Comment: After shock Voge departure, Latham has a #MeToo problem and so does the profession Alex Novarese Latham & Watkins and William H Voge are fortunate in one regard. The looking-glass glaze that appears when law firms…
A&O recruits fintech specialist in rare City lateral while Freshfields loses one in Germany to Latham Nathalie Tidman The old days when the only ways in and out of a Magic Circle partnership were promotion and retirement (forced…
#MeToo hits the highest levels of law as head of Latham quits over ‘sexual communications’ Alex Novarese The #MeToo campaign has had a number of brushes with the legal industry but nothing like the shock news today…
Latham surges to become world’s first $3bn law firm… but can Kirkland take its crown? Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins has become the first law firm ever to report revenues over $3bn with the Los Angeles-bred firm adding…
‘Incredibly strong’ – debt counsel gear up for another boom year in leveraged finance Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman finds lawyers bemused by crazy pricing and a wall of debt ‘Short of Trump nuking North Korea, I…
Latham and SH cheer as latest silk round bountiful for Red Lion and Garden Court Tom Baker Arbitrators dominate solicitor appointments amid creation of 119 new silks as Latham does double Red Lion Chambers and Garden Court…
Deal Watch: European acquisitions generate big-ticket roles for Latham, Bakers and Bonelli Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins, Baker McKenzie, Clifford Chance (CC) and Allen & Overy (A&O) have lined up alongside a group of…
‘Dynamic and entrepreneurial’ – Latham taps Hogan Lovells for disputes partner duo Nathalie Tidman The march of US advisers into the City’s disputes scene continues with Latham & Watkins today (16 January) announcing the hire…
Latham, Ropes and Travers get physical as US buyout house takes control of PureGym in the UK Marco Cillario Leonard Green acquires gym chain for £600m 2017 has continued to provide rich pickings for firms with marquee private equity…
Global Elite advise Siemens on €40bn German IPO of medical division Tom Baker Latham & Watkins, Linklaters and Sullivan & Cromwell are all advising as German conglomerate Siemens plans to list its €40bn…
DLA Piper chief Picón joins Latham in shock move as Ropes names first female chair Tom Baker In a move that set tongues wagging on both sides of the pond, DLA Piper senior partner and global co-chair…
Promotion time: Latham keeps City round at two as new partners focused on Big Apple Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins may have been aggressively sweeping up City talent from rivals but the US-based giant is remaining conservative on…
US firms lead in Europe as Franco-German merger creates new rail giant Marco Cillario Latham and Cleary advise as Siemens and Alstom combine US law firms took the lead as Siemens agreed to combine…
Keeping home fires burning – DLA Piper chief Picón to join Latham & Watkins in Spain Tom Baker Moving to the highest-grossing firm in the world from one that used to hold that position, DLA Piper senior partner…
Latham hires New York playmaker to bolster M&A team in significant loss for A&O Tom Baker Latham & Watkins has secured a senior hire from a Magic Circle competitor in New York, recruiting Allen & Overy (A&O)…
Trainee retention: Latham and Kirkland report contrasting City rates as Magic Circle firms start to post 2017 figures Madeleine Farman Latham & Watkins has managed to retain 95% of its City trainees in its latest round, contrasting with Kirkland & Ellis, which…
Latham swoops on Quinn Emanuel for high-profile financial regulatory hire Berman Georgiana Tudor Latham & Watkins has appointed head of financial services and regulatory David Berman from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s London office, returning…
Latham and Hogan Lovells act on consortium’s £2.9bn potential offer for Paysafe Group Marco Cillario Latham & Watkins is advising Blackstone and CVC Capital Partners in their £2.9bn preliminary proposal takeover bid for UK online payment…
‘Exciting growth journey’: White & Case advises Polish telecoms company Play on €1bn IPO Madeleine Farman White & Case has again advised Polish telecoms group Play Communications and its shareholders, Novator and Olympia, this time on Play’s…
S&C and Wachtell lead on Amazon’s $13.7bn Whole Foods buyout Tom Baker Sullivan & Cromwell and Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz lead a host of elite US law firms advising Amazon on its $13.7bn purchase of…
