Corporate News
Ashurst and Slaughters bag roles on Morrisons delivery deal with Ocado
Ashurst and Slaughter and May have advised on online retail group Ocado’s delivery deal with supermarket chain Wm Morrison Supermarkets.
Herbies strengthens nascent Frankfurt base with Norton Rose hire
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has appointed Norton Rose’s Frankfurt corporate team leader Nico Abel as its second partner for its new German offices.
Clifford Chance and Freshfields guide Cinven's Partnership IPO
Travers Smith and Ogier take further roles on planned £1.4bn float
Herbert Smith, A&O in flow for £5bn Severn Trent takeover approach
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has taken the lead role for longstanding client Severn Trent on a potential bid from a Canadian, Kuwaiti and UK consortium reportedly valuing the target at £5bn.
Morgan Lewis sees first ex-Dewey partner exit as Beijing co-head quits
Morgan Lewis & Bockius Beijing co-head Ingrid Zhu-Clark is to leave the firm, becoming the first ex-Dewey & LeBoeuf partner to exit the US outfit since a team of nearly 20 partners joined from the bankrupt firm last year.
Corporate Analysis
New south sales
Early indications are that recent law firm mergers with Australians are producing the hoped-for results in terms of cross-referrals
Number Crunching: Clifford Chance, private equity practice
Last week’s news that Clifford Chance global head of private equity David Walker is leaving to join Latham & Watkins in London marks yet another major departure from the magic circle firm’s practice, following six previous key partner exits from the firm’s funds, tax or buyouts teams since 2009.
Firms find most fertile hunting ground in AIM
There’s been some client jostling in the FTSE 100 and 250 markets but firms have hooked more clients in the alternative index, show the latest quarterly adviser rankings
Insolvency mandate analysis: Unhappy snaps
In the first of our regular round-ups of the deals and legal personalities of the month just passed, casualties of the credit crunch were to the fore, including Jessops
Fee radical
Our latest in-depth analysis of UK M&A legal bills reveals a good performance by smaller firms and success fees on the rise
Funds News and Analysis
US pair lead as Permira and HgCapital funds raise £4bn
US firms Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Proskauer Rose have advised on a duo of funds amassing close to £4bn that indicate the mixed success of private equity houses’ fundraising efforