The Lawyer
3 August 2009
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39 Essex Street sets sights on Dubai launch
3 August 2009
?London set 39 Essex Street is to open in Dubai later this year, The Lawyercan reveal.
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Addleshaws spreads wings with consultancy launch
3 August 2009
Firm moves into strategic management advice as it bets on a consolidating market
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Arcus uses Lovells for Babcock buy
3 August 2009
Lovells has been instructed by Arcus Infrastructure Partners on its purchase of failed company Babcock & Brown’s €2.2bn (£1.9bn) European infrastructure fund.
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Ashurst set to steer National Express through takeover
3 August 2009
A raft of City firms is lining up to advise on the proposed takeover of transport company National Express.
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Banking recommendations will make life tougher at top
3 August 2009
?The dust may be beginning to settle following the shocks to the banking system over the past 18 months or so, but the appetite for analysis shows no sign of abating.
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Blake Cassels sets up Middle East outposts
3 August 2009
Canadian firm Blake Cassels & Graydon has established two offices in the Middle East.
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Blake Lapthorn PEP woes kill off lockstep
3-Aug-2009
Blake Lapthorn has abandoned its lockstep after its average profit per equity partner (PEP) figure fell by 68 per cent last year, dropping to £65,000 from last year’s £204,000.
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CC looks to global growth with City promotions down
3 August 2009
Clifford Chance has made up 17 lawyers in its delayed promotions round, with its London headquarters gaining just three of the new partners.
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CC to energise practice areas with sector focus bid
3 August 2009
As part of its global reorganisation, Clifford Chance has begun using the banking industry model to market the firm to clients, creating 13 industry-focused groups that sit across practice areas.
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Corby pollution victims win High Court battle
3 August 2009
A second major case to be funded by the private sector has been successful in the High Court, with victims of toxic pollution in Northamptonshire winning a case against Corby Borough Council.
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Dentons sails through shipbuilding pitch to save MoD £350m in 15 years
3 August 2009
Denton Wilde Sapte has advised the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) on a 15-year shipbuilding deal with BVT Surface Fleet.
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Ellisons
3 August 2009
With two mergers in 14 months, Ellisons Solicitors has been staking its claim on the Essex legal market.
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Equity arrivals dent PEP at Forsters
3 August 2009
The addition of new equity partner hires has contributed to a substantial drop in the average profit per equity partner (PEP) figure at Forsters this year.
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Ex-Links energy head joins Akin for City disputes push
3 August 2009
?Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has become the latest US firm to bulk up its London presence after launching a City disputes practice under former Linklaters energy and infrastructure disputes head Justin Williams.
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FFW pursues former client for unpaid fees
3 August 2009
Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) is heading for a High Court showdown with a former client, which is understood to have disputed that it ever instructed the firm.
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FFW takes centre stage in Kangaroo’s sale to Arqiva
3 August 2009
Clifford Chance and Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) have advised on the sale of a TV-on-demand service set up to show BBC, ITV and Channel 4 programmes on the internet.
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Focus: Blake Lapthorn, Staying alive
3 August 2009
With PEP plummeting by 70 per cent, Blake Lapthorn is going to have to stop the rot. Is Walter Cha the man for the job?
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Greenberg to control Rentokil’s legal advice
3 August 2009
Greenberg Traurig Maher has secured business services company Rentokil Initial as a regular client.
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Hammonds dragged to Court of Appeal
3 August 2009
The bitter dispute between Hammonds and former partner David Jones could be close to reaching a conclusion as the Court of Appeal prepares to hear the case.
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Hempsons establishes Newcastle practice
3 August 2009
Healthcare firm Hempsons is to launch an office in Newcastle to open in September 2009.
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Law Society starts campaign to scare off wannabe lawyers
3 August 2009
The gulf between the number of students completing the LPC and the availability of training contracts is not a new phenomenon.
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Lindsays dispenses with investment arm
3 August 2009
Edinburgh-based firm Lindsays has disposed of its investment management arm to focus purely on providing legal advice.
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Norton Rose apes KPMG again with Swiss Verein
3 August 2009
Norton Rose is set to reorganise its global business within the Swiss Verein structure used by accountancy firms Deloitte and KPMG.
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Norton Rose Singapore buoyed by City, HK gains
3 August 2009
Norton Rose has boosted its Singapore practice by relocating two partners to the country.
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Noteworthy: Lesley Cameron, The Law Society
3 August 2009
As the lawyers’ lawyer, Law Society senior legal adviser Lesley Cameron helps law practices do just that - practise law. By Corinne McPartland
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Opinion: Banking recommendations will make life tougher at top
3 August 2009
?The dust may be beginning to settle following the shocks to the banking system over the past 18 months or so, but the appetite for analysis shows no sign of abating.
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People moves
3 August 2009
Leeds firm Lupton Fawcett has acquired Sheffield firm Hackett Windle and its 24 staff. Hackett Windle founding partner Adrian Hackett is a tax specialist.
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Pinsents wins RSA HR, employment gig
3 August 2009
Pinsent Masons has beaten off competition from Addleshaw Goddard and Eversheds to win an exclusive role advising insurer RSA on employment and HR issues.
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Pinsents, Eversheds scoop lead roles on Viking deal
3 August 2009
Eversheds and Pinsent Masons have lined up on opposite sides of a rare private equity deal, with the former advising the vendor and the latter the buyer of offshore oil and gas company Viking Moorings.
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Robin Jackson, Doughty Street Chambers
3 August 2009
Who would you least like to be stuck in a lift with and why?Anyone who can’t fix it.
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Simpson, Cravath, Bredin in KKR tie-up
3 August 2009
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Cravath Swaine & Moore and Bredin Prat scored lead roles on Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ (KKR) merger with KKR Private Equity Investors (KPE). KKR instructed longstanding adviser Simpson Thacher, with New York partner Alan Klein leading.
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SJ Berwin keeps the faith after profit gets sliced in half
3 August 2009
Average profit per equity partner (PEP) at SJ Berwin has almost halved during the past financial year, dropping from £801,000 in 2007-08 to £410,000.Turnover at the firm decreased by 14 per cent over the course of the year, down from £215m to £184m.
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The bigger the better
3 August 2009
Professional indemnity insurance in the coming year will likely be more of a headache for the smaller firms, but the bigger players should have an easier time of it, says Sandra Neilson-Moore
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Time to ditch the LPC?
3 August 2009
The LPC is a ludicrous anachronism that ought to be scrapped: discuss. Our report last week (27 July) that the Law Society was launching a campaign to warn students off a law career came just a week after the publication of the Milburn report, which criticised the legal profession for being a closed shop.
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Tulkinghorn: Bouncy hassle
3 August 2009
One of the best things about being a big City lawyer is returning home to the provinces in a fast car and showing locals that you’ve ‘made it’.
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UKIBC appoints Eversheds partner
3 August 2009
Eversheds partner Gauri Advani has been appointed to the board of the UK India Business Council (UKIBC).
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What NY firms want from the Valley
3 August 2009
Cooley is the latest West Coast firm to fall prey to the New York invasion.
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Wind breaks
3 August 2009
Renewables is keeping things ticking over for the energy practices at Northern Ireland firms. Matt Byrne reports
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Withers’ profit, PEP decreases despite 5 per cent turnover rise
3 August 2009
?Withers’ net profit margin fell to 15 per cent in the past financial year, a drop of six percentage points on the previous financial year’s figure, while average profit per equity partner (PEP) dropped by 24 per cent.
