External investment trend continues as offshore leader seals private equity deal Will Lewallen Offshore law firm Walkers has agreed a deal with private equity house Vitruvian Partners to co-invest in its corporate services…
‘There’s definitely competition around rates’ – Clifford Chance and Linklaters match Cravath bonuses for US associates Kate Peacock Clifford Chance and Linklaters will match Cravath scale year-end and special bonuses for associates across their US offices, but not…
Trading places: Skadden creates new C-suite role as Davis Polk makes trophy sports signing Alex Ryan Skadden has appointed its first chief digital and information officer, hiring PwC partner Vince DiMascio (pictured) into the newly created…
Revolving Doors: Proskauer, Mayer Brown and Pinsents hire in PE as A&O Shearman loses German arbitration head Will Lewallen Martin Graham has joined Proskauer’s private equity and M&A team in London, returning to private practice after 18 years at…
‘Buyers are out there’ – why M&A partners are feeling positive despite geopolitical thunderstorms Bertie Ford ‘The volatility in the world isn’t going away anytime soon, it just has to be priced in. We have to…
More than just size: the Global London firms making the best impression on clients Alex Ryan The Legal Business Global London ranking – which ranks the fifty biggest non-UK firms by their London headcount – is…
A&O Shearman rehires M&A partner after six-year Skadden stint as Ashurst and BCLP make laterals Tom Cox A&O Shearman has rehired M&A lawyer George Knighton from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom six years after he departed.…
Meal Deal Maker: LB lunches with top City partners – Skadden’s Rich Youle Elisha Juttla In the latest in Legal Business’s Meal Deal Maker series, Skadden private equity co-head and London managing partner Rich Youle…
