The Lawyer
29 June 2009
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A&O, Linklaters scoop Sainsbury's deal
29 June 2009
Two magic circle firms secured lead roles on Sainsbury’s £445m capital raising.
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Addleshaws goes back to school with phase three of Bradford refurb
29 June 2009
Addleshaw Goddard has been reappointed by Bradford Council to advise on phase three of the £400m Building Schools for the Future (BSF) project.
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Addleshaws PEP down a third as revenues dip by 11 per cent
29-Jun-2009
Addleshaw Goddard has brought in £173.3m for 2008-09, a drop in fee income of 11 per cent from the previous financial year.
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Appleby eyes new markets from outpost in Seychelles
29 June 2009
Offshore giant Appleby is to target work coming out of the African, Asian and Indian markets with a new office in the Seychelles.
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Ashurst lands banks role on Slovakian PPP project
29 June 2009
Ashurst has won the instruction to help a 12-strong banking consortium reach financial close on the R1 Expressway, Slovakia’s first-ever road PPP project.
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Beachcroft in volume push as it mulls B2 brand expansion
29 June 2009
Beachcroft is considering expanding its volume business, called ‘B2 from Beachcroft’, into property and employment work.
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Blackbourn & Bond
29 June 2009
More and more firms are looking to capitalise on structural changes allowed under the Legal Services Act.
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Brit’s bid for Chaucer brings in Macfarlanes, Norton Rose
29 June 2009
Macfarlanes and Norton Rose have been called in to advise on the potential merger of Lloyd’s insurers Brit Insurance and Chaucer Holdings.
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Buss Murton emerges from CVA with high hopes
29 June 2009
After nine months of trading under a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), Buss Murton has completed a pre-packed administration.
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Camerons cuts 73 jobs
29 June 2009
CMS Cameron McKenna has laid off 73 staff at the end of its redundancy consultation.
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Cleary throws caution to the wind with City push
29 June 2009
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton is in growth mode in London.
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Cripps is latest to roll out four-day week
29 June 2009
South East firm Cripps Harries Hall has become the latest to implement a four-day work week in a bid to stave off redundancies.
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Dial M for Moir: Gordon Moir, BT Retail
29 June 2009
With telecoms in constant flux, BT Retail GC Gordon Moir has had to ring the changes on an almost daily basis.
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DLA Kuwait, Bahrain head to quit
29-Jun-2009
The office managing partner of DLA Piper’s Kuwait and Bahrain offices - Alex Saleh - is to leave the firm.
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EC3 firms outpace City rivals with record results
29 June 2009
… and more to come as London’s leading insurance firms predict ‘tidal wave’ of litigation
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Edwin Coe turnover edges up, profit drops by 20 per cent
29-Jun-2009
Edwin Coe has seen average profit per equity partner (PEP) drop nearly 20 per cent during the last year.
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Emerald ire
29 June 2009
Ireland’s law firms are up in arms after Arthur Cox won arguably more than its fair share of recession-related roles, with some pointing accusing fingers at the firm’s cosy relationship with the government. Tom Phillips reports
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Focus: David Greene, Touch of class
29 June 2009
UK class action supremo and winner of The Lawyer Awards’ Outstanding Achievement prize, David Greene is determined that the positive side of US litigation reaches this side of the Atlantic soon
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Hammonds creates firm network to boost cross-selling of practices
29 June 2009
Hammonds has set up a partner and associate forum in its London office designed to aid business development and the cross-selling of practices at the firm.
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Hard nut to craic
29 June 2009
The Irish legal market is notoriously hard for foreign firms to break into. But this hasn’t stopped some from trying. Margaret Taylor reports
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IBA stands up for lawyers in Russia
29 June 2009
The International Bar Association (IBA) has waded into a growing row over the treatment of lawyers in Russia.
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Italian lawyers quit UK firms as magic circle feels repercussions of mass cuts
29 June 2009
A number of UK firms have been hit by a significant amount of defections from their Italian offices.
