The Lawyer
Julia Berris Editorial
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Human interest
18 January 2010
A broader remit has meant Old Mutual GC Meekal Hashmi has had to develop broader shoulders.
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Lovells aids Pearl Group on £4.5bn Palal revamp
11 January 2010
Lovells has been drafted in by Pearl Group to advise on the £4.5bn restructuring of subsidiary Phoenix & London Assurance Limited’s (Palal) with-profits fund.
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Structural shift: Mohaimin Chowdhury, European Islamic Investment Bank (EIIB)
11 January 2010
EIIB legal chief Mohaimin Chowdhury says Islamic finance will emerge from the downturn in rude health.
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Quartet of corporate partners quit Mayer Brown
18-Dec-2009
Four corporate partners have resigned from Mayer Brown’s London office as the US firm announces plans to cut up to eight associates from its office in the capital.
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Dewey shuns London in scaled back promotions round
14-Dec-2009
Dewey & LeBoeuf is the latest US firm to cut its partner promotions round, with six making the grade this year compared to 20 in 2008.
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Sidley promotes 15 to partnership, one in London
11-Dec-2009
Global partner promotions at Sidley Austin have halved this year, dropping from 34 in 2008 to 15.
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Reed Smith adds one new partner in London in 18-strong round
10-Dec-2009
Reed Smith has added just one new member to its London-based partnership as part of its latest round of promotions.
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GTM turns to SJ Berwin for latest hire
10-Dec-2009
Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) has bulked up its corporate and securities capabilities with the hire of SJ Berwin corporate partner Laura O’Neill.
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Virgin turns to IBM to fill associate GC role
8-Dec-2009
Virgin Media has hired IBM in-house lawyer Toni Vitale as an assistant general counsel.
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White & Case makes up six City partners in 33-strong round
8-Dec-2009
White & Case London has received three times as many partners in this year’s promotions round when compared to last year.
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Weil's Schwartz closes trio of high yield deals
7-Dec-2009
Weil Gotshal & Manges’ London capital markets partner Peter Schwartz has scored lead roles advising on a trio of international high-yield bonds.
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Lack of promotions rebuts recovery
7 December 2009
London offices left behind in US firms’ latest partner rounds. By Julia Berris
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US and UK firms line up to thrash out Almatis takeover
7 December 2009
A group of US and UK firms have won lead roles advising on the battle between Oaktree Capital and Dubai International Capital (DIC) to acquire alumina company Almatis via a restructuring of its $1bn (£590m) debt.
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Weil Gotshal makes up three in lean promotions round
1-Dec-2009
Partner promotions at Weil Gotshal & Manges have decreased for the second year running.
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Latham promotes two in London as part of 23-strong global round
30-Nov-2009
The number of lawyers making partner in Latham & Watkins’ London office have dropped from six last year down to two this year.
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Ropes London acts on first high-yield mandate
16-Nov-2009
Ropes & Gray’s new London office has secured its first mandate since its launch last month, advising on the financing of Liberty Global’s €3.5bn (£3.12bn) acquisition of Unitymedia.
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Lovells acts on renewable energy plant development
16 November 2009
Lovells has secured a lead role advising on the establishment of a £400m 30-acre renewable energy plant in Peterborough.
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Vernalis unveils new counsel
16 November 2009
Biotech research company Vernalis has promoted in-house lawyer Alison Hood to general counsel and company secretary.
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Watson Burton partners inject cash to open up equity
12-Nov-2009
Watson Burton’s senior equity partners have injected over £1m into the firm to enable more junior partners to enter the equity ranks.
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Biotech group Vernalis replaces departing GC with internal promotion
12-Nov-2009
Biotechnology research company Vernalis has promoted in-house lawyer Alison Hood to the position of general counsel and company secretary.
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Fried Frank bolsters City finance practice with A&O hire
11-Nov-2009
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired former Allen & Overy leveraged finance partner Mark Wesseldine to bulk up its practice in the City.
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Al Tamimi launches in Kuwait
10-Nov-2009
Al Tamimi & Company has launched in Kuwait after hiring former DLA Piper Kuwait head Alex Saleh.
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Three partners leave Halliwells to launch Manchester office for Plexus
9-Nov-2009
Plexus Law has hired a three-partner insurance liability team from Halliwells to launch an office in Manchester.
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Bickerton triumphs as Clifford Chance London boss
9-Nov-2009
Clifford Chance capital markets head David Bickerton has been elected by the firm’s partnership to become London managing partner.
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Ashurst streamlines US strategy with six-firm list
09 November 2009
Referral network created to work alongside UK firm’s US practices
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Cahill on European bond red alert
09 November 2009
As high-yield dealflow returns, US boutique remains opaque over reports of City arrivals
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Camerons, DLA Piper brought in on Lloyds’ £400m bid forCPA
09 November 2009
CMS Cameron McKenna and DLA Piper have scored lead roles advising Lloyds TSB’s private equity arm Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) on its £400m bid for outsourcing company CPA Global.
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EIB’s legal function gains double vision
09 November 2009
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has split its in-house legal team in two, with one group now focusing on operations and the other on corporate.
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Simmons hardest hit in mixed interims
09 November 2009
Early indications are that law firms are bearing up reasonably well at the half-year stage after firms across the board suffered heavy turnover and profit drops in the 2008-09 financial year.
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Clifford Chance loses eight fee-earners through redundancy
6-Nov-2009
Clifford Chance has shed eight fee-earners from its capital markets practice via redundancy.
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A&O turnover down 7 per cent at half-year stage
6-Nov-2009
Allen & Overy’s (A&O) global revenues are down seven per cent year-on-year for the first half of 2009-10, with turnover standing at £511m.
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Winston hires four-partner team from Nixon Peabody in New York
3-Nov-2009
Winston & Strawn has bulked up its New York private equity practice by hiring a team of four partners from Nixon Peabody.
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Cahill to bulk up London base ahead of expected high-yield revival
3-Nov-2009
Cahill Gordon & Reindel is preparing to relocate a team of associates from its New York office to London to take advantage of the anticipated resurgence of the European high-yield market.
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Herbies and Lovells join Slaughters on Treasury's go-to team
2-Nov-2009
A trio of UK firms has won places on HM Treasury’s legal panel after competing with City rivals in a beauty parade.
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Ashurst, Links, Bingham swap Gala Coral’s debt for equity
02 November 2009
A trio of firms has scored lead roles on Gala Coral’s debt restructuring, in a deal that saw the bingo chain’s lenders write off £540m of debt in a debt-for-equity swap.
