Banking and Finance News
A&O financial institutions chief to take top legal job at Co-op
Allen & Overy (A&O) financial institutions head Alistair Asher is to take the top legal job at the Co-operative Group, starting as group general counsel on 1 July.
A&O, Linklaters advise as Co-op unveils £1.5bn restructuring plan
Allen & Overy (A&O) and Linklaters have taken headline roles advising on the Co-operative Group’s £1.5bn debt restructuring that will see bondholders offered shares in the bank through a so-called ‘bail-in’.
Paul Hastings acts on bank sale proposal as Links, Slaughters wait on Lloyds calls
Paul Hastings’ London office has taken an advisory role for the corporate finance group behind a plan to distribute shares in RBS and Lloyds Banking Group to the public as part of the banks’ planned privatisations.
A&O restocks London banking team with Goldman hire
Former Allen & Overy (A&O) senior associate Denise Gibson is to rejoin the firm as a banking partner following a stint at Goldman Sachs.
Lloyds advisers still in limbo over customer-pay panel review
Lloyds Banking Group has still not informed its external advisers about the timescale for its customer-pay panel review, after partners at law firms originally expected the process to kick off earlier this year.
Banking and Finance Analysis
The Lawyer Awards shortlist - banking and finance: Structural engineers
All those on the shortlist for this year’s The Lawyer Awards best banking & finance team show a knack for creating groundbreaking deal opportunities
High anxiety: how the new financial regulatory regime will affect lawyers
Nerves are mounting over the ‘twin peaks’ financial regulation regime which could see accountants grabbing top-end advice work
Cash flow
US firms are picking up more than their fair share of big-name banking and finance partners. Why?
Spring tide
Clifford Chance again tops the global project finance rankings by deal value. It’s been a pretty rotten time for the sector, but events such as the Arab Spring are giving things a push
