The Lawyer
20 January 2003
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Access all areas
20-Jan-2003
The OFT is demanding direct access to the Bar. But with so much progress already made in this area, how much impact will the new rules actually have? Peter Bennett reports
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Accounting for change
20-Jan-2003
Travers Symons reports on account aggregation services
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Archibald team defects to A&O
20-Jan-2003
Allen & Overy's (A&O) Paris office has raided the intellectual property department of former Andersen Legal firm Archibald
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Ashursts and Fried Frank tie-up stalls
20-Jan-2003
Negotiating teams in profits stand-off; still no vote in sight
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BA lawyer boosts Beaumont and Son
21-Jan-2003
Owen Highley joins specialist aviation firm after 14 years at BA
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Blake Dawson slated for HIH relationship
20-Jan-2003
Australian firm Blake Dawson Waldron and its former partner and HIH director Charles Abbott are two of many parties featuring in the final submission presented by the HIH royal commission lawyers last Monday
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Brains for Christmas
20-Jan-2003
Tulkinghorn was very amused upon hearing the tale of the five unsuspecting lawyers and an in-house job at Santa's Grotto in the North Pole.Recruitment consultants Hughes-Castell advertised the festive vacancy last month as a joke, but much to its surprise received a number of serious enquires. One lawyer, who shall remain nameless, had to have the joke aspect of the ad explained several times before he believed it, and another insisted Hughes-Castell was wrong and that ...
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Brobeck spurred to financial overhaul
20-Jan-2003
Brobeck Phleger & Harrison is racing to resolve its huge debt burden after demands to reduce its liabilities from potential merger partner Morgan Lewis & Bockius
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Cadwalader partner gets White House call
21-Jan-2003
Litigation partner Michael Horowitz to serve on United States Sentencing Commission
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Camerons quits Beijing and shrinks Hong Kong
20-Jan-2003
CMS Cameron McKenna has abandoned its fledgling four-associate Beijing practice and drastically culled its Hong Kong office. The move will result in the loss of 40 lawyers. Hong Kong, which will be run by partner Tim Ingham, is to operate as an insurance boutique. Camerons will continue to service clients in China through the Shanghai office of its French ally firm Bureau Francis Lefebvre. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 13 January
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Can A&O's new German chiefs bring the firm together?
20-Jan-2003
With German lawyers' love of autonomy, the new management has a hard task. Aled Griffiths reports
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CC appoints banking, capital markets joint heads
20-Jan-2003
Clifford Chance has elected Robert MacVicar and Tim Plews as joint heads of banking and capital markets. Although banking and capital markets have separate representation on a global level, in London they have traditionally been run together, making a £150m-turnover business. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 15 January
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CC appoints new head of public policy
20-Jan-2003
Clifford Chance has named Michael Smyth, the partner that runs its UK pro bono practice, as the new head of its public policy unit
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CC Italy: Chessa quits for Standard & Poor's
20-Jan-2003
Clifford Chance's joint managing partner for Italy Luigi Chessa is to join Standard & Poor's in Italy as a consultant
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CC, Addleshaws victorious as Barclays takes axe to advisers
20-Jan-2003
Addleshaw Booth & Co and Clifford Chance have secured the two coveted places on the panel of Barclays Private Equity’s (BPE) London team
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Corporate deals round-up
20-Jan-2003
Ashurst Morris Crisp (Jorg Kirchner, Klaus Herkenroth) advised the Taiwanese Sampo Group on the takeover of Nuremberg-based electronics company Grundig. Grundig advised by Beiten Burkhardt Goerdeler and Rödl & Partner.Latham & Watkins (Nigel Campion-Smith) advised Epic Brand Investments on its AIM flotation. Epic Brand Investments was placed at 100p a share and raised £50m. Lawrence Graham advised sponsor and nominated adviser Collins Stewart, with co-investment ...
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Creasing up
20-Jan-2003
Tulkinghorn often feels a touch of sympathy for those partners and in-house lawyers who so bravely step forward and volunteer their life story for a profile in The Lawyer. Undoubtedly, ribbing from friends is par for the course. But pity Mark Roper-Drimie, the in-house lawyer at the English and Welsh Cricket Board. His profile in the 6 January edition of The Lawyer sported a large photo of him behind a wicket, cricket ball in hands. It turns out that the positioning of his hands was ...