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Hammonds replaces lost employment head
02 November 2009
Hammonds has appointed partner Matthew Lewis as its new Leeds head of employment.
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RBS and panel firms lock horns over secondees
02 November 2009
Tension is growing between RBS and the firms pitching for its legal panel as the bank tightens its secondment criteria and firms struggle to manage their streamlined teams.
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Ropes’ UK team visits US HQ for City powwow
02 November 2009
Ropes & Gray’s newly hired London team is visiting the firm’s US headquarters this week to draw up plans for the development of the London arm and to sign up a number of secondees.
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SJ Berwin's international growth continues with Shanghai launch
30-Oct-2009
SJ Berwin has launched its second Asian office, setting up a base in the Chinese city of Shanghai.
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First White & Case partner relocates to Africa under new plan
28-Oct-2009
A White & Case London structured products and capital markets partner is relocating to Johannesburg as part of the firm’s new focus on Africa.
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Crowell hires 29-lawyer team for San Francisco launch
28-Oct-2009
US firm Crowell & Moring is to launch an office in San Francisco after hiring a 29-lawyer team from US litigation firm Folger Levin & Kahn.
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Shearman relocates two Rome partners for Milan launch
28-Oct-2009
Shearman & Sterling is relocating two of its Rome partners to Milan to launch its second office in Italy.
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Freshfields and Slaughters set the Standard on Barclays deal
27-Oct-2009
Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer and Slaughter and May have snared lead roles on Barclays’ £226m acquisition of Standard Life Bank.
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Ashurst, Herbies lead on Battersea project
26 October 2009
Ashurst and Herbert Smith are advising on the £5.5bn proposed redevelopment of Battersea Power Station in London.
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Hammonds considers patent services tie-up as partners exit
26 October 2009
Hammonds is in talks with German firm Gulde Hengelhaupt Ziebig & Schneider about setting up a patent prosecution referral relationship following the departure of two partners from the UK firm’s Munich office.
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Kirkland replaces City restructuring leadership
26 October 2009
Kirkland & Ellis London partners Kon Asimacopoulos and Partha Kar have taken over management of the firm’s City restructuring practice following the departure of Lyndon Norley.
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Ropes goes head-to-head with Kirkland on Bain work
26 October 2009
Kirkland & Ellis’s core relationship with Bain Capital will come under threat when fellow US firm Ropes & Gray launches a UK office, as first revealed on The Lawyer.com (22 October).
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Allen and Goetz to launch UK base for Boston's Ropes & Gray
22-Oct-2009
Ropes & Gray has hired finance partners Maurice Allen and Mike Goetz to spearhead its London office launch.
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Hammonds seeks German patents tie-up following double defection in Munich
20-Oct-2009
Hammonds is in talks with German firm Gulde Hengelhaupt Ziebig & Schneider about setting up a patent prosecution referral relationship following the departure of two partners from the UK firm’s Munich office.
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Dickie Dees senior partner leaves for GC role at Middlesbrough FC's owner
19-Oct-2009
Dickinson Dees senior partner Robin Bloom is leaving the firm to become general counsel at Middlesbrough Football Club’s owner Gibson O’Neill Limited.
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Can A&O and CC break US firms’ stranglehold on Euro high-yield?
19 October 2009
Magic circle firms have much to prove if they hope to challenge Latham, says Julia Berris
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Clifford Chance hands Amsterdam management to capital markets partner
16-Oct-2009
Clifford Chance has elected partner Bas Boris Visser as its new Amsterdam managing partner.
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Kirkland gains three City partners in latest promotions round
14-Oct-2009
Kirkland & Ellis has added three to its London-based partnership in its latest round of promotions.
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Greenberg turns to Dundas for latest London hire
13-Oct-2009
Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) has hired Dundas & Wilson partner Ewan Robertson to bulk up its corporate capabilities.
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A&O in bid to dominate US work in London
05 October 2009
Allen & Overy (A&O) has moved to bulk up its US capability in London with the hire of an equity capital markets partner from Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom.
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Control returns to HQ as CC duo square up for global litigation head battle
05 October 2009
Clifford Chance London managing partner Jeremy Sandelson and former Asian litigation head Denis Brock are going head-to-head to win the title of global head of litigation, in what is sure to be one the most hotly-contested elections the firm has seen for years.
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Crowell & Moring boosts London office
05 October 2009
Washington DC-headquartered Crowell & Moring has bolstered its London office with a hire from fellow US firm Debevoise & Plimpton.
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Former Fox-Pitt counsel targets China
05 October 2009
The former general counsel of boutique investment bank Fox-Pitt Kelton has launched a UK law firm focused on the Chinese market.
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Lovells, Akin score lead roles on Lukoil facility
05 October 2009
Lovells and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld have scored lead roles advising on a $1.2bn (£760m) Lukoil loan facility.
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SJ Berwin associates demand recognition for non-legal work
05 October 2009
SJ Berwin’s Associate Solicitors Forum (ASF) is debating how to reward and motivate junior lawyers for doing non-legal work.
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Hammonds says goodbye to two partners at the end of six-month lock in
2-Oct-2009
Two partners have resigned from Hammonds at the end of the firm’s latest six month lock-in period.
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Covington gains one City partner in latest promotions round
2-Oct-2009
Covington & Burling’s London office has gained one new partner in the firm’s annual promotions round.
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Sandelson, Brock go head to head in Clifford Chance litigation vote
30-Sep-2009
Clifford Chance partners Jeremy Sandelson and Denis Brock are competing for the role of global head of litigation at the magic circle firm.
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CC, Bakers, Hammonds brought in for Denso pensions buyouts
28 September 2009
A trio of UK firms has scored lead roles on the buyout of three Denso Manufacturing Midlands (DMML) pension schemes.
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Childs: percentage of female partners at CC is ‘not good enough’
28 September 2009
Clifford Chance is pledging to increase its percentage of female partners to 30 per cent.
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Pinsents’ legal outsourcing strategy moves up a gear
28 September 2009
Pinsent Masons is gearing up to expand its outsourcing initiative with outsourcing company Exigent.
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Shearman shores up beleagured Brussels office
28 September 2009
Last year Shearman & Sterling sent New York M&A partner Creighton Condon to London to lead the firm’s European network.
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Wachtell suffers crash backlash
28 September 2009
Does the elite firm need to soften its aggressive tactics? asks Julia Berris
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Morgan Lewis to eschew UK litigation as London chief steps down
24-Sep-2009
Morgan Lewis is to reduce its exposure to litigation in the UK when London managing partner Robert Goldspink, a litigator, retires at the end of the month.
