Sidley Austin and Linklaters lead on Bank of Cyprus €1bn capital raise Sarah Downey The London teams of both US firm Sidley Austin and Magic Circle firm Linklaters have scored heavyweight roles advising on…
Ashurst, Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters advise banks on competition inquiry Sarah Downey International firm Ashurst and Magic Circle trio Clifford Chance, Freshfields and Linklaters are advising the UK’s biggest banks over an…
Slaughters and Links lead on £3bn Carillion/Balfour talks; HSF and A&O advise on BSkyB’s £7.4bn European acquisitions Tom Moore Construction group Carillion has instructed Slaughter and May’s corporate heavy hitter William Underhill and fellow corporate partner Kathy Hughes to…
Trainee retention rate at Linklaters up to 93% Legal Business Linklaters has kept on 93% of qualifying trainees in its latest cohort, up on the 86% spring 2014 retention rate.
Linklaters former DCM partner Nigel Pridmore joins Ashurst Hong Kong Jaishree Kalia Linklaters former finance partner Nigel Pridmore has joined Ashurst in Hong Kong, following in the footsteps of London debt capital markets (DCM)…
‘Sharpening its corporate offering’ – Middleditch is Linklaters new corporate chief as Wiggins takes on sector role Tom Moore Asia-based Matthew Middleditch has today (14 July) been named Linklaters‘ new head of corporate, replacing current incumbent Jeremy Parr, as…
Linklaters corporate heavyweight Charlie Jacobs leads on Carlyle’s circa £2bn RAC exit talks Legal Business Linklaters senior corporate partner Charlie Jacobs is leading for Carlyle Group on the US buyout house’s early stage discussions to exit…
CC edges ahead in growth as Linklaters and Freshfields unveil financial results Legal Business Clifford Chance has emerged as the strongest-performing Magic Circle firm financially for 2013/14, as the UK elite all unveiled unaudited sterling…
Freshfields and Linklaters lead on SSP Group’s float Tom Moore Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters are advising on the float of SSP Group, the owner of Millie’s Cookies and Uppercrust,…
Shearman London and Linklaters Paris lead on circa $2bn Euronext float Legal Business Shearman & Sterling’s London office has taken the lead advising New York-listed global exchange and clearing house operator IntercontinentalExchange (ICE) on its initial…
‘Hundreds of thousands of pounds are earmarked’: Linklaters’ senior partner Robert Elliott talks new diversity targets Tom Moore As Linklaters yesterday (9 June) became the second Magic Circle firm after Allen & Overy to put in place gender diversity…
Slaughters, A&O and Linklaters announce associate pay increases Legal Business Trainees, NQs and PQEs to receive salary boost. Setting the bar for trainee, newly-qualified (NQ) and associate pay last month…
Updated: Linklaters and Freshfields lead on Lloyds’ 25% TSB float for £1.5bn Legal Business Linklaters’ Matthew Bland is advising Lloyds Bank on its floatation of a 25% of its TSB business on the London Stock…
A good week for…Osborne Clarke, advising on the £3.6bn Carphone Warehouse/Dixons merger and IPO of Patisserie Valerie Legal Business Ordinarily a week advising on the AIM flotation of luxury cake and cafe chain Patisserie Valerie, which formally starts trading…
Updated: A&O freezes NQ and trainee pay as it ups associate salaries; Linklaters announces increases across board Jaishree Kalia Allen & Overy (A&O) revealed today (8 May) that it will hold trainee and newly-qualified (NQ) lawyers’ pay at 2013 levels,…
Linklaters appoints first female corporate City head Legal Business Linklaters has named Sarah Wiggins as its first female corporate head in London, with the home-grown lawyer placing diversity on the…
Linklaters and Simpson Thacher lead on Sanpower’s landmark acquisition of House of Fraser Legal Business Linklaters and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have taken lead roles on the landmark acquisition by Chinese conglomerate Sanpower Group of a majority…
Partner promotions: Linklaters beats Magic Circle rivals with 21 lawyers made up to partner David Stevenson With the latest promotions round among the City elite so far showing a marked drop in the number of associates…
Alstom thermal power sale gifts Freshfields and Linklaters with $1bn deal Legal Business Magic Circle firms Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Linklaters have won lead roles advising on the sale of Alstom’s thermal power division to…
With an external legal spend in excess of $1bn since 2010, BP launches panel review Sarah Downey Energy giant BP, which has paid around $1bn in external legal fees in relation to the Gulf of Mexico oil…
