Slaughter and May has appointed new co-heads for its financial institutions and technology practices amid an internal practice leadership reshuffle. Highlighting the importance of technology advice across all sectors, the firm has established a technology cross-stream practice, which will be helmed by corporate partner James Cook, competition partner Jordan Ellison and tech expert Rob Sumroy. […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Herbert Smith Freehills have been instructed to wrap up the £534m buy-out of boutique chocolatier Hotel Chocolat by confectionary conglomerate Mars. The magic circle firm is advising Mars, fielded by corporate partners Piers Prichard Jones and Victoria Sigeti, senior associate Angus Scott and associate Nikki Willson. Mars is a longstanding client […]
Latham & Watkins has promoted 34 of its lawyers to partner, with six of them being based in London. The new partners will to take up their new roles on 1 January 2024. In London, the new partners are: structured finance lawyer Chris Armstrong, corporate lawyer Suneel Basson-Bhatoa, financial regulation lawyer Gabriel Lakeman, lender-side leveraged […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has hired a new City partner, hitting up the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) for its latest recruit. Colin Raftery has spent more than seven years at the CMA and has recently spent the last five years as a senior director of mergers. He is also an alumnus of the magic circle […]
Firms are on the lookout for ESG talent, as Paul Hastings recruits a partner from Kirkland & Ellis’s London team. Ruth Knox has spent over two years at Kirkland as a partner in its ESG and impact practice. She previously spent 11 years at Linklaters before leaving for the US giant. The departure comes after […]
Kirkland & Ellis has swiped the managing partner of Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison’s London office. Alvaro Membrillera makes the shock move, having spent more than six years at Paul Weiss. He was the firm’s first UK lateral hire after opening in the City in 2001. A corporate lawyer, Membrillera previously spent 15 years […]
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Shoosmiths posted a revenue increase to the tune of 7 per cent for the 2022/23 financial year, while net profit rose 3 per cent. The firm’s turnover now stands at £194.1m compared to the £181.8m it hit the year before. Net profit nudged up slightly from £60.7m to £62.7m, but average profit per equity partner […]
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