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Shearman to rebuild Brussels with relocation of German team
22-Sep-2009
Shearman & Sterling has relocated a four-lawyer team from Düsseldorf to Brussels in a bid to rebuild its competition practice there.
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Fasken Martineau opens in France via local tie-up and Dewey hires
22-Sep-2009
Canadian firm Fasken Martineau has launched in Paris after acquiring local firm Gravel Leclerc & Partners and a hiring a four-lawyer team from Dewey & LeBoeuf.
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Dewey guides Caster Semenya through IAAF gender testing
21-Sep-2009
Dewey & LeBoeuf is advising South African athlete Caster Semenya to ensure her human rights are upheld during gender testing by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF).
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Clifford Chance launches awards to highlight corporate responsibility
21 September 2009
Clifford Chance is putting corporate responsibility (CR) at the top of every employee’s agenda by launching an awards initiative to recognise excellence within the firm.
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Eversheds gives associates stronger voice
21 September 2009
Eversheds is launching an associate forum in its London office to tackle issues affecting junior lawyers at the firm.
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Signy plays key role as Simpson Thacher advises Blackstone on Broadgate deal
18-Sep-2009
Former Clifford Chance heavyweight Adam Signy has scored his first major deal since joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, advising Blackstone Group on its acquisition of the Broadgate estate.
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Chadbourne rehires partner who defected to Dechert
16-Sep-2009
A former Chadbourne & Parke partner has rejoined the firm after defecting to Dechert’s Moscow office earlier this year.
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Clifford Chance splits CEE management role
16-Sep-2009
Clifford Chance has divided its Central and Eastern Europe and Russia managing partner role in two after incumbent Michael Cuthbert announced that he will retire from the firm at the end of the year.
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Australia's Freehills signs Chinese alliance
16-Sep-2009
Australian firm Freehills has signed a strategic alliance with Chinese firm TransAsia.
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White & Case third quarter distributions drop 29 per cent
16-Sep-2009
White & Case partners’ quarterly profit distributions for the third quarter of this year have fallen 30 per cent on the same period last year, with the total pool dropping from $35m (£21.2m) to $25m (£15.2m).
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The Lehman collapse: the banking sector analysed
15-Sep-2009
Before the collapse of Lehman Brothers banking teams were holding their own, but since then they are united in their battle to stay on top.
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Former Clifford Chance associate rejoins firm as partner in Italy
14-Sep-2009
Clifford Chance is looking to rebuild its Italian practice after rehiring as a partner a Milan associate who left the firm in April.
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Equity capital markets provide much-needed work in real estate
14 September 2009
A select group of firms are using established relationships to tap into fresh seams.
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Eversheds outsourcing scheme will save £2m
14 September 2009
Eversheds has forecasted that it will save £2m a year following the implementation of a UK-wide secretarial outsourcing project.
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Herbies partner goes in-house at Barclays
14 September 2009
Barclays has hired Herbert Smith corporate partner Michael Shaw as its deputy general counsel.
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Kraft work gives hope to CC NY
14 September 2009
Can the bid for Cadbury bring CC’s US practice back from the brink?
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Watson Burton pair quits to set up family boutique
14 September 2009
A Watson Burton partner duo has quit to launch a family and professional indemnity (PI) boutique.
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Wolf Theiss, Hasche Sigle see through FutureLAB sale
14 September 2009
Wolf Theiss and CMS Hasche Sigle have scored lead roles advising on BC Partners’ e300m (£263.69m) acquisition of medical diagnostic company FutureLAB.
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White & Case London chief wins seat on global board
11-Sep-2009
White & Case London head Oliver Brettle has been appointed to the firm’s executive committee, replacing New York partner Dimitrios Drivas.
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Greenberg continues to add to London with double partner hire
10-Sep-2009
Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) has continued its hiring drive after adding one partner apiece from Mayer Brown and Watson Farley & Williams.
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Eversheds to outsource UK-wide secretarial jobs
10-Sep-2009
Eversheds will shed up to 95 secretarial staff as the firm prepares to outsource its documentation processes with outsourcing company Exigent.
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Eversheds launches fourth round of job cuts with further 22 to go
10-Sep-2009
Eversheds has launched its fourth redundancy consultation with 22 real estate lawyers at risk.
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Clifford Chance bags sweet role for Kraft
7-Sep-2009
Clifford Chance has bagged a lead role advising Kraft on its $16.7bn bid for Cadbury.
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Barclays installs Herbies partner as deputy GC
7-Sep-2009
Barclays has hired Herbert Smith corporate partner Michael Shaw as its deputy general counsel.
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Cost of living
UK200 2009
Cutting costs has been the theme of the past financial year as the national firms struggle to come to terms with the economic uncertainties. By Julia Berris
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Ashurst, Slaughters join US duo on Songbird refinancing
7 September
Two UK and two US firms have been drafted in to advise on the £836m recapitalisation of Canary Wharf Group owner Songbird Estates.
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Dewey heads Redbell’s acquisition
7 September
Dewey & LeBoeuf has won a lead role advising Russian company Redbell on its purchase of oil company Timan Oil & Gas.
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WilmerHale aims to triple headcount in Frankfurt
7 September
WilmerHale has vowed to triple the size of its Frankfurt office after its move to larger office space in the German city.
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Disney turns to Dewey in billion-dollar comic deal
2-Sep-2009
Three US firms have won lead roles on Walt Disney’s $4bn acquisition of US comic company Marvel Entertainment.
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Herbert Smith bolsters Asia arbitration with Hong Kong move
2-Sep-2009
Herbert Smith is ramping up its Asian arbitration practice, relocating partner Justin D’Agostino to Hong Kong.
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C&I Group establishes group for City bank lawyers
31 August 2009
The Commerce & Industry (C&I) Group is setting up a sub-group aimed at providing support for London-based in-house banking lawyers.
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CC holds fire on litigation successor
31 August 2009
Clifford Chance has delayed the appointment of a global litigation head to replace Mark Kirsch as it seeks to redefine the role.
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Eversheds heads effort to increase diversity
31 August 2009
?Eversheds has teamed up with City rivals and three recruitment firms to tackle the issue of diversity in legal recruitment.
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GTM bags Paul Hastings tax lawyer
31 August 2009
?Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) has hired Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker’s London vice-chairman to bulk up its tax practice in the City. Justin Hamer is the seventh partner to join the US firm in London since it launched in June. GTM launched with Mayer Brown co-vice-chair Paul Maher. Maher was joined by Mayer Brown partners Fiona Adams and Cate Sharp before hiring a capital markets trio from White & Case comprising Tim Jeveons, Andrew Croxford and Andrew Caunt.
