Covington and CMS lead on AstraZeneca’s £1.2bn Spanish transaction Legal Business A London team at Covington & Burling led by corporate partner Lucinda Osborne advised AstraZeneca on a potential $2.1bn deal…
Summer retention 2013/14: RPC posts 100% trainee retention rate as CMS sees rate drop to 67% post Dundas tie-up Legal Business City firm RPC is the latest to reveal its trainee retention rates this summer, and has announced it will keep…
Comment: Cameronics redux – a hard-to-grasp institution that looks set to surprise Legal Business Given that I get paid to poke around law firms’ inner workings, it’s not that often that I find it…
The Programme – how Dundas & Wilson fits into the CMS masterplan Sarah Downey With a takeover of Dundas & Wilson under its belt and a barrage of post-Lehman re-engineering in place, CMS Cameron…
Camerons launches cost-saving venture through Dundas offices as the firm prepares for move to Cannon Place Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna plans to utilise the Scottish offices and personnel of new merger partner Dundas & Wilson as a…
Cameronics redux: a hard-to-grasp institution that looks set to surprise Legal Business Given that I get paid to poke around law firms’ inner workings, it’s not that often that I find it…
Nabarro launches in Manchester with hire of Addleshaws trio; CMS brings in BLP partner to head aircraft finance Jaishree Kalia Nabarro is set to launch an office in Manchester with the hire of a trio of real estate partners from Addleshaw…
CMS junior partners to pay up to £50k in response to HMRC shake-up Sarah Downey CMS Cameron McKenna has called on its fixed-share partners (FSPs) to make a substantial contribution of capital in light of…
CMS and Dundas to cut up to 60 jobs ahead of May merger Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna and Dundas & Wilson have placed 60 support staff roles at risk following the duo’s recently announced union.
LLP latest: CMS Cameron McKenna posts revenue and profit drops for LLP but highest earner remains stable Legal Business Top ten LB100 firm CMS Cameron McKenna has posted a revenue drop for its UK limited liability partnership (LLP) of 6.6%…
Fallout begins as Dundas & Wilson suffers spate of partner exits post-CMS merger deal Sarah Downey The fallout from Dundas & Wilson‘s recently announced takeover by CMS Cameron McKenna has begun in earnest, with the Scottish firm confirming…
Merger Watch 2013 – The runners, riders and fallers at the last hurdle Legal Business ‘I believe the market lends itself to opportunities for growth and successful law firms will take advantage of these opportunities.…
Buy-side story: how CMS and Dundas & Wilson finalised their surprise merger Sarah Downey Talk to any partner at Dundas & Wilson in the early 1990s – when Cameron McKenna launched its fledgling oil…
Updated merger watch – CMS completes successful tie-up with Dundas & Wilson Caroline Hill CMS Cameron McKenna and beleaguered Scottish firm Dundas & Wilson have merged, the firms announced this evening (12 December), creating a…
Leadership: Dick Tyler ‘ready for a change’ as CMS elects Penelope Warne as senior partner Legal Business CMS Cameron McKenna has elected its first-ever female senior partner, as UK managing director and head of energy Penelope Warne…
Global ambassador: CMS partner Fiona Woolf to represent the City as Lord Mayor Legal Business The City legal profession collectively regards itself as a global ambassador for UK enterprise but CMS Cameron McKenna energy partner Fiona Woolf has…
No such thing as a free lunch – first judgment clarifies termination of third party litigation fund Caroline Hill Third party litigation funders look set to adopt a similar position to insurers in driving the litigation agenda after a…
Trainee retention: Eversheds, Clyde & Co, CMS Cameron McKenna and Simmons reveal rates Legal Business The number of training contracts being offered by City firms may have dropped by over 20% but the recently revealed…
Redundancy announcements increase as top partners predict difficult H2 for UK firms David Stevenson Continuing pressure on UK legal market threatens largest redundancy levels since 2009 The level of legal redundancies this year is…
CMS and Osborne Clarke scale back Integreon deals Sarah Downey CMS Cameron McKenna (CMS) and Osborne Clarke (OC) have scaled back their legal process outsourcing (LPO) agreements with Integreon within…
