A week or two ago, we were having drinks here in New York with two senior corporate partners at an AmLaw-25 firm that is quite self-aware enough to know it’s not in the realm of the super-elite, and the topic turned to pricing.
Continue reading “Guest post: Luxury lawyering and the Bergdorf effect – getting your price right”
In anticipation of a boom in competition-based disputes as the Consumer Rights Act comes into force, US firm Scott+Scott is planning to kick-start its City offering by pursuing banks found guilty of manipulating the foreign exchange market in a multi-million pound lawsuit.
JP Morgan’s Europe, Middle East and Africa head of litigation Wilson Thorburn has been appointed by Lloyds Bank as its new litigation chief.
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BPP has picked up Ince & Co as a client while Mills & Reeve is allowing trainees to pick for themselves following Kaplan’s announcement it will close its law school.
DAC Beachcroft has opened an office in Miami, led by a former AIG lawyer, as it looks to strengthen its Latin American offering by connecting local insurance clients to the rest of its network.
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan was the talk of the town when it took on some of the world’s largest banks in post-crisis related litigation. The concept paid off for a firm which this year posted revenues just over $1bn with profits per equity partner reaching just under $5m – the second highest recorded in the Global 100. However, as crisis-related disputes reach their tail-end, founder and managing partner John Quinn (pictured) speaks to Legal Business about the firm’s current growth plans.
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As it continues its revamp in the hope of becoming a top 20-firm by 2019, Addleshaw Goddard has launched a contract lawyer offering labelled AG Integrate, targeting both clients and as a service to supplement its own workforce.
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As a consultant spending most of my professional time working with general counsel (GCs), so concerned have I become at the pressures and strain on the mental health of in-house counsel, that this summer I authored a report on what I see as the crisis in well-being in-house.
Sullivan & Cromwell’s City office has been busy this summer winning roles on two headline deals announced yesterday [8 September], working alongside Clifford Chance (CC) on both Cinven’s £2.3bn sale of pharmaceuticals group Amdipharm Mercury Company (AMCo) and advising Goldman Sachs on Mitsui Sumitomo’s £3.5bn Amlin purchase.
Litigation powerhouses Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan and Boies, Schiller & Flexner, have been selected by hedge funds who purchased bonds issued by India’s Castex Technologies to prepare for a $200m dispute in the English courts.
Despite already having a relationship with The University of Law (ULaw), Mayer Brown has become the latest firm to opt for BPP as their Legal Practice Course (LPC) provider after Kaplan announced the closure of its law school at the end of 2016.
Continue reading “BPP continues to lure Kaplan clients as it wins Mayer Brown’s business”
After nearly a year since its previous permanent general counsel (GC) exited the insurer, Standard Life has hired Rushad Abadan from British banking giant RBS as its new legal head.
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The past week has continued to see law firms invest in Asia with US litigation outfit Kobre & Kim chasing litigation work with a new office in Seoul, Alston & Bird targeting intellectual property (IP) mandates with its first Asian office and Reed Smith building its projects practice with a focus on disputes.
After more than five years at Kaplan, both Nabarro and Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) have opted for BPP as their Legal Practice Course (LPC) provider over the University of Law (ULaw).
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Reversing the flow of partners from the Magic Circle to US firms, Allen & Overy has made a rare lateral hire in London and recruited structured finance lawyer Lucy Oddy from Latham & Watkins.
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Global firms continue to pile into South Korea with Allen & Overy (A&O) the latest to announce it will launch an office in Seoul as the firm aims to offer clients antitrust, arbitration and IP advice, alongside the traditional projects, capital markets and M&A.
Continue reading “Big four pacesetter A&O maintains expansive form to launch in much-hyped Seoul”
Osborne Clarke (OC) has taken another step into Asia by formalising its relationship with Hong Kong-based Koh Vass & Co, in a move which paves the way for a combination between the two firms.
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Commodities giant Glencore has turned to Magic Circle firms Linklaters and Clifford Chance to implement a raft of plans in order to cut $10.2bn from the business’ $30bn debt pile.
Continue reading “Dealwatch: Glencore returns to Linklaters and Clifford Chance for $10bn debt deal”
Lars Sjöbring, senior vice president and general counsel at Transocean, has resigned from his role after steering the company through litigation stemming from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.
Global law firm DLA Piper has launched a seven-sector strategy as the firm bids to sharpen its focus and foster great amounts of cross-selling.
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