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Local heroes
31 August 2009
Ignoring the lure of international expansion, the Greek legal market remains primarily made up of family-run firms focused on the local market.
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Revealed: gloomy prospects fail to deter wannabe partners
31 August 2009
YouGov survey finds greater proportion of junior lawyers coveting partnership in year that promotions nosedive
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Cobbetts starts flexi-working in bid to save jobs
28-Aug-2009
Cobbetts has introduced a four-day week across its transactional practice groups in a bid to avoid making and further job cuts.
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McGrigors bulks up in Belfast with local merger
28-Aug-2009
Edinburgh-headquartered firm McGrigors has merged with Irish firm L’Estrange & Brett, its second merger in a year.
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Shearman Brussels left partnerless by Arnold & Porter hires
27-Aug-2009
Shearman & Sterling’s European network has been hit by the defection of two Brussels antitrust partners to Arnold & Porter.
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Eversheds pensions head becomes London senior partner
27-Aug-2009
Eversheds pensions head Anthony Arter has been named as the firm’s next London senior partner.
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Milbank builds up City practice with Ashurst hire
26-Aug-2009
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has hired an Ashurst restructuring partner to bulk up its capabilities in the City.
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Mayer Brown names new competition head
26-Aug-2009
Mayer Brown has promoted partner Gillian Sproul to head of competition and antitrust in its London office.
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Weil Gotshal London hires A&O tax partner
25-Aug-2009
Weil Gotshal & Manges has hired an Allen & Overy tax partner to bulk up its London office.
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White & Case helps draft Kazakh restructuring laws
21-Aug-2009
White & Case has scored a lead role advising the Kazakhstan government on the creation of new restructuring laws in the country.
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Clifford Chance faces law suit from redundant German partners
21-Aug-2009
Two former Clifford Chance Germany partners have accused the firm of unfair dismissal in the wake of its global partnership restructuring.
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Addleshaws bolsters litigation with double Winston & Strawn hire
19-Aug-2009
Addleshaw Goddard has hired a litigation partner duo from US firm Winston & Strawn.
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Clifford Chance appoints Kiev managing partner
19-Aug-2009
Clifford Chance has named Kiev partner Jared Grubb as managing partner of the office.
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Greenberg adds to hiring spree with W&C partners
17-Aug-2009
Rapidly growing Greenberg Traurig Maher (GTM) has snared a brace of capital markets partners from White & Case.
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Bakers' London partners bear brunt of PEP drop
14-Aug-2009
Baker & McKenzie’s London office saw turnover drop by just over 3 per cent during the last financial year, down from £119.8m to £115.7m.
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Ashurst installs partner duo to head Milan after walk out
11-Aug-2009
Ashurst has appointed two new Milan heads in the wake of a four partner departure from the office.
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Ashurst votes on White & Case partner hire
10 August 2009
Ashurst is in advanced talks with White & Case restructuring partner Dan Hamilton, with the expectation that he will join the firm’s London office.
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Hammonds invites office heads to join the board
10 August 2009
Hammonds has overhauled its management structure to give more power to office heads.
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K&L Gates boosts arbitration in Asia
10 August 2009
K&L Gates is looking to build up its Asian arbitration practice after hiring a Watson Farley & Williams partner to lead the group.
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Macfarlanes gains mandate as ITV sells Friends Reunited
10 August 2009
Macfarlanes and Lovells won key advisory roles on ITV’s sale of loss-making social networking site Friends Reunited.
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Schillings adapts to defamation cost-capping
10 August 2009
Media boutique Schillings is shifting its target client focus in anticipation of the introduction of cost-capping on defamation cases.
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Teacher Stern to boost litigation after BLP raid
10 August 2009
Teacher Stern plans to ramp up its corporate litigation and real estate teams in the wake of star partner Graham Shear’s departure.
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Walker Morris’s PEP tumbles by 27 per cent
10 August 2009
North East firm Walker Morris saw average profit per equity partner (PEP) drop 27 per cent in 2008-09 on the back of a turnover drop of 8 per cent.
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Why Clydes is bonny in the US
10 August 2009
Clydes is succeeding where many a magic circle firm has failed, but will its strategy outlive the downturn? asks Julia Berris
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Simmons bolsters Frankfurt with Haarmann hire
7-Aug-2009
Simmons & Simmons has hired Haarmann founding partner Jan Wildberger to bulk up its Frankfurt office.
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Greenberg bulks up London office with lateral hire
6-Aug-2009
Greenberg Traurig Maher has hired former White & Case capital markets partner Tim Jeveons as it begins to build its nascent London office.
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BLP hires Teacher Stern sports litigator Shear
6-Aug-2009
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired Teacher Stern sports and media litigator Graham Shear.
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Finance duo Allen and Goetz quit Freshfields
3-Aug-2009
High-profile banking partners Maurice Allen and Mike Goetz have left Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer just over a year after joining the magic circle firm.
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PEP falls 27 per cent at Walker Morris
3-Aug-2009
North East firm Walker Morris saw average profits per equity partner (PEP) drop 27 per cent in the last financial year on the back of a turnover drop of 8 per cent.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Freshfields installs new US chief
30-Jul-2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has appointed New York-based corporate partner Julian Pritchard to the role of US regional managing partner.
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Paul Hastings real estate boss to head London office
30-Jul-2009
Paul Hastings Janofsky & Walker has named global real estate head partner Phil Feder as head of its London office.
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Paper trial
29-Jul-2009
If there’s one thing that defendant and claimant defamation lawyers agree on, it’s that more judges are needed to oversee large scale defamation cases.
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SJ Berwin's PEP plummets 50 per cent
29-Jul-2009
Average profits per equity partner (PEP) at SJ Berwin halved during the last financial year, dropping from £801,000 at the end of 2007-08 to £410,000.
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Cadwalader office move sees firm downsize in City
27 July 2009
?After scouring London for the perfect home, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has found a new UK base.
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CC structured finance partner latest to defect as UK firms face tough time in Italy
27 July 2009
Former Clifford Chance Italy co-managing partner Luigi Chessa has left the magic circle firm.
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Clifford Chance mulls expansion in Turkey
27 July 2009
Clifford Chance is examining its options in Turkey after establishing a toehold in the country, The Lawyer can reveal.
