A&O, Hogan Lovells and Skadden line up on $1.46bn acquisition of Aeroflex by UK rival Cobham David Stevenson Allen & Overy (A&O), Hogan Lovells and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom are among firms to be awarded mandates…
Associate pay: Shearman raises English-qualified lawyers’ salaries by up to 6.4% across the board David Stevenson Shearman & Sterling has announced a salary boost for its English-qualified lawyers, increasing pay levels across the firm’s three-tier merit based…
Barclays high profile Americas chief Michael Crowl set to join UBS Legal Business Barclays’ high-profile managing director and general counsel (GC) for the Americas, Michael Crowl, is leaving to head UBS’ US wealth…
Bayer’s $14.2bn acquisition from Merck spins out roles for Sullivan, Fried Frank, Morgan Lewis and Cleary Legal Business The $14.2bn acquisition of Merck’s consumer care business by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has spun out roles for a clutch…
Transatlantic Weil and Milbank teams advise on circa €2bn Flint acquisition; A&O launches Primark in the US Jaishree Kalia Weil, Gotshal & Manges London, German and New York banking teams have advised the lenders on Goldman Sachs and Koch Industries’…
Paul Hastings and Cleary advise on Marriott London Grosvenor sale and £200m buy-in of UK’s Victoria Plumb Legal Business The London offices of US firms Paul Hastings and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton are advising on the £125m sale of the…
Squire Sanders’ merger talks partner Patton Boggs approached by Dentons Legal Business Squire Sanders‘ merger talks partner Patton Boggs has been approached with an offer to combine from top 50 Global 100…
Squire Sanders reveals almost flat US turnover and profits as Patton Boggs talks ongoing Legal Business Squire Sanders has unveiled largely flat 2013 results in the US, with revenue at the top 15 LB100 firm, which is…
Skadden latest US firm to enter Seoul after obtaining local licence Legal Business Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has announced it is opening in Seoul, South Korea, joining a growing number of UK…
In-house: US government agency adds to its senior lawyer ranks with AOL and Google hires Legal Business The former deputy general counsel at both AOL and Google are set to become colleagues, having separately joined the US…
Outpaced – US firms’ 2013 City revenue increases overshadow global results David Stevenson Aside from a notable shift towards growth, one of the most salient trends to emerge from 2013’s US financial results…
Head of Manhattan – Adam Siegel takes over as Freshfields US managing partner Legal Business One of the more successful of the Magic Circle practices in Wall Street, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed Adam Siegel to…
Pfizer maintains business-as-usual for legal alliance as Rosenthal latest GC to depart Legal Business It was recognised at its 2009 inception as the most radical attempt to carve up the way bluechips instruct their…
Hires in London for MoFo and O’Melveny as Paul Hastings brings in Pfizer’s assistant GC Legal Business US firms have announced a number of senior hires in the last few days as Morrison & Foerster (MoFo) and…
WhatsApp? Weil secures lead role on Facebook’s $16bn acquisition led by 2012 Dewey hire Legal Business The first global law firm to open an office in US technology heartland Silicon Valley, Weil Gotshal & Manges has secured…
Soft H2 debt restructuring market blamed for 12.6% drop in 2013 US revenue for Bingham McCutchen Legal Business When many firms were busy cutting costs and dicing teams in 2008, Bingham McCutchen weathered the economic downturn pretty well…
Brazilian hat trick – NRF launches third Latin America office with hire of BP’s Andrew Haynes Sarah Downey Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) is to expand its Latin American footprint as it today (19 February) announces the launch of an…
New frontiers for Quinn Emanuel as US litigation leader sets up in Brussels Legal Business Following a year of rapid international expansion that saw highly profitable litigation outfit Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan dominate the global…
US results season: White & Case sees revenues increase 4% as PEP hits $1.87m Jaishree Kalia Despite the recent relative economic revival in the US, the world’s largest legal market remains turbulent but early numbers from…
Skadden’s London head Buck steps down as the City claims global management positions in energy and litigation Jaishree Kalia Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom’s longstanding European head Bruce Buck has stepped down from his role as London head as…
