US laterals arrive like buses for Linklaters as New York hires second partner in a week Legal Business Linklaters’ New York office is on a lateral hiring spree by its own standards, with the Magic Circle firm following…
Linklaters makes first US lateral hire in two years with Baker’s New York litigation chief Legal Business Linklaters has made a statement of intent in New York by hiring Baker & McKenzie’s Manhattan litigation head Douglas Tween,…
Deal watch: Corporate activity in July and August 2015 Legal Business PEARSON TURNS TO FRESHFIELDS ON SUMMER FT AND ECONOMIST SELL-OFF Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer advised Pearson twice over the summer. The…
‘We are determined to re-build’: Ashurst brings in ex-Goldman banker to revive US structured finance team Jaishree Kalia Following the recent blow of a nine-lawyer team walkout from Ashurst’s US offices, the Anglo-Australian firm has hired former managing…
Freshfields targets US and Asia for two more business service hubs amid plans for 24/7 legal support Legal Business After taking the decision to move back-office staff out of its London headquarters to Manchester in a nearshoring exercise, Freshfields…
Clifford Chance’s New York office loses corporate duo to Greenberg Traurig Legal Business Clifford Chance’s (CC) ambition to build its New York office have suffered a setback with the loss of M&A duo Ivan…
Listing in London – King & Spalding carries US biotech to AIM listing Legal Business King & Spalding’s recent recruits in the City have helped handle Californian biotech company Verseon £300m stock market listing in…
‘There is no end point’: Dentons’ expansion continues with US outfit McKenna Long and White & Case Budapest team Legal Business Having already announced a mammoth combination with Chinese firm Dacheng under a Swiss verein structure this year, Dentons bolstered both…
Building the team: Withers boosts Connecticut office with 11-strong hire from US outfit Legal Business After undertaking a signifcant push into the Asia-Pacific market since the start of this year, Withers has now enhanced its corporate,…
Hogan Lovells hires Bingham finance partner in New York and Mayer Brown trio in China Sarah Downey Having sought to upgrade its finance practice in New York since the 2010 union of Lovells and Hogan & Hartson, Hogan…
Q&A: Heath Tarbert, US banking partner at A&O, talks competing for regulatory work and if US regulators are setting the pace Jaishree Kalia A year on from his move to Allen & Overy (A&O) from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, US bank regulatory head Heath…
Taking Manhattan: Freshfields continues New York expansion with Kirkland & Ellis hire Kathryn McCann Magic Circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has bolstered its US offering again, this time enhancing its employment capability with the…
Global arbitration: French and British lawyers dominate appointments to ICSID arbitrations Legal Business Traditionally dominated by US lawyers, French and British arbitrators trumped their North American rivals last year by securing more arbitral…
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…
Wachtell, Skadden and Goodwin Procter take lead roles on Bank of America’s $16.6bn settlement Legal Business Wachtell, Lipton Rosen & Katz; Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom and Goodwin Procter have taken the lead roles on…
GE’s top lawyer holds on to first place in compensation rankings with new entries from Blackstone and Coca Cola Legal Business The latest US general counsel (GC) compensation rankings have seen General Electric’s (GE’s) top lawyer Brackett Denniston hold on to…
Davis Polk promotes first City partner in five years Legal Business Davis Polk & Wardwell has made up its first London partner in five years with the promotion of corporate lawyer Reuven…
Herbert Smith Freehills boosts US investigations with hire of former assistant attorney and SEC chief John O’Donnell Legal Business Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF’s) Manhattan office has capitalised on the US revolving door with the hire of John O’Donnell, a former…
Barclays cuts legal roster by 30% in global panel review as American firms find success Caroline Hill Barclays has turned to a raft of US firms, including Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom and Latham & Watkins, for…
Guest post: Snake Hall – the games tax lawyers have played Richard Moorhead I recently finished Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, a truly brilliant novel about the ascent of Thomas Cromwell to political…
