Weil’s City banking head Stephen Lucas joins Kirkland Legal Business One of the best-known names in the leverage buyout market, Stephen Lucas, is set to join Kirkland & Ellis from…
‘We’ve got 40 finance lawyers left’ – Weil’s City banking head Stephen Lucas joins Kirkland Legal Business One of the best-known names in the leverage buyout market, Stephen Lucas is set to join Kirkland & Ellis from…
Sliding doors: Norton Rose Fulbright exits Prague; Kirkland launches in Houston Legal Business In the same week as Kirkland & Ellis announced it is opening in Houston, top 10 LB100 firm Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF)…
Deal Watch: Slaughters advises on £3.6bn ICI pension annuity buy-in and £390m Ignis buyout; Travers leads on $3.1bn Nets sale Francesca Fanshawe Standout corporate mandates over the past few days have included a high profile run by Slaughter and May on deals including…
Kirkland opens up in Beijing to expand 65-lawyer Chinese operation Legal Business Kirkland & Ellis has expanded its sizeable Chinese footprint by opening an office in Beijing, the top 10 global firm…
Kirkland’s trophy hire – Robert Khuzami to join the firm in Washington Legal Business If securing senior US regulatory agency lawyers can be compared to a highly competitive game of cards, then Kirkland &…
Comment: A star signing is one thing but who needs a lateral? Legal Business The worlds of business, politics and sport have since the 1970s fallen increasingly under the spell of the star individual…
A star signing is one thing but who needs a lateral? Pritchard The worlds of business, politics and sport have since the 1970s fallen increasingly under the spell of the star individual…