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Edwards Angell haunted by ex
27 July 2009
Sacked partner takes US firm to court over unrealistic billing expectations.
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King & Wood expands
27 July 2009
King & Wood has merged with Hong Kong firm Arculli Fong & Ng, becoming the first People’s Republic of China practice to launch in the former UK dependent territory.
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Lovells, Slaughters bag roles on Icelandic banks’ recapitalisation
27 July 2009
A group of UK and US firms has landed key roles advising on the $2.1bn (£1.28bn) recapitalisation of the Icelandic banking sector.
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Schillings, Akin Gump team up in the US
27 July 2009
Schillings has teamed up with US firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld to tackle the issue of enforcing UK court orders in the US.
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Teacher Stern provides timely assist on Man City’s Tevez swoop
27 July 2009
Teacher Stern Selby has advised on footballer Carlos Tevez’s transfer to Manchester City FC.
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Cadwalader downsizes as it opts for new Bank home
21-Jul-2009
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft is moving to new premises in Bank which will see the firm almost halve its office space in the capital.
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Simpson, Cravath, Bredin Prat scoop top roles on KKR listing
21-Jul-2009
Simpson Thatcher & Bartlett, Cravath Swaine & Moore and Bredin Prat have scored lead roles advising on Kohlberg Kravis Roberts’ (KKR) merger with KKR Private Equity Investors (KPE).
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Lawyers predict changes to privacy pay-outs after News of the World scandal
20-Jul-2009
Lawyers are gearing up for potential changes to invasion of privacy compensation in the wake of the News International phone hacking scandal.
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Ashurst lengthens road to lockstep after PEP fall
20 July 2009
Ashurst has mooted extending the length of time it takes for junior equity partners to gain senior status, dropping the value of an equity point by a third.
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Cadwalader to reduce City office space by up to half
20 July 2009
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has signalled its intent to permanently downsize its London operations by finalising an office move that will see it reduce its space in the City by almost half.
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Eversheds man leads Cornish green team
20 July 2009
Eversheds local government partner Stephen Cirell has been seconded to Cornwall Council to lead its green agenda.
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Freshfields targets quality litigators
20 July 2009
UK firm adopts cautious approach to pinpoint the right US laterals. By Julia Berris
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M&G calls on Lovells to launch fund for recession-hit companies
20 July 2009
Lovells has advised M&G, the investment management arm of Prudential, on the launch of a £1bn company financing fund.
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Shearman strikes rich vein of work in Abu Dhabi
20 July 2009
Shearman & Sterling has seen some significant changes of late: the US firm overhauled its management structure last year, electing new practice and office heads; it has made layoffs in the US and UK this year; it also relocated some of its most senior partners to overseas offices.
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Stephensons bags ex-Ashurst partner
20 July 2009
Stephenson Harwood has bulked up its London corporate team by hiring former Ashurst partner Duncan Stiles.
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Ward Hadaway asks property staff to cut hours to stave off job losses
20 July 2009
Ward Hadaway is encouraging staff in its property department to take 13 days unpaid leave during the summer in a bid to keep staffing costs down.
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Linklaters raids Clifford Chance for German restructuring star
16-Jul-2009
Linklaters has again turned to its magic circle rivals for a key German hire, snaring a leading restructuring partner from Clifford Chance’s Frankfurt office.
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Mills & Reeve's revenues increase by 7 per cent
14-Jul-2009
Mills & Reeve has reported a 7 per cent revenue hike for the last financial year.
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Bingham and McKee: match-fit
13 July 2009
Bingham might be seen as McKee’s saviour, but is nevertheless gaining a valuable asset
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Hammonds Direct to disclose accounts
13 July 2009
The Hammonds Direct partnership has been ordered to disclose its accounts as the row over the £2.3m cash call continues.
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Travers strengthens Bridgepoint ties with Pets at Home IPO
13 July 2009
Travers Smith is understood to be advising on Bridgepoint Capital’s float of retailer Pets at Home.
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White & Case partner quits over strategy
13 July 2009
White & Case securities partner Tim Jeveons has left the London office amid disagreements over the firm’s strategic direction.
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Privacy lawyers scramble to advise celebrities on tabloid phone hacking claims
10-Jul-2009
Lawyers are gearing up for litigation stemming from the News International phone hacking allegations.
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Hammonds PEP falls by 25 per cent
9-Jul-2009
Hammonds has reported a 25 per cent drop in profits for the last financial year, from £367,000 to £276,000.
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Ashurst says goodbye to the million-pound PEP club as profit drops by a third
8-Jul-2009
Ashurst has reported a 35 per cent drop in profit per equity (PEP) for the 2008-09 financial year.
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Bingham snaps up McKee in US merger
6-Jul-2009
Bingham McCutchen has acquired 120-lawyer US firm McKee Nelson.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ashurst’s corporate dept misses budget by 20 per cent
22 June 2009
Ashurst’s corporate practice missed budget by around 20 per cent for the last financial year, dropping to around £60m.
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Canada Special report: Canadian shield
22 June 2009
Canada’s traditional cautiousness served it well when the crunch hit and its law firms are now taking advantage of their domestic clients’ newfound sense of adventure.
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Eversheds keeps South Central rail deal on track
22 June 2009
Eversheds advised the Department for Transport on its £534m South Central rail franchise, which has been awarded to Dickinson Dees client Southern Railways.
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Gibson Dunn wants its fill of Brazil
22 June 2009
Inherent cautiousness means new office is not the product of whimsy.
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Hammonds refocuses on financials, global liaisons
22 June 2009
Hammonds’ London office has created the role of finance director in a bid to encourage better cash collection by partners, while also naming five international office liaison partners to improve communication and referrals throughout the network.
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Mayer Brown in advanced talks with A&O leveraged finance team
22 June 2009
Mayer Brown is in advanced talks with teams from several firms in London to significantly bulk up its capital markets and corporate practice groups in the City
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Pinsents – first firm to offshore work of qualified UK lawyers
22 June 2009
National firm to outsource litigation work to South Africa as offshoring revolution gathers pace
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A&O, Links advise on Sainsbury's capital raising
17-Jun-2009
Two magic circle firms have secured lead roles on Sainsbury’s £445m capital raising.
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Gibson Dunn prepares ground for Sao Paulo launch
16-Jun-2009
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher is gearing up to launch an office in Sao Paulo and will relocate one New York partner to Brazil.
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Hammonds debt collection spin-off Drydens bought by ex-DLA partner
15-Jun-2009
The partners of Hammonds’ debt collection spin-off Drydens have sold the business months after another Hammonds spin-off, Hammonds Direct, went into administration.
