circuit but I’ve never been one of them. Still, I…
Freshfields Pick ‘outstanding’ energy hire Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has demonstrated that US firms in the City are not the only ones to be making high-profile…
Global firms strengthen white-collar practices Legal Business A number of global firms boosted their white-collar defence practices last month with a spate of hires from US and…
Freshfields hires HSF financial services regulatory partner Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer continues to boost its disputes practice in Hong Kong with Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) financial services regulatory…
Freshfields makes high-profile lateral hire with Shearman’s Pick Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has scored a significant coup in hiring respected Shearman & Sterling partner and head of global project…
Trophy US hire for Freshfields as it lures former head of DoJ’s crime division Jaishree Kalia Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has recruited former acting head of the criminal division at the Department of Justice (DoJ) to bolster…
FSA slaps Pru with £30m fine before its split David Stevenson The Financial Services Authority (FSA) handed out its last penalty before being split up after fining companies in the Prudential…
Freshfields latest to promote new partners with 14 making the grade Legal Business Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed 14 new partners, with just under half of the promotions made in London. The Magic…
