Paul Hastings has continued to strengthen its burgeoning City practice with yet another high-profile lateral hire, this time taking respected finance partner Nigel Ward from a beleaguered Ashurst.
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The Legal Services Board’s (LSB) vision for the future of legal regulation reflects the build-up of years of frustration.
Longstanding senior partner Nick Thomas is to stand uncontested for a fifth five-year term as senior partner at insurance specialist Kennedys.
After becoming the first Western firm to open an alternative legal services (ALT) hub in China, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) is to launch a new centre in Melbourne, as well as maintain a permanent presence in Perth, following the success of its ALT ‘pop-up’ which launched last October.
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A leadership battle at Squire Patton Boggs will take place as long-standing leader Peter Crossley has confirmed he will step down as Europe and Middle East managing partner at the end of this year.
Slaughter and May has teamed up with Luminance, which is being backed by Autonomy founder Mike Lynch’s investment fund, to help launch new artificial intelligence (AI) for M&A.
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Clifford Chance, Davis Polk & Wardwell, King & Wood Mallesons and Chinese law firm Haiwen & Partners have advised on the year’s largest initial public offering (IPO) of $8bn for Postal Savings Bank of China launched today (14 September).
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Kirkland & Ellis has bolstered its US appeal court credentials with its latest heavyweight lateral hires, bringing in former US Solicitor General Paul Clement and former Assistant Attorney General Viet Dinh alongside the rest of the team at litigation boutique Bancroft.
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HP Inc, the largest successor company of Hewlett Packard, has launched a global law firm panel review.
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Six High Court judges have been promoted to the Court of Appeal including well-regarded Commercial Court judge Mr Justice Flaux.
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Eversheds has begun talks to forge a new leadership team as the firm strives to avoid a divisive contest after current chief executive Bryan Hughes steps down next May. Current managing partner Lee Ranson is expected to take Hughes’ role in a management structure with two other partners.
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RPC‘s insurance management consulting arm is pursuing significant expansion as it bids to hit a £50m turnover target within the next five years.
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Revenue at PwC Legal has soared this financial year, from £48.5m to £59.9m, an increase of 25%. Led by senior partner Shirley Brookes, the legal arm of the accounting giant has also posted net income of £11m. Of the total revenue, £56m of that is UK fee income.
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Often considered a risky move for a law firm, Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has successfully sued longstanding client San Leon Energy at London’s High Court for payment of nearly £500,000 in unpaid fees.
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The post-summer hiring spree continued in earnest this week, with Eversheds, Pinsent Masons, Clyde & Co, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and Dentons bolstering their benches with new partner hires.
Elite New York firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton has elected Michael Gerstenzang as its next managing partner.
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Slaughter and May has won repeat work for SVG Capital as the private equity house faces a £1bn hostile takeover bid from Boston-based group HarbourVest.
Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has tied up with a third Canadian firm, acquiring Vancouver firm Bull Housser following the acquisition of Oglivy Renault in 2011 and Macleod Dixon in 2012.
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The Legal Services Board (LSB) has proposed an overhaul of legal services regulation that it hopes will bring about its own demise, along with that of several other regulators.
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has landed Will Thomas (pictured), Eversheds’ head of international arbitration, in a rare lateral hire in the Magic Circle firm’s City heartlands.