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Apple goes rotten for CC as NY litigation team falls apart
15 June 2009
It is mass exodus time at Clifford Chance New York. Eight months ago, and a year after the UK-headquartered firm laid off a handful of structured finance associates, it embarked on its first major round of layoffs in the US. When it was over, 20 litigation associates had gone.
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DWF raids Dickie Dees for pensions triumvirate
15 June 2009
DWF HAS bolstered its pensions practice after hiring a three-strong team from Newcastle-based Dickinson Dees.
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Hammonds’ litigation implosion continues with York, lease feuds
15 June 2009
Hammonds just cannot seem to distance itself from partner disputes. After largely resolving a High Court battle with a group of former partners relating to overdrawn profits, news of Hammonds Direct going into administration prompted a number of disputes between the law firm and the partnership of the failed conveyancing business.
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Kirkland and Sidley take charge of Bain finance deal
15 June 2009
Kirkland & Ellis and Sidley Austin have scored lead roles on Bain Capital’s cash injection into Chinese retailer Gome Electrical Appliances.
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Viguié Schmidt hires CC securities litigator
15 June 2009
Newly merged French boutique Viguié Schmidt Peltier Juvigny has hired former securities litigator Frédéric Peltier from Clifford Chance.
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Yanks eye City tie-ups for Euro push
15 June 2009
US mid players see downturn as opportunity to trawl UK for big fish. Julia Berris reports
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Watson Burton senior partner relinquishes management duties
12-Jun-2009
Watson Burton senior partner Rob Langley given up his managerial responsibilities as the firm finalises its tier-one equity structure.
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CC New York litigators take partnership at Gibson Dunn
10-Jun-2009
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher has hired a trio of litigators who have left the New York office of magic circle firm Clifford Chance.
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CC loses six partners from capital markets
8 June 2009
Clifford Chance has seen the partner headcount in its derivatives and capital markets practice decrease by six since May.
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Hammonds enforces corporate sabbaticals
8 June 2009
Hammonds has introduced mandatory sabbaticals for all associates in its corporate department in a bid to cut costs.
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Hammonds partner quits Direct board
8 June 2009
Hammonds partner David Armitage has stepped down from the Hammonds Direct partnership committee while it tries to settle a property dispute with the law firm, where he is also a partner.
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Lovells energises EDF’s coffers with e1bn bond issue
8 June 2009
Lovells has won a role alongside magic circle firm Clifford Chance advising on French company EDF Energy’s e1bn (£870m) bond issuance.
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US firms retain majority of London qualifiers
8 June 2009
It is early in the recruitment cycle for US firms, but recent announcements suggest that several US firms’ London offices are holding up despite the pressures of the downturn.
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McDermott cuts 70 more jobs in the US
5-Jun-2009
McDermott Will & Emery has cut 25 associates and 45 support staff in its second round of layoffs in the US.
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Shearman wins another GM-related role
4-Jun-2009
US firm Shearman & Sterling has won a lead role advising on the acquisition of General Motors business Hummer.
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Weil Gotshal cuts 79 US support jobs
4-Jun-2009
Weil Gotshal & Manges has laid off 79 support staff across its US offices due to the pressures of the economic downturn.
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Two more partners leave Mayer Brown London
3-Jun-2009
Mayer Brown has suffered two more departures from its London office with a corporate partner and an environment partner both choosing to leave the firm.
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SRA unveils firms on disciplinary panel
2-Jun-2009
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has appointed 16 firms to its revamped disciplinary proceedings panel.
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DocGenix snares lawyer from parent A&O
1 June 2009
US derivatives IT company DocGenix, which is majority owned by Allen & Overy (A&O), has turned to the firm for the hire of its first UK-based in-house lawyer.
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Eversheds puts equity on pedestal
1 June 2009
EVERSHEDS has introduced more stringent appraisal measures for fixed-share partners who have aspirations of entering the firm’s equity.
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Freshfields secures South African media merger role
1 June 2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has been instructed by South African company MTN Group to advise on its merger with mobile operator Bharti Airtel.
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Hammonds takes Direct action in lease wrangle
1 June 2009
Hammonds Direct committee denies lease liability in face of pre-action letter
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K&L Gates hires ex-Ashurst Dubai head as international expansion gathers pace
1 June 2009
K&L Gates has hired the former head of Ashurst’s Dubai office as it prepares to open its first office in the Middle East.
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Lovells reaps rewards of poor pound as rivals toil
1 June 2009
The first financial results from firms in the top 10 have started trickling out, with the massive impact of sterling’s decline against the euro and the dollar helping bolster Lovells’ 2008-09 revenue figure.
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Watson Burton risks rebellion with elite equity level
1 June 2009
WATSON Burton is overhauling its equity partnership less than a year after it restructured its remuneration system.
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White & Case cull silence is sapping partner morale
1 June 2009
Mystery surrounds the White & Case partnership cull. Earlier this year the US firm announced it would be shedding 15-20 per cent of its global partnership, as well as 200 associates and 200 from its support staff workforce (TheLawyer.com, 10 March).
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Clifford Chance global litigation chief quits firm
29-May-2009
Clifford Chance’s global head of litigation Mark Kirsch has left the magic circle firm in the midst of the global partnership restructuring.
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Mayer Brown completes management overhaul
28-May-2009
Mayer Brown has completed the restructuring of its management team after electing the final five partners to its 12-member partnership board.
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Jones Day scores seven-strong team from Kirkland
28-May-2009
Jones Day has boosted its US restructuring practice with the hire of a seven-lawyer team from Kirkland & Ellis.
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Ashurst revenues down by 7 per cent
27-May-2009
Ashurst has reported a seven per cent drop in global revenues for the 2008-09 financial year.
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Eversheds PEP falls by 27 per cent as revenue drops to £366m
27-May-2009
The financial cost of funding three rounds of redundancies has seen Eversheds’ average profit per equity partner (PEP) figure drop by 26.8 per cent over the last year while revenues have fallen by six per cent.
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K&L Gates turns to Clifford Chance for New York corporate hire
26-May-2009
K&L Gates has hired Clifford Chance US corporate partner David Bernstein for its New York office.
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CC’s US litigation team gets slimmer and slimmer
25 May 2009
IT HAS been a bleak few months in Clifford Chance’s US practice.
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Clifford Chance sets up partner appeals body
25 May 2009
CLIFFORD Chance has created an independent appeals body for partners who are cut as part of its global restructuring.
