Full disclosure: Links and HSF usher in personal relationship policies in bid to face #MeToo demons Nathalie Tidman City firms Linklaters and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) have been spurred into action by the swathe of sexual misconduct allegations…
Asia calling: Linklaters and CMS confirm local law capability in Shanghai and Hong Kong Marco Cillario Recent announcements from Linklaters and CMS have provided a fillip to international firms looking to gain a surer footing in…
Linklaters legal AI partner ropes in market-leading £13m investment Thomas Alan An artificial intelligence (AI) company boasting Linklaters as one of its key clients is targeting the world’s biggest firms after securing…
Deal watch: Slaughters tunes into Sky bidding war as Links and Ashurst waste no opportunity on Cory Riverside disposal Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May has been drafted in by the Walt Disney Company on its Sky News bid while Linklaters and Ashurst took the…
Paul Hastings turns to Linklaters for hire of second City corporate heavyweight in a week Marco Cillario An expansive Paul Hastings has made its second headline lateral in London in a week, this time at the expense of…
Looking east: Linklaters gets long-awaited Shanghai approval as CMS launches Hong Kong association Marco Cillario Linklaters and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang have shown Asia is still high on the agenda of global law firms after…
SFO makes interim director appointment as Linklaters hires DPP Alison Saunders Tom Baker The white-collar crime arena has seen significant upheaval in recent weeks, with the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) making an uninspiring…
Deal watch: International firms find cure for Takeda’s £46bn pharma takeover as CMS and Pinsents tie up giant wind farm disposal Nathalie Tidman Slaughter and May, Linklaters, Davis Polk and Ashurst are among the firms to have won major mandates on Japanese pharmaceutical…
Linklaters partners to disclose personal relationships alongside new external whistleblowing hotline Marco Cillario Partners and staff at Linklaters will have to notify the firm of any personal relationships with colleagues that may lead to…
‘Synergies and cost savings’: Links, Slaughters and Gibson Dunn advise as Sainsbury’s takes over Asda to create supermarket giant Marco Cillario Linklaters, Slaughter and May and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher have won key roles as Sainsbury’s agreed to merge with Asda…
‘A walk in the park’: Linklaters and A&O launch tech solutions to traverse the margin minefield Nathalie Tidman As increasing numbers of derivatives players face a scramble to comply with Initial Market (IM) regulations, Linklaters has become the second…
‘No reservations’: Linklaters hires divisive director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders Tom Baker As City firms continue to ramp up their efforts to snare former prosecutors, the UK’s director of public prosecutions (DPP),…
The generation game – Linklaters makes Italian corporate play with veteran rainmaker Casati Marco Cillario It is well known that Italian law firms owe much of their fortunes to a small group of veteran rainmakers…
‘We are no longer just making up males in London’: Linklaters increases female partner count to ten in 27-strong promotions round Marco Cillario Linklaters has increased the size of its promotions round for the fifth year in a row, adding 27 lawyers to…
Linklaters offers top-of-equity deal to recruit Cleary rainmaker Casati ahead of his 70th birthday Marco Cillario In one of the most significant senior moves in the Italian market in recent years, Linklaters has hired Cleary Gottlieb…
#MeToo spotlight still shines on law as former Linklaters partner jailed for sexual assault Marco Cillario A court in Munich has sentenced a former Linklaters partner to three years and three months in prison for sexual…
Life during law: Tom Cassels, Linklaters Marco Cillario My family moved from London to Essex in the seventies, we bought a big house with a big garden and…
Who Represents Who: Firms that will be affected by the fall of Carillion Legal Business For more information on Who Represents Who, contact: David Burgess, Publishing Director, The Legal 500 legal500.com/wrw [email protected]
For what they’re worth – Links, 2Birds and Pinsents among law firms disclosing chunky gender pay gaps Marco Cillario The UK’s top law firms have begun disclosing figures on gender pay gaps, with an initial round of numbers showing…
Deal watch: Linklaters and Simpson line up on £6bn KKR deal as Ashurst leads on £575m float Marco Cillario Capping off another busy year for European buyouts, Linklaters lined up opposite Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Dentons as Unilever…