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De Brauw taskforce seeks US friendships
20-Jan-2003
Dutch firm targets top US practices for referral links after Linklaters tie collapses
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DEAL OF THE WEEK - SAFEWAY
20-Jan-2003
Linklaters and Slaughters line up for regulatory showdown
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Debevoise's London office takes on B&M finance head
20-Jan-2003
The London office of Debevoise & Plimpton has poached Baker & McKenzie's (B&M) London head of financial services and investment funds Marwan Al-Turki
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Dewey Ballantine is latest Hong Kong casualty
22-Jan-2003
Asia under review as New York firm abandons Hong Kong office
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Dorsey sued $10m for racial discrimination
20-Jan-2003
Dorsey & Whitney is facing a $10m (£6.2m) racial discrimination lawsuit by a former associate. Patricia Russell Brown alleges that she was denied partnership because she is black and claims that she was promised promotion when she was hired. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 14 January
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Eversheds Italian ally weds
22-Jan-2003
Piergrossi bolsters labour law practice with local merger
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Freshfields admits City is king as German M&A head sets up camp in London
20-Jan-2003
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has taken a complete U-turn in its investment banking strategy
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Freshfields launches corporate crime panel
20-Jan-2003
Freshfields links up with white collar practices to advise investment banks
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Gibson Dunn hires Fenwick & West chair
20-Jan-2003
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is making waves on the US West Coast after taking on the chairman of Fenwick & West's litigation group
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Gide Loyrette gets Shanghai surprise
20-Jan-2003
Gide Loyrette Nouel has joined firms including Allen & Overy, Clifford Chance and Herbert Smith in winning a licence to open a second office in China. The Chinese Ministry of Justice has granted the firm permission to open in Shanghai. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 14 January
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Haarmann Hemmelrath boosts Shanghai presence
22-Jan-2003
German firm hires Thieffry & Associates partner
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Hammonds poised for Nauta merger in Spain
20-Jan-2003
Hammonds partners have been given until Wednesday (22 January) to vote on a merger with the highly-regarded Madrid practice of Slaughter and May's Dutch best friend Nauta Dutilh
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Herbert Smith bags KKR in private equity triumph
20-Jan-2003
Herbert Smith has got its first break into private equity with an instruction from Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) on the Safeway battle
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Herbert Smith claims first with accountant partner
22-Jan-2003
Inhouse accountant gets partnershipr to help meet client demands post-Enron
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Herbert Smith in CIT property scoop
20-Jan-2003
Herbert Smith has completed its first major property deal for property investment boutique CIT, - work that has traditionally been the domain of Macfarlanes
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Hobsons puts its trust in merit-based Faegre
20-Jan-2003
Hobson Audley's six-year courtship of Minneapolis-based Faegre & Benson has ended in marriage, but no seats on the merged firm's remuneration committee
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Jones Day reinforces with Rajah, Orrick captures
20-Jan-2003
While other US firms are pulling out of Singapore, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue is bucking the trend by poaching a team of lawyers from local firm Rajah & Tann and a project finance partner from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe
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Judge slams DLA in ICL v Co-operative
20-Jan-2003
Baker & McKenzie's first case for ICL (now Fujitsu Services) against Co-operative Group has concluded triumphantly, and the judge's damning verdict has left opposition lawyers DLA and Richard Mawrey QC of 2 Harcourt Buildings with egg on their faces
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King for a day
20-Jan-2003
It cannot be. Tulkinghorn is distressed to hear that Hammonds partners are already taking bets on the successor to the venerable Chris Jones, Yorkshireman to the stars.Chris's term as managing partner runs out next year, and a mole tells Tulkinghorn that Hammonds' lawyers are already running a book on the next chief.Apparently, Nick Allen is topping the poll by a mile, so start lunching him fast. At least Nick doesn't fall into the category of ...
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Latham joins in-crowd on Safeway battle
22-Jan-2003
UBS Warburg and Goldman Sachs appoint US firm on Sainsbury's bid
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Lawrence Graham bags ABN Amro offshore work
20-Jan-2003
Lawrence Graham has been appointed by ABN Amro to advise its trust companies in Jersey and the Cayman Islands on all of their international trust work
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Legal Widow
20-Jan-2003
Inspiration deserted the Lawyer on Sunday, and he came down to interrupt a gung-ho game of Monopoly to ask us for some help in preparing a speech to the United Front of Project Lawyers (or whatever), due to meet for its annual trough-diving session at the end of the month.
