Finance

Kathryn McCann

It has been a busy couple of days for the City hire market, with leading London tax partner Jonathan Kandel…

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After the landmark fines issued to banks over Libor and foreign exchange market manipulation, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) saw…

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The US Department of Justice (DoJ) yesterday afternoon announced that five major banks have made a collective settlement of $5.7bn…

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DLA Piper has made its first foray into the consultancy business, launching corporate finance advisory arm Noble Street to focus…

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Goodwin Procter and Ropes & Gray launch in PE and ComLit International firms in the City maintained their expansive form…

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GE RESTRUCTURING BRINGS IN RAFT OF ADVISERS A host of firms picked up work on General Electric (GE)’s restructuring, fielding…

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Despite the spate of large scale settlements banks continue to set aside large provisions for legal spend with the latest,…

Jaishree Kalia

Paul Hastings, which is intent on bulking up its English and US law finance practice in the City, has boosted…

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Ashurst’s Mark Vickers and Helen Burton assess a seismic shift in Europe’s leveraged debt markets For many participants in Europe’s…

Jaishree Kalia

Ashurst and Slaughter and May have won lead roles advising on the Royal Bank of Scotland’s (RBS) sale of its…

Kathryn McCann

Barclays has appointed Simon Croxford as general counsel (GC) for Investment Banking for the Europe and Middle East region (EME)…

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Linklaters has appointed longstanding partner and global financial regulation group head Michael Kent as divisional practice head of finance &…

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Group general counsel: Richard Walker. General counsel for the UK and western Europe: Emma Slatter. Team headcount: 100 lawyers in…

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Global general counsel: Gary Lynch. Team headcount: 120 lawyers in EMEA. Supporting Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML)’s entry into…

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Group general counsel: John Collins. Team headcount: 400 lawyers. It has undoubtedly been a difficult few years at The Royal…

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General counsel: Stephen Cutler. EMEA general counsel: John Tribolati. Team headcount: 115 lawyers in London. JP Morgan remains one of…

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Eversheds has expanded its consulting services business, Eversheds Consulting, with the launch of a financial services regulatory compliance offering, and…

Jaishree Kalia

A year on from his move to Allen & Overy (A&O) from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, US bank regulatory head Heath…

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Happy New Year and welcome to the first Friday Edit of 2015, our weekly review of the top stories to…

Tom Moore

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS), the UK’s statutory compensation scheme for customers of authorised financial services firms, is currently…