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Italy chief joins Simmons' strategic board
29 June 2009
Simmons & Simmons has appointed Italy chief Marco Franzini to the strategic board, replacing Pedro Rebelo de Sousa, who is spinning off the firm’s Portuguese operations.
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Loss adjustment
29 June 2009
?With leveraged finance hit hard by the credit crunch, Stuart Brinkworth considers what’s in store for the beleagured sector
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Mayer Brown goes for Smoke
29 June 2009
US firm in talks to fortify London in wake of sweeping governance changes.
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Mining giants call on links, Freshfields
29 June 2009
Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising Anglo American and Xstrata respectively on the proposed merger of the mining giants, which could result in a £41bn business.
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Norton Rose, Lovells work on Bahrain sukuk
29 June 2009
Lovells and Norton Rose have won lead roles advising the Government of Bahrain on the creation and listing of a $750m (£457.96m) sovereign sukuk.
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Norton Rose-Deacons merger: UK firm pinpoints Asia without diluting profit
29 June 2009
Norton Rose, which last Tuesday won Law Firm of the Year at The Lawyer Awards, announced a tie-up with Australian firm Deacons the same day in a bid to jumpstart its Asia expansion plans.
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NQs face dole queue as retention rates drop
29 June 2009
Newly qualified (NQ) retention rates for September 2009 qualifiers at a number of leading law firms have plummeted as worsening economic conditions hit the employment market.
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Opinion: Crunch time for future of Digital Britain
29 June 2009
I suspect even little green men in galaxies far, far away now know about Digital Britain. Ultimately, it is all about exploration.
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People moves
29 June 2009
Trowers & Hamlins has appointed Julien Allen as a partner in the real estate team.
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Shefali Talukdar, Clough & Willis
29 June 2009
What do you do at weekends? Cook, eat, read, general pampering and being a taxi service for my teenage daughter.
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SRA bristles as Law Society puts new chairman in place
29 June 2009
The recent appointment of Charles Plant - a former Herbert Smith litigation partner and member of the Legal Services Consultative Panel - as the next chair of the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) (TheLawyer.com, 22 June) will pique the interest of many - apparently including those at the SRA.
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The claim drain
29 June 2009
In light of the Financial Ombudsman Service’s annual review, Michael Isaacs examines the dubious practices employed by some claims management companies
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The hedge row
29 June 2009
With hedge fund managers under scrutiny and regulation inevitable, the industry needs to practise effective self-regulation.
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The pitch of the year: Apple seeks sole European legal adviser
29 June 2009
Apple Retail, the division of the iconic computer manufacturer’s business that is responsible for all its stores, has launched a search for a sole external adviser for Europe, in what will be one of the hardest-fought tenders of the year.
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The prudent path: merger lite
29 June 2009
It was entirely coincidental, but last week’s announcement by Norton Rose that it was merging with Australia’s Deacons came on the morning of The Lawyer Awards, where the former won Law Firm of the Year. Nice timing.
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Tulkinghorn at the Awards
29 June 2009
What a night. Last Tuesday evening (23 June) the Great Room at The Grosvenor House Hotel witnessed arguably the most splendid - and certainly the funniest - awards ceremony The Lawyerhas ever hosted.
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Ward Hadaway suffers as PEP diminishes by 53 per cent
29 June 2009
Ward Hadaway has announced a 53 per cent decrease in average profit per equity partner (PEP) during the last financial year.
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Weil Gotshal takes starring role in Trafalgar Square public art project
6-Jul-2009
Weil Gotshal & Manges has advised the artist Antony Gormley on the groundbreaking Fourth Plinth project in Trafalgar Square.
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Withers fails to prevent Forsters raid
29 June 2009
Forsters has completed its four-partner raid on Withers despite legal wrangling over the departures.
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Wragges’ office move put on ice by developer
29 June 2009
Wragge & Co is to have its move into new Birmingham headquarters delayed by a year because the developer has yet to fill the rest of the building.