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Leigh Day to challenge sex discrimination accusation
20-Jan-2003
Leigh Day & Co is facing a potentially embarrassing lawsuit after a former lawyer launched a sexual discrimination and unfair dismissal claim against the civil liberties firm
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Linklaters Bangkok takes priority over Hong Kong
21-Jan-2003
Partner Peter Treacy relocates from Hong Kong to develop Thai practice
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Linklaters takes top spot in Asia M&A tables
20-Jan-2003
Linklaters has muscled its way into pole position in the Asian M&A league tables, scoring the top spot in terms of number of deals announced and their value
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M&A Solicitors
20-Jan-2003
M and A Solicitors is flying the flag for entrepreneurs in Cardiff
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Mail on Sunday defeated again by Maria Fernandes
22-Jan-2003
Wife of Keith Vaz wins second libel action against the newspaper
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Maitland Chambers posts record £20m in turnover
20-Jan-2003
Maitland Chambers has posted a 42 per cent increase in turnover in 2002, after its launch just two years ago
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Masons secures Spainish alliance
20-Jan-2003
Masons has moved into its second European jurisdiction by forming an alliance with Madrid firm Buxeda Menchen
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Mummy's little lawyers
20-Jan-2003
Try as they might to be all grown up, lawyers are really just a bunch of mummy's boys - and Tulkinghorn has the proof. Following the publication of The Lawyer's wonderful Hot 100 list, this very tome has been inundated with requests for extra copies. However, one particular partner at a magic circle firm took the biscuit. Apparently his mummy was less than happy that the top of her handsome son's head had been chopped off in his photo.Despite this the lovely ...
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Nicholson Graham banking litigation head defects
20-Jan-2003
Nicholson Graham & Jones has lost head of banking litigation Paul Howcroft to Marriott Harrison. He joins other recent partner hires Jane Jales and Franco Barone (litigation), Andrew Astachnowicz (property), and Simon Vivian and Richard Hinchliffe (corporate).
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Norton Rose enters Safeways fray
24-Jan-2003
Mark Lloyd Williams and Chris Pearson act for Philip Green's backer West LB
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O'Melveny targets silver lining in telecoms cloud
21-Jan-2003
Ex-Hunton & Williams partners to set up specialist regulatory group
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Only in America
20-Jan-2003
Lawyer-bashing may be the world's favourite pastime, but few would deny the need for a backlash against those litigation-hungry Americans. Jon Robins meets two legal commentators who are trying to put a stop to their country's blame culture
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Opinion
20-Jan-2003
Picture a restructuring: groups of bondholders, banks and leasing creditors, each with their own sets of financial and legal advisers; nervous management teams, nervous auditors - further legal advisers needed; a quoted group with some Continental European interests - you guessed it, further scope for legal advice
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Osborne Clarke staff cull continues
22-Jan-2003
Support staffing levels come under review; 40 jobs to go
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Past master
20-Jan-2003
Nigel Hewitson found his vocation in life by blending law with historical preservation when he became English Heritage's legal director. Husnara Begum reports
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Pillsbury: Houston, we have lift off
20-Jan-2003
Pillsbury Winthrop has hired three partners and two associates from Vinson & Elkins for its new Houston office. They will be joined by energy co-head Jerry Ross and real estate partner Laura Hannusch from Pillsbury's San Francisco office. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 15 January
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Pinsents wins place on Ikea panel
20-Jan-2003
Pinsent Curtis Biddle has won new instructions from Ikea following the Swedish home furnishing retailer's annual review of its UK legal panel
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Piper Rudnick in hiring spree for Boston launch
21-Jan-2003
Dissolution of Hill & Barlow profits Piper Rudnick with 33 lawyers
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Salans lawyers scoop two plum ICA roles
20-Jan-2003
One of Salans' founding members Carl Salans has been appointed vice-president of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce. Meanwhile, Piotr Nowaczyk, a partner in Salans' Warsaw office, has been named Polish representative to the court.
