09-Nov-2007Parish’s actions speak louder than his wordsBack in February Norton Rose’s banking chief Stephen Parish lashed out at rival firms following a disastrous week in which Ashurst poached his head of energy in the Middle East and Herbert Smith took two of his finance partners. Back in February Norton Rose‘s banking chief Stephen Parish lashed […]
09-Nov-2007Parish’s actions speak louder than his wordsBack in February Norton Rose’s banking chief Stephen Parish lashed out at rival firms following a disastrous week in which Ashurst poached his head of energy in the Middle East and Herbert Smith took two of his finance partners. Back in February Norton Rose‘s banking chief Stephen Parish lashed […]
Brodies has beefed up its technology and information group with the addition of former Addleshaw Goddard partner Andrew Rigby. Technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) expert Rigby, who left Addleshaws’ London in the spring, has joined Brodies’ Edinburgh office as a partner. His appointment takes the firm’s partner headcount to 55. According to Rigby he […]
Brodies has beefed up its technology and information group with the addition of former Addleshaw Goddard partner Andrew Rigby. Technology and business process outsourcing (BPO) expert Rigby, who left Addleshaws’ London in the spring, has joined Brodies’ Edinburgh office as a partner. His appointment takes the firm’s partner headcount to 55. According to Rigby he […]
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has snared Weil Gotshal & Manges’ head of restructuring to head up its European restructuring practice. Chris Mallon, currently head of the business finance and restructuring group at Weil, announced his departure from the firm today. His experience includes advising on a number of key restructurings including Enron, Global […]
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has snared Weil Gotshal & Manges’ head of restructuring to head up its European restructuring practice. Chris Mallon, currently head of the business finance and restructuring group at Weil, announced his departure from the firm today. His experience includes advising on a number of key restructurings including Enron, Global […]
Heather Mills has parted company with her divorce lawyer, Anthony Julius of Mishcon de Reya, a week after being dropped by her media spokesman Phil Hall. Mills is in the throes of a divorce from former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney. Litigation specialist Julius is known for representing high profile figures in divorce cases, having represented […]
Heather Mills has parted company with her divorce lawyer, Anthony Julius of Mishcon de Reya, a week after being dropped by her media spokesman Phil Hall. Mills is in the throes of a divorce from former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney. Litigation specialist Julius is known for representing high profile figures in divorce cases, having represented […]
It’s ironic that the redundancies in New York this week happened at Clifford Chance, a UK-headquartered firm. With employment laws in the US such as they are, US firms generally have an easier time of it when it comes to firing their lawyers. I’m sure Clifford Chance will have followed every HR best practice procedure […]
It’s ironic that the redundancies in New York this week happened at Clifford Chance, a UK-headquartered firm. With employment laws in the US such as they are, US firms generally have an easier time of it when it comes to firing their lawyers. I’m sure Clifford Chance will have followed every HR best practice procedure […]
Linklaters has won back Dubai International Capital (DIC) as a client, completing two mega-deals for the emirate’s investment arm in one week. The firm navigated DIC through its $1.2bn (£580m) purchase of German aluminium producer Altadis from Rhône Group and Teachers’ Private Capital (TPC). Then a day later, the £600m purchase of Alliance Medical was […]
Linklaters has won back Dubai International Capital (DIC) as a client, completing two mega-deals for the emirate’s investment arm in one week. The firm navigated DIC through its $1.2bn (£580m) purchase of German aluminium producer Altadis from Rhône Group and Teachers’ Private Capital (TPC). Then a day later, the £600m purchase of Alliance Medical was […]