Allen & Overy (A&O) has made its fifth major lateral hire this month, taking on Simmons & Simmons head of IP Marc Döring in a boost to its patent litigation offering.
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Real estate practice worst-hit as Simmons makes redundancies across its London office
Simmons & Simmons has laid off lawyers in London following the Brexit vote. While the firm has refused to comment on the number of redundancies, banking and real estate are two practices known to be affected.
Brexit blues: Addleshaws and Gowling WLG freeze pay as a result of referendum vote
Both Addleshaw Goddard and Gowling WLG have frozen their August salary reviews until the autumn as a result of Britain’s vote to leave the EU.
Quinn makes City white-collar crime play with hire of former SFO prosecutor Amaee
Disputes powerhouse Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has launched a long-anticipated corporate crime practice in London through the hire of Covington & Burling partner and former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) prosecutor Robert Amaee.
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Clifford Chance latest Magic Circle firm to boost New York office with restructuring hire
Clifford Chance (CC) has tapped Chadbourne & Parke for restructuring lawyer Douglas Deutsch, its second hire to the New York office this week.
Freshfields makes real estate partner Johnson global finance head
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed real estate finance partner Simon Johnson as its new global head of finance following a ‘recalibration’ of its finance team.
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SABMiller legal chief Davidson to stand down as mega beer merger finalises
Brewing giant SABMiller’s general counsel (GC) John Davidson will stand down in six months’ time following a post-acquisition review by new parent company, Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev).
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In-house: Hogan Lovells, Clifford Chance and Linklaters pick up spots on new EU banking panel
Magic Circle firms Clifford Chance and Linklaters have been joined by Hogan Lovells and PwC on a new panel created by the new EU authority responsible for winding up banks.
In the bank: Global 100 firms bill £14.5m on mega ARM acquisition
US and Magic Circle advisers on the mega acquisition of ARM holdings by Japanese group SoftBank will together rake in £14.5m in fees, the latest deal documents show.
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Olswang international telco head exits in set-back for LB100 firm
In its latest high-profile departure, Olswang‘s head of international telecommunications Purvi Parekh has exited the firm. Continue reading “Olswang international telco head exits in set-back for LB100 firm”
Regional player Shakespeare Martineau post-merger turnover drops to £71m
Shakespeare Martineau has revealed its first post-merger turnover figure of £71m, down 6% on the combined figure of £75.6m for legacy Shakespeares which stood at £49m and legacy SGH Martineau which was £26.6m for the financial year 2014/15. The firm’s profit per equity partner came in at £236,000.
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Plugging the leak: Ashurst approves lockstep overhaul to retain high performers
Amid a turbulent period of lawyer exits and poor financial performance, Ashurst partners have voted through fundamental changes to its remuneration system in a bid to retain star partners, including a stretching of the lockstep and allocating equity share to salaried partners.
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‘Gateway for Asia’: Osborne Clarke enters association with new Singapore firm
Osborne Clarke has expanded its south-east Asia presence through an association with a new Singaporean firm, OC Queen Street.The initial launch of the formal association will see a focus on clients in the digital and fintech sectors.
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Baker & McKenzie lifer Chadwick to take City reins as Rawlinson steps up to chair
With Paul Rawlinson vacating the London managing partner post at Baker & McKenzie in October after winning the race to become the next global chairman, partner Alex Chadwick is set to take charge of the firm’s largest office.
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Latham strikes again: US firm takes Slaughters finance partner Warna-kula-suriya
In what is arguably the most high-profile partner exit from Slaughter and May in recent history, Latham & Watkins has hired the Magic Circle firm’s former head of structured finance Sanjev Warna-kula-suriya in the City.
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Q&A: David Collins – Dentons UK corporate head on a fresh start, deals gone wrong and life after BLP
After his move from Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) to Dentons as the new head of UK corporate and co-chair of global M&A, David Collins (pictured) talks to Matthew Field about his new role, deal making and his past leadership bid.
‘Driven by client need’: Kennedys continues aggressive LatAm expansion with Chile and Colombia offices
Kennedys has continued with its aggressive Latin America (LatAm) expansion, opening two more offices in Chile and Colombia, following the opening in July of its first greenfield sites on the continent in Brazil and Peru. Continue reading “‘Driven by client need’: Kennedys continues aggressive LatAm expansion with Chile and Colombia offices”
Irish ambitions: Pinsents eyes Dublin base as UK firms look to capitalise on post-Brexit market
Pinsent Masons is eyeing up a Dublin base, to complement its existing offering in Belfast and provide a full UK and Ireland presence for the firm.
In-house energy switch: senior BG Group lawyer Thomas Smith moves to Centrica
With BG Group having been taken over by Shell for £35bn in February, BG’s deputy general counsel Thomas Smith has departed to become North America energy supply and services general counsel at Centrica.
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Working smarter – eight ideas to upgrade your team
As in-house teams handle more complex work, GCs are coming under pressure to rethink their tactics. Here are eight ideas to upgrade your legal team
Let’s start with an assumption: we will reach peak in-house. Though the in-house profession has hugely expanded over the last 15 years – those in the private sector growing threefold since 2000 to over 16,000 solicitors in England and Wales by 2015 – in-house legal teams cannot keep growing forever.
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