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Scottish Law Soc wants disciplinary rethink
20-Jan-2003
The Scottish Parliament is debating whether to let the council of the Scottish Law Society drop its responsibility for disciplining solicitors
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SEC under fire from accountancy tied firms
20-Jan-2003
The big four accountancy firms have sent the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) letters asking for a last-ditch reprieve on auditor independence proposals that threaten accountancy-tied law firms worldwide. Revenues at KLegal, Landwell and Tite & Lewis will be hard hit unless the SEC changes its mind.Under the Sarbanes-Oxley regulations, accountancy-tied law firms outside the US will not be able to work for SEC-registered clients. Referral levels vary, but some ...
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Shearman becomes Levi's top adviser
20-Jan-2003
Shearman & Sterling has replaced New York corporate powerhouse Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz as the main legal adviser to Levi Strauss
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Sheppard Mullin lures Disney general counsel
20-Jan-2003
US firm Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton has snapped up Walt Disney & Co's general counsel and executive vice-president Louis Meisinger to help launch an institutional entertainment and media practice. He will act as senior adviser and work as a mediator for alternative dispute resolution services. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 16 January
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Shipping lawyers pulled up for poor costs management
20-Jan-2003
Shipping lawyers' and claims managers' methods are under internal review following criticism by the world's largest protection and indemnity (P&I) club, which mutually insures shipowners
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Simmons bags entry to Safeway battle
21-Jan-2003
Firm profits from A&O conflict to win Philip Green instruction
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Simpson Thacher, Orrick quit Singapore offices
20-Jan-2003
US firms Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett are shutting the doors of their Singapore offices following a continued dearth of work
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Slaughters cultivates corporate
20-Jan-2003
While most City firms are seeking to offload personnel from their corporate departments, Slaughter and May has bucked the trend by recruiting new corporate assistants
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Taken to task
20-Jan-2003
In the wake of three overturned decisions, the role of the European Commission's merger taskforce is under scrutiny. But as Neil Warwick reports, the alternatives could be worse
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The Consumer Credit Directive
20-Jan-2003
The directive will apply to loans of any size. Small loans have been specifically included, as the EC believes theye are typically provided to the weakest members of society
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The Leader Column
20-Jan-2003
All good things come to those who wait - no doubt a cliché Ashursts and Fried Frank are all too aware of. Being the focal point of one of the most gossiped about mergers since… well, Ashursts and Latham & Watkins, is probably distracting and not a little annoying.The legal community is fascinated by the prospect that Ashursts could make this one work. Among the whispers, lawyers have been predicting that a tie-up will never happen. This is not least because ...
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The truth hurts
20-Jan-2003
The-Pope-is-a-Catholic corner: Tulkinghorn liked the Continental Clifford Chance partner who revealed that the firm's management was "a bit too UK-focused". Still, it shows more insight than those lovely people at Travers Smith Braithwaite, who are just too self-effacing for their own good. One partner confessed to Tulkinghorn the other day that he thought the firm was "accident prone". This from NTL's law firm? Surely not.
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The two powers
20-Jan-2003
Taylor Wessing's German and UK managing partners seem like chalk and cheese. So can they integrate their firms? Catrin Griffiths reports
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Theodores boosts employment
20-Jan-2003
Theodore Goddard has boosted the numbers in its flagging employment department by hiring Allen & Overy's (A&O) head of employee share schemes Stephen Chater as a part-time consultant
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Theodores' suitors come out of hiding
20-Jan-2003
A series of US and UK firms including Addleshaw Booth & Co and CMS Cameron KcKenna have emerged as the firms being targeted by Theodore Goddard as merger partners. Theodores' management team, which includes senior partner Paddy Grafton Green (left), is expected to recommend a merger shortlist by February. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/ lawyernews 15 January
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Travers Smith Braithwaite and Skadden Arps set to clean up on NTL restructuring
20-Jan-2003
Travers Smith Braithwaite and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom are set to rake in millions of pounds worth of fees after resurrecting faltering cable operator NTL.At stake is $68.4m (£42.7m) of potential income that NTL, which emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection more than a week ago, set aside for its plethora of legal, financial and accountancy advisers. This figure, which is an estimate for the nine-month period ending 30 September, could rise even higher ...
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Wragges duo form niche technology practice
20-Jan-2003
Two associates, Jagvinder Kang and Stephen Ollershaw, have quit Wragge & Co's technology team to form Technology Law Alliance, their own niche IT and e-commerce practice. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/lawyernews 14 January