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Eversheds staff face axe if outsourcing pilot successful
25 May 2009
Further support staff roles could be cut at Eversheds if a documentation outsourcing scheme is implemented at the firm.
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Linklaters tipped to win mandate for AIG’s float of AIA in Asia
25 May 2009
Linklaters is emerging as a frontrunner to win the mandate advising on the IPO of AIG’s Asian life assurance arm.
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Simpson Thacher, Links land Alliance Boots roles
25 May 2009
Linklaters and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have won instructions on Alliance Boots’ £400m debt buyback.
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Skadden looks on the bright side
25 May 2009
IT IS rare to see partners leave Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, so Manhattan’s legal community was set chattering recently when it witnessed three partner defections in the less than a week.
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Skadden loses third partner in a week
20-May-2009
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has lost its third partner in a week, with restructuring partner Jan Baker defecting to Latham & Watkins.
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Mayer Brown governance structure in limbo as Maher quits
19-May-2009
Mayer Brown’s co-vice-chair Paul Maher has officially resigned from the firm after announcing that he would be taking a leave of absence to consider his options.
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Skadden suffers rare partner loss as duo defects to Kirkland
19-May-2009
Kirkland & Ellis has hired a Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom partner duo in its New York office.
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CC, Links land roles on Travis Perkins rights issue
18 May 2009
Clifford Chance and Linklaters have scored lead roles on Travis Perkins’ £300m rights issue.
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Hammonds Direct partners set for court showdown
18 May 2009
Battle commences as one partner rejects £2.3m cash call following collapse of volume business
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O’Melveny exodus continues
18 May 2009
But optimism at the firm is the official line.
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Trinity International makes first addition to its partnership
18 May 2009
London-based boutique Trinity International has made its first-ever partner promotion with the addition of corporate lawyer Conrad Marais.
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Turkey Special Report: Access all areas
18 May 2009
The bid for EU accession is forcing Turkey to rethink its unfriendly attitude to foreign law firms. Julia Berris reports
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Clifford Chance boosts Kiev office with Moscow partner transfer
15-May-2009
Clifford Chance has relocated Moscow-based banking and finance partner Jared Grubb to its Kiev office.
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Skadden hires three-partner team from O'Melveny in US
13-May-2009
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has hired a three partner team from O’Melveny & Myers in Washington DC.
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Eversheds uses Tyco model to win new client
11 May 2009
Eversheds has won another Tyco-style contract with a role advising FMC Technologies on all of its European, Russian and Asia Pacific work.
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Litigation bears the brunt as Clifford Chance wields axe
11 May 2009
Clifford Chance’s New York office is preparing for large-scale partner cuts in its litigation practice as the firm thrashes out its partnership restructuring.
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Malaysia moves to open up legal market receive a muted response from UK firms
11 May 2009
Magic circle firms will not extend their Asian network into Malaysia despite moves to open up the legal market to international firms.
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Simpson Thacher’s City gent
11 May 2009
NY giant continues global advance as CC’s Signy signs up for the ride. By Julia Berris
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Weil, Cleary, Baker Botts star in US media merger
11 May 2009
A trio of us firms have scored lead roles on DirecTV’s merger with Liberty Media Corporation.
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Clifford Chance hit by more departures as four top NY litigators walk
6-May-2009
A four-partner New York litigation team has defected from Clifford Chance to launch a Manhattan-based arbitration boutique.
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Clifford Chance star Signy quits for Simpson Thacher
5-May-2009
Clifford Chance (CC) corporate partner Adam Signy has defected to the London office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett.
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Hammonds shrugs off exits with pensions vow
4 May 2009
Hammonds has vowed to invest in its pensions business following the departure of London head and pensions star Jay Doraisamy, who becomes the latest in a series of defections from the practice.
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Taylor Wessing aims for Polish merger
4 May 2009
Taylor Wessing is gearing up for a merger with new Polish affiliation firm BSJP, The Lawyer can reveal.
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US lawyers unite against ‘draconian’ UK Budget
4 May 2009
US lawyers hit out last week at the UK Government over the new 50 per cent tax band introduced in the recent Budget.
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Jones Day, Cads win key roles on Chrysler bankruptcy
1-May-2009
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft and Jones Day have secured leading roles advising on Chrysler’s bankruptcy.
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Taylor Wessing launches Polish venture
30-Apr-2009
Taylor Wessing has launched a strategic alliance with Polish practice BSJP following a longstanding informal relationship with the firm. Through the formal alliance Taylor Wessing now has corporate, banking and finance, real estate and infrastructure, IP and technology capabilities on the ground in Poland.
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Hammonds loses another pensions partner to Eversheds
29-Apr-2009
Eversheds has hired Hammonds pension star Jay Doraisamy to bulk up its London pensions practice.
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Maher takes leave of absence from Mayer Brown
28-Apr-2009
Mayer Brown vice chairman Paul Maher has issued a highly unusual statement regarding his future at the Chicago-headquartered firm, announcing his decision to take a leave of absence following the firm’s recent leadership elections.
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Dewey Paris head quits for King & Spalding
27-Apr-2009
Atlanta-based King & Spalding has hired Dewey & LeBoeuf Paris-based arbitration head Eric Schwartz to launch in France.
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Hadef cuts six from lawyer line-up as firms reassess Middle East strategies
20 April 2009
United Arab Emirates (UAE) firm Hadef Al Dhahiri & Associates, which has rebranded as Hadef & Partners, has laid off six corporate finance lawyers as it bids to reposition itself during the downturn.
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New dawn at Mayer Brown as firm goes back to US roots
20 April 2009
The power base at Mayer Brown is set to return to the US as London-based vice-chair Paul Maher exits the firm’s management.
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SJ Berwin scores role for British Land on sale of Broadgate estate
20 April 2009
SJ Berwin is understood to be advising property company British Land on its potential sale of a 50 per cent stake in its £2.5bn Broadgate office estate in the City of London.
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Skadden and Latham lead on Qatari bond issue
20 April 2009
A duo of US firms has won lead roles on the State of Qatar’s recent $3bn (£2bn) sovereign bond issuance.
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Ward Hadaway puts Manchester office launch on back-burner
20 April 2009
Ward Hadaway has shelved plans for a Manchester office launch, preferring to ride out the recession before making a firm commitment.
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Watson Burton moots Middle East expansion
20 April 2009
Watson Burton is looking to expand its focus beyond North East England with a Middle East launch slated for the next 12 months.
