Two step up to challenge Ouwehand as CC senior partner vote looms Megan Mayers Dubai partner Edmund Boyo and London partner Adrian Cartwright have stepped forward to challenge Clifford Chance’s (CC) incumbent senior partner Jeroen…
Global 100 firms expand in Asia as Dentons and Goodwin establish new bases Megan Mayers Dentons has become the first global law firm to combine with a law firm in India, as it finalised its…
‘London’s dominance is slightly dwindling’: Simmons appoints German head to new European client relations role Tom Baker Simmons & Simmons has created a new head of European client relations role in an effort to support continental clients…
‘Venerable as Cravath’: Wall Street stalwart breaks with tradition to invest in Washington DC Charles Avery Cravath, Swaine & Moore has announced plans to open an office in Washington DC having hired three partners from US…
‘I believe in our victory’: Defiant Radchenko named CMS Kyiv managing partner Charles Avery CMS has named Vitaliy Radchenko the new managing partner of its Kyiv office, as the practice continues to contend with…
Welcome to Miami: Kirkland and Winston open in Florida as Willkie targets Frankfurt capital markets Charles Avery Winston & Strawn and Kirkland & Ellis have boosted their profiles on the US east coast by opening Miami offices,…
Quinn Emanuel expands European footprint with fifth German office in Berlin Tom Baker Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has strengthened its German presence with the opening of a new office in Berlin with…
Leadership shake-up sees Stevens & Bolton unveil new managing partner Megan Mayers Richard King has been succeeded by corporate partner James Waddell as Stevens & Bolton’s managing partner as part of a…
A&O opens in Boston as Simmons launches in Silicon Valley Charles Avery UK firms have made significant moves stateside, with Allen & Overy and Simmons & Simmons announcing the opening of new…
New brooms from the Magic Circle: Moore adds new law string to his bow as Braham set to chair M&G Charles Avery Gideon Moore (pictured), Linklaters’ erstwhile global managing partner, has added a further flourish to his CV to take on the…
Stephenson Harwood re-elects Foord for fourth senior partner term Megan Mayers Roland Foord’s long-standing tenure as senior partner of Stephenson Harwood has been extended with his election to a fourth two-year…
Happy 200th birthday: Ashurst chief Jenkins re-appointed for four-year term Tom Baker In an emphatic endorsement of five years’ sustained revenue growth, Ashurst global chief executive Paul Jenkins has been reinstated for…
‘A big deal’: Harrison sets out strategy for building a thoroughly modern law firm Nathalie Tidman Undaunted by a hectic few days in which details of Natasha Harrison’s new firm Pallas Partners hit the headlines, the…
HFW ushers in new era as Crump ends 15-year senior partner reign Tom Baker HFW has announced that global aviation head Giles Kavanagh has been elected as its new senior partner, ending stalwart Richard…
Kirkland shortens equity track as it wages intensified war for talent Nathalie Tidman Kirkland & Ellis has shortened its path to equity partnership by a year in another audacious move that will doubtless…
‘Similar but different’: Osborne Clarke’s veteran senior partner Saul hands the baton to Clough Nathalie Tidman Having overseen a time of significant growth for Osborne Clarke, Andrew Saul (pictured) is making way for Peter Clough to…
Slaughters galvanises succession to name Finkler and Turnill its next generation leaders Nathalie Tidman In an unusual display of forward planning for a City leader, Slaughter and May has already earmarked Roland Turnill (pictured)…
Women leaders: Women of the revolution Nathalie Tidman ‘There’s finally a new wave of senior leadership and it’s in the form of smart women. Whatever the reason, I…
‘Laser-sharp focus’: Linklaters elects finance head Lewis as managing partner Nathalie Tidman Linklaters partners have elected global finance head Paul Lewis as the successor to managing partner Gideon Moore, the firm announced today…
Following Brexit: Kirkland bolsters antitrust ambitions with Brussels office launch Nathalie Tidman Kirkland & Ellis has nailed its European antitrust ambitions to the mast in the wake of the UK’s exit from…
