Linklaters leads Magic Circle pack amid solid 2018/19 trading but uncertainty looms over the City elite Nathalie Tidman Lawyers are a pessimistic bunch by nature and, with the big four Magic Circle firms posting another year of solid…
Dealwatch: Kirkland and CMS drink in $3bn pub group takeover as Slaughters and Latham analyse Moody’s disposal Muna Abdi In the customary rush to get deals over the line before the summer lull, the City and US elite have…
Dice falls in Linklaters’ favour as partner profits shoot up 10% and £100m added to top line Marco Cillario Linklaters has posted the strongest financial performance of its peer group with a 7% revenue uptick to £1.63bn and double-digit profit…
Linklaters digs down back of sofa to match rivals’ £100k associate pay packages Thomas Alan Linklaters has finished off the Magic Circle’s robust response to associate pay increases from US firms in London, raising its…
Global Elite line up on Nestlé’s $10bn skincare business sale to EQT Thomas Alan Latham & Watkins is acting alongside US counterpart Kirkland & Ellis in advising EQT as the private equity house looks…
Deal watch: City teams fly on £4.6bn Rolls-Royce pension deal as Kirkland and Goodwin take multi-billion dollar mandates Nathalie Tidman Big-ticket deals have been fuelling the market in pensions, private equity and fundraising recently with UK top-10 firms and US…
Deal watch: Kirkland and Linklaters take care of Nestlé business as UK advisers get busy in Europe Marco Cillario International investors have been keeping UK and US counsel busy this week, with Linklaters and Kirkland & Ellis winning roles…
Flexi lawyering on the up as Linklaters launches Peerpoint-style platform and LOD makes Australasian acquisition Marco Cillario Linklaters has become the latest firm to venture into the ever busier flexible lawyering market after hiring the former director…
‘Immensely rewarding’: Moore gets second term as Linklaters managing partner Marco Cillario Linklaters managing partner Gideon Moore will stay in his role until April 2022 after the partnership re-elected him for a…
Dealwatch: Freshfields joins Slaughters in fight for UK plastics plc as Apax returns to Links Paris team Marco Cillario It has been a busy few days for the Magic Circle, as US company Berry Global trumped an offer by…
Linklaters to hit 20% female partnership as women make up a third of 33-strong promotion round Marco Cillario For the sixth year in a row Linklaters has increased the size of its promotion round, adding 33 lawyers to…
Magic Circle leads tech foray as Slaughters unveils tech incubator and Linklaters and A&O back Nivaura in $20m funding round Thomas Alan Slaughter and May has announced today (27 February) its much-anticipated legal tech incubator, Slaughter and May Collaborate, with the firm primed…
Linklaters ends culture row as wannabe whistleblower agrees to destroy confidential documents Marco Cillario Former Linklaters executive committee member Frank Mellish has agreed that he will not disclose information raising concerns over the firm’s…
‘Ongoing struggle’: Linklaters shuts down former director going public with concerns over firm culture Marco Cillario Linklaters has been granted an interim injunction against a former director of business development and marketing seeking to raise his…
Deal watch: Busy year-end as Japanese group buys Swiss power grid and Malaysian funds invest in Battersea Marco Cillario City deal teams are having a busy run-up to Christmas, with Baker McKenzie, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Addleshaw Goddard and Linklaters leading…
LLP accounts: Linklaters posts fall in profits as top earner doubles income at Macfarlanes Marco Cillario Operating profits at Linklaters dipped 1% to £472.3m, while Macfarlanes’ highest-earning partner brought home almost £4m in 2017/18, the two…
Banking and finance focus: Back to the future Nathalie Tidman ‘The truth is no-one’s got the faintest idea what finance practices will look like in the future,’ shrugs Tony Bugg,…
‘No blueprint’: Looking back at Lehman’s wind-up Marco Cillario Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (LBIE)’s 5,500 employees left the London office at 25 Bank Street on Friday 12 September 2008…
Linklaters finishes tech jigsaw with hire of Ashurst’s global IT head Thomas Alan Linklaters has bolstered its technology clout with the hire of Ashurst’s well-regarded head of global IT, Bruna Pellicci. Pellicci becomes the…
Linklaters sets sights on future talent as it raises trainee and NQ salaries for second time Marco Cillario Linklaters has announced the second increase in its trainee and newly qualified (NQ) salaries this year, with the latter now…
