It has emerged that Slaughter and May is working on the Pizza Express bid on a no win, no fee basis. The arrangement is part of a fee package negotiated with Hugh Osmond’s Sun Capital last year. Slaughters will get nothing if Gondola Express, the bidding vehicle of Capricorn Ventures and TDR Capital, fails to […]

Brobeck Hale & Dorr’s former managing partner Tom Kellerman has resurfaced at Morgan Lewis & Bockius. Kellerman stepped down as managing partner of Brobeck Hale & Dorr, the European joint venture between Brobeck Phleger & Harrison and Boston-based Hale & Dorr, in February, shortly after the collapse of the West Coast firm. In his new […]

Ashurst Morris Crisp’s Paris office has emerged as the major opposition to the merger with Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson. The drawn-out talks, which finally ended last week, came up against considerable resistance from Paris, which is headed by corporate rainmaker Thomas Forschbach. It is believed the office was concerned about integration issues with […]