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Maher overlooked in Mayer Brown rejig
17-Apr-2009
Mayer Brown’s London-based vice-chair Paul Maher has been overlooked in the firm’s management rejig with his US-based counterpart winning the newly created role of firmwide managing partner.
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Eversheds asks trainees to defer and lays off 10 in real estate
16-Apr-2009
Eversheds has announced that it is asking its forthcoming trainees to defer their start dates at the same time as making cuts in its real estate practice group.
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Muckle promotes one to partnership
16-Apr-2009
North East firm Muckle has made up one new partner in its latest round of promotions.
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CC boosts Asia private equity team with City partner transfer
14-Apr-2009
Clifford Chance London private equity partner Simon Cooke is relocating to the firm’s Hong Kong office to work alongside Hong Kong private equity head Andrew Whan.
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Cads offers less slices of equity pie
13 April 2009
Cadwalader hopes fewer shares of greater value will prove more attractive to partners
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Cadwalader manipulates shares to hike recruitment
13 April 2009
Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft has reduced the number of shares available to its equity partners in a bid to raise each share’s value so they can be used as a recruitment tool.
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CC, Macfarlanes, Travers secure Bridgepoint-Hermes mandate
13 April 2009
A trio of UK firms has won roles advising on private equity house Bridgepoint’s appointment as manager of Hermes Private Equity’s funds.
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Freshfields’ flexibility heads off job losses
13 April 2009
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has introduced a range of flexible working options for its support staff as it strives to avoid making redundancies.
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Jomati strengthens ties with US and Asia
13 April 2009
UK legal consultant Jomati has cemented a formal alliance with US counterpart Altman Weil and Professional Development Asia in Hong Kong and Beijing.
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Maher to lose vice-chair role in Mayer Brown rejig
13 April 2009
The proposed overhaul of Mayer Brown’s management is likely to see the firm establish a seven-member management committee and abolish its two vice-chairman roles.
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Links installs former UBS man as US co-head
7-Apr-2009
Linklaters has hired a UBS managing director to co-head its US practice and head up its tax practice group.
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Mayer Brown elects chair to replace Holzhauer
7-Apr-2009
Mayer Brown has nominated Chicago private equity partner Bert Krueger to succeed James Holzhauer as chairman, with the incumbent stepping down after two years at the helm.
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A&O, CC postpone promos due to partner culls
7-Apr-2009
Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy (A&O) have postponed their annual partnership promotions due to their global restructurings.
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Herbies launches Hong Kong restructuring practice
7-Apr-2009
Herbert Smith has launched an insolvency and restructuring practice in Hong Kong after hiring Appleby partner Michael Barker.
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Clifford Chance sheds 10 associates in Amsterdam
6-Apr-2009
Clifford Chance has blamed the global recession for cutting 10 associate jobs in its Amsterdam office.
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McDermott elects two to chairmanship
6-Apr-2009
McDermott Will & Emery has elected partners Jeffrey Stone and Peter Sacripanti as joint chairman of the firm.
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Bryan Cave seeks London law firm
6 April 2009
US firm Bryan Cave is on the hunt for a UK merger partner to expand its presence in London.
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Find Lovells at King’s Cross with Herbies, DAC
6 April 2009
?A trio of UK law firms has landed the leading roles advising on the restructuring of the investment vehicle for the multibillion pound King’s Cross Central regeneration scheme in Central London.
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SJ Berwin ditches European brand with Gulf push
6 April 2009
SJ Berwin has reinforced its move towards becoming an international firm by setting up an office in Dubai less than a month after launching in Hong Kong.
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White & Case partners to forge fresh African links
6 April 2009
White & Case is to relocate a number of London-based lawyers to Africa as part of a push into the continent.
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White & Case tight-lipped over partner consultation
6 April 2009
White & Case’s London partners have been left in the dark about the criteria being used to cut partners in the firm’s global partner cull.
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Mayer Brown lays off 45 more lawyers in US
3-Apr-2009
Mayer Brown has cut 45 lawyers and 90 support across its US offices.
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Skadden promotes two to London partnership
2-Apr-2009
US firm Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has promoted two City associates to its partnership.
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Hammonds sees four defections at end of lock in
1-Apr-2009
Four partners resigned from Hammonds yesterday after the firm’s lock-in period for the last six months came to an end.
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MoFo cancels Broadmoor retreat
1-Apr-2009
Morrison & Foerster has postponed its 2009 partner conference, which was due to be held at Broadmoor in June.
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Dewey City partner sets up new office in Madrid
30 March 2009
Dewey & LeBoeuf is preparing to launch a Madrid office, with a London partner spearheading the initiative.
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Latham's City revenue takes 12.8 per cent hit
30 March 2009
Latham & Watkins’ London office reported a 12.8 per cent drop in revenue for the last financial year.
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Quinn Emanuel desperate for Dan
30 March 2009
Was A&O’s Dan Cunningham’s exit perfect timing for all concerned? asks Julia Berris
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Slaughters, A&O score Cadbury bond issue
30 March 2009
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Slaughter and May have won lead roles on Cadbury’s £300m bond issuance.
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White & Case partner quits ahead of cull
27-Mar-2009
White & Case UBS relationship partner Rachel Hatfield has left the firm after becoming disaffected with its strategy.
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Former TTP GC guilty of insider dealing
27-Mar-2009
The former general counsel of technology company TTP Communications has been found guilty of insider trading in the first insider dealing criminal prosecution brought by the Financial Services Authority (FSA).
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LG launches Moscow base after winning Lukoil panel role
26-Mar-2009
LG has launched an office in Moscow after merging with local Russian firm Aurora.
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McDermott City partners anticipate cold shoulder as trio vie for chairman post
23 March 2009
US firm McDermott Will & Emery is gearing up for a leadership election. But the firm is not facing a revolution any time soon - all three candidates vying to replace chairman Harvey Freishtat form part of the firm’s traditional core.
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New Skadden chief still thinks big
23 March 2009
Executive partner inherits a firm that seems capable of defying the crunch.
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Quinn Emanuel bags A&O partner
23 March 2009
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart Oliver & Hedges is preparing for the pickup in finance-related litigation with the hire of Allen & Overy (A&O) structured finance star Dan Cunningham.As TheLawyer.com revea-led (19 March), the A&O US senior partner is defecting to the litigation firm in July. Cunningham joins as a partner in New York in the firm’s complex structured products and bankruptcy and restructuring groups.
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Skadden advises American Apparel on Lion’s share
23 March 2009
Two US firms have secured the lead roles on American Apparel’s sale of an 18 per cent stake to private equity house Lion Capital.
