Deal view: Eversheds deal team – so much promise but so much steady Hamish McNicol Newcomers to London quickly learn the rules of the escalator: stand still on the right or keep moving on the…
On a roll: Eversheds Sutherland sees December deal flurry carry over Hamish McNicol Eversheds Sutherland corporate head Richard Moulton cannot remember a busier December than in 2017 and believes the January deal market…
An ‘amicable’ discussion sees Weil Gotshal exit Hungary as 20-strong team joins Bird & Bird Marco Cillario Bird & Bird has bolstered its Budapest operations by adding a 20-strong Weil, Gotshal & Manges team, bringing the US…
After an expansive 2017, Norton Rose Fulbright starts year with Asia pullback Marco Cillario Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) made headlines in 2017 by pulling off mergers in the US and Australia, but 2018 has…
Being great at one thing is not enough – remaking a City leader for the times Alex Novarese LB: What have been the big wins for Herbert Smith Freehills [HSF] over the last two years? Mark Rigotti (MR):…
DLA whittles senior partner race to three-way contest as elections grip the City Hamish McNicol Hamish McNicol looks at the frontrunners amid a bumper season of senior leadership changes DLA Piper is making up for…
The offshore elite in review – rolling with the punches Dominic Carman Global stock markets rose by 22% in 2017, according to the Morgan Stanley Capital International index of bourses. Meanwhile, the…
‘Incredibly strong’ – debt counsel gear up for another boom year in leveraged finance Nathalie Tidman Nathalie Tidman finds lawyers bemused by crazy pricing and a wall of debt ‘Short of Trump nuking North Korea, I…
Client profile: Neil Murrin, trainline Tom Baker The train puns were inevitable, but it took longer than expected. Towards the end of my conversation with the general…
Societe Generale names a dozen firms to new global law roster Hamish McNicol French financial services group Societe Generale (SocGen) has named 12 law firms to its new international panel, with a further…
