Sidley Austin

Kate Peacock

Sidley Austin has hired from Latham & Watkins again, as it brings over the firm’s former co-head of UK equity…

Ben Wheway

The term ‘global elite’ conjures up images of a group of cosmopolitan, international businesses, drawn from all of the world’s major financial centres. The reality, however, is much more Anglocentric, and…

Eliza Winter

Paul Weiss has added a former federal prosecutor to its litigation practice in New York. Antonia Apps joins following a…

Kate Peacock

Latham & Watkins has again hit a magic circle firm in Europe for a clutch of private equity partners, hiring…

Kate Peacock

Perkins Coie has seen a swathe of litigation partners leave this week, including from its Seattle home office, as the…

Will Lewallen

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has made an eye-catching hire from Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, recruiting M&A partner Alison Preiss…

Alex Ryan

‘This is now a market dominated by national firms,’ says Houston-based Kirkland & Ellis corporate partner and executive committee member…

Will Lewallen

‘It is a difficult job to recruit for,’ says Sara George, a white-collar defence and investigations partner at Sidley Austin,…

Kate Peacock

Sidley Austin has rolled into 2026 with yet another hire from Latham & Watkins, bringing over the firm’s former global…

Alex Ryan

Paul Weiss has added five partners to its New York finance group with a series of hires from Sidley, Kirkland…

Kate Peacock

Sidley Austin has promoted three lawyers to the partnership in London, with a total of 29 new partners made up…

Will Lewallen

Sidley Austin is among a quartet of firms that advised as Ipswich Town FC changed its majority ownership last week,…

Theresa Hargreaves

The Crown Commercial Service (CCS) has announced its final legal panel, worth up to £820m, with a total of 30…

Alex Ryan

Yvette Ostolaza is Sidley’s management committee chair – a role she has held since 2022 – and a commercial litigator.…

Will Lewallen

The usual period of pre-Budget speculation was ended prematurely yesterday (26 November) when the Office for Budget Responsibility inadvertently published…

Will Lewallen

‘Ultimately, bribery is bad for business,’ says Sidley London white collar partner Sara George (pictured) about why US President Donald…

Will Lewallen

‘In my 31 years of practice, I’ve never seen a pipeline this active,’ says Slaughter and May partner John Moore,…

Bertie Ford

Latham & Watkins global real estate practice head Michelle Kelban has left the firm for Kirkland & Ellis, where she will…

Theresa Hargreaves

BT, Latham & Watkins, Burges Salmon, Freshfields and Sidley Austin picked up some of the big prizes at this year’s…

Will Lewallen

A raft of top law firms have scored lead roles as American video game company Electronic Arts (EA) has agreed…