Winning hearts and minds (but mainly hearts) at Linklaters Alex Novarese The best Freshfields corporate lawyer Silk Street ever produced is now leading Linklaters, with incoming senior partner Charlie Jacobs ushering…
Magic Circle duo act on major post-Brexit IPO as ConvaTec lists Legal Business Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising medical products company ConvaTec on its anticipated $1.8bn initial public offering (IPO).
Clifford Chance scoops Murdoch hacking litigation from Linklaters Sarah Downey Clifford Chance has won the high-profile instruction to defend Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) in its hacking litigation from…
Sticking around: Linklaters Elliott to stay on as consultant as senior partner term ends Legal Business Outgoing Linklaters senior partner Robert Elliott will stay on as a consultant at the firm when his term finishes at…
Linklaters City corporate head Stuart Bedford quits to join LeapFrog Investments Legal Business Stuart Bedford, former City corporate head at Linklaters, is set to join emerging markets private equity house LeapFrog Investments as…
Linklaters PE team scores first-time instruction from BC Partners Tom Moore Linklaters landed its first mandate from private equity (PE) house BC Partners at the end of July, with PE partners…
Reassuringly expensive: Freshfields and Linklaters take biggest gulp from $260m legal fees on AB InBev deal Tom Moore City lawyers have taken a handsome share of the $1.94bn in advisory fees generated by Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (AB InBev) $108bn…
In-house: Hogan Lovells, Clifford Chance and Linklaters pick up spots on new EU banking panel Legal Business Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance and Linklaters have been joined by Hogan Lovells and PwC on a new panel created…
Woodward’s deal streak continues as Linklaters takes first instruction for BC Partners in $1.6bn acquisition Legal Business Linklaters has landed its first private equity mandate for BC Partners, with private equity star Alex Woodward leading alongside Vincent Ponsonnaille…
Slaughters, Linklaters and RPC win places on RSA’s reduced legal roster Kathryn McCann Slaughter and May, Linklaters and RPC have all won spots on insurance giant RSA Group’s legal roster, following a review…
‘Expensive badge of legitimacy’: Olswang in firing line of BHS report Legal Business Legal advisers on the sale of BHS have been labelled an ‘expensive badge of legitimacy’ in the report investigating the…
‘Please explain’: Linklaters writes to Olswang to question BHS fees Legal Business Arcadia Group adviser Linklaters has questioned Olswang on whether its client Retail Acquisitions Limited (RAL) broke its contract and breached…
Under fire: Linklaters and Olswang in the spotlight as dealmakers face parliament over BHS collapse Legal Business City lawyers faced the wrath of MPs during May and June in an inquiry over the sale of BHS. The…
‘Natural choice’: long relationships see Freshfields and Linklaters bag roles on Poundland bid Legal Business Both Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer scored lead roles on an attempt by South Africa’s Steinhoff International Holdings to take…
Record year for Linklaters as strong M&A run pushes firm over £1.3bn revenue boundary Legal Business Revenue at Linklaters has crossed £1.3bn for the first time, up 3% in 2015/16 to £1.31bn, as profits per equity…
Linklaters leadership shuffle: Senior partner candidate Comiskey made corporate head Legal Business Less than two months after missing out on the coveted senior partner role at Linklaters, Aedamar Comiskey has been made…
‘We’re not immune from how these changes will impact on our clients’: Linklaters leader Moore on Brexit vote Legal Business Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore has warned that it’s not just the UK’s relationship with Europe that will change as…
Linklaters the latest to match Cravath’s $180,000 associate pay in New York salary war Legal Business Linklaters has become the latest, and the last, of the Magic Circle firms in the US to match Cravath, Swaine…
The usual suspects: Linklaters and Freshfields take roles as Steinhoff gears up for Poundland takeover Legal Business Magic Circle duo Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have scored lead roles on an attempt by South Africa’s Steinhoff to…
Olswang silent as inquiry reveals Linklaters billed £1.2m to Arcadia in BHS sale Legal Business After MPs in the BHS inquiry called on the law firms involved to disclose further details of their dealings, Olswang…
