It’s a people game – what PE lawyers can teach global law firms Alex Novarese If a good chunk of the latest issue of Legal Business is focused on technology and machines replacing lawyers, our…
City firms poised to ride fintech wave Legal Business Victoria Young reports on the diverse mix of law firms looking to take advantage as finance meets technology UK Economic…
Fine wine and classic cars don’t necessarily make vintage investments Legal Business Chris Cole at Towry advises on financial planning. Knowing where to invest your money can be a challenge, especially if you…
Finance view: The night of the living wills – bank resolution work offers opportunity for FinReg counsel Legal Business Michael West reports on the introduction of bank resolution protocols Financial regulatory lawyers returned from their holidays this year to…
Your Legal Friend brings £9m shareholder group action against Quindell Kathryn McCann Liverpool-based law firm Your Legal Friend, formerly known as Camps Solicitors, has launched a shareholder group action against Quindell under…
Gates set to open for new financial court in London Legal Business A newly created financial court at the Rolls Building in London, the first of its kind in the City and…
Weil Gotshal, A&O and Freshfields advise on Worldpay float Jaishree Kalia Weil, Gotshal & Manges, Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have all picked up work advising card payment services…
The finance view: Bigger, simpler, cheaper? How to position the modern securitisation counsel Legal Business Securitisation lawyers have been hard pressed since the financial crisis, diversifying their practices and often even ditching the S word.
Hard graft – The pan-Europe bribery crackdown Legal Business As European agencies turn up the heat on bribery and corruption, we team up with Simmons & Simmons to assess…
The Finance View: Bigger, simpler, cheaper? How to position the modern securitisation counsel Legal Business Michael West assesses the impact of the ongoing rehabilitation of structured finance Securitisation lawyers have been hard pressed since the…
Clifford Chance advises Co-Op Bank as it avoids financial watchdog’s ‘substantial fine’ Sarah Downey Clifford Chance (CC) has advised the Co-Operative (Co-Op) Bank as the high-street lender avoided a substantial fine following an investigation…
Dealwatch: US trio’s City teams take lead roles on GHG’s £1.5bn three-year debt restructuring alongside Simmons and CC Legal Business Teams at the London offices of Paul Hastings; Weil, Gotshal & Manges, and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy all took…
Linklaters finance practice knocked as firm loses leading partners in Germany and Hong Kong Tom Moore Linklaters has suffered senior exits in two key financial centres, with former German international board member Eva Reudelhuber departing for…
Coming off the naughty step: Bakers’ Jonathan Walsh charts the quiet rehabilitation of asset-backed lending Guest Blog Securitisation has taken a battering in recent years. A complex financing technique, little understood by the public, it was an…
The mother of invention – why necessity and high prices will push private equity to new heights Legal Business Travers Smith’s Paul Dolman argues a reviving buyout industry will increasingly drive European deal markets 2014 was a year that…
Coming off the naughty step Guest Blog Baker & McKenzie’s Jonathan Walsh charts the quiet rehabilitation of asset-backed lending Securitisation has taken a battering in recent years.…
The future is not where it used to be: Ashurst’s Vickers and Burton on a seismic shift in Europe’s leveraged debt markets Guest Blog For many participants in Europe’s leveraged market, 2014 on first impressions heralded something approaching a new normal.
Important decision of Swiss Federal Supreme Court on intra-group financing arrangements Legal Business Bär & Karrer’s Till Spillmann and Luca Jagmetti discuss its practical consequences. The Swiss Federal Supreme Court ruled in a…
Rumbling on – Barclays’ profits plunge after £750m Forex provision Legal Business The fallout from the Forex rigging scandal continues to rumble on with Barclays this week being the latest in a…
A $2.9bn cost – US bank results reveal lenders still suffering from high legal expenses Legal Business US banks have started to announce their results for Q4 2014, revealing a large hit to balance sheets from legal…
