The Lawyer
28 August 2006
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Ashurst boosts derivatives team with W&C and BNP Paribas hires
31-Aug-2006
Ashurst has strengthened its securities and structured finance team with the dual hire of derivatives partners from White & Case and BNP Paribas.
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Baker Botts boosts London with Houston litigator
30-Aug-2006
Houston-based firm Baker Botts has ramped up its London presence, flying in the firm’s former deputy head of its Houston trial team.
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Cable & Wireless set to cut legal panel
1-Sep-2006
Cable & Wireless is looking to slash the number of law firms it uses as part of a company-wide reorganisation and profit drive.
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CC ready for Chinese joint venture
30-Aug-2006
Clifford Chance’s Asian managing partner Jim Baird has vowed to team up with a Chinese law firm as soon as the Chinese government allows it.
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DLA Piper defends Pakistan captain in ball-tampering row
29-Aug-2006
DLA Piper’s sports team has been drafted in by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to represent captain Inzamam-ul-Haq against charges brought by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The ICC has accused Inzamam of ball-tampering and bringing the game into disrepute following the early finish of the Fourth Test at the Brit Oval on 20 August.
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Eight-lawyer Gibson Dunn raid increases Veil Jourde woes
31-Aug-2006
French independent Veil Jourde has lost another two partners as M&A specialists Ariel Harroch and Marie-Charlotte Trebuchet leave for Gibson Dunn & Crutcher.
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Freshfields beats Linklaters to Aer Lingus IPO
29-Aug-2006
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is celebrating after scooping a mandate to advise the Irish government on the IPO of its flag carrier Aer Lingus.
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Hammonds hit by resignations of three leading competition partners
1-Sep-2006
Hammonds’ Brussels office has been hit by the resignation of three partners, including office head Konstantinos Adamantopoulos.
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Jones Day raids Lovells for Merrill-Villalba lawyer
29-Aug-2006
Jones Day has poached Lovells employment partner Lisa Mayhew in a push for its London labour and employment practice.
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Latham raids Milbank for Frankfurt finance push
30-Aug-2006
The Frankfurt office of Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has lost one of its star partners to Latham & Watkins.
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Law Soc slams homophobic City firms
29-Aug-2006
Gay and lesbian solicitors feel that they are unable to come out to colleagues and want more support from the profession, a new study by the Law Society has shown.
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Lovells kills off Berlin
30-Aug-2006
Lovells is taking an axe to its entire Berlin office following a radical review by the firm’s management.
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Lovells loses second partner in a week
31-Aug-2006
West Coast US firm O’Melveny & Myers has raided Lovells for a new corporate partner.
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Maitland takes 7 Bedford Row chief executive
1-Sep-2006
Maitland Chambers has poached 7 Bedford Row’s Robert Graham-Campbell to be its new chief executive.
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Ryanair picks Howrey to sue UK government
1-Sep-2006
Howrey has landed instructions from Ryanair as the low-cost airline launches a claim against the government for declaratory relief following the recent security alerts.
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South Africa's largest firm wins clearance for its merger
31-Aug-2006
The South African Competition Commission has given the merger between leading South African firms Edward Nathan and Sonnenberg Hoffmann Galombik (SHG) the green light.
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Southern authorities team up to bulk-buy new panel
1-Sep-2006
A consortium of 18 local authorities in the south of England has slashed its legal costs by up to a third by selecting a combined legal panel.
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Sports boutique attacks Mail over Rooney allegations
1-Sep-2006
Sports boutique Max Bitel Greene has launched a High Court defamation claim against Associated Newspapers on behalf of Everton Football Club manager David Moyes.
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Three Freshfields partners quit for LeBoeuf Lamb
30-Aug-2006
LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae has raided Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for a three-partner real estate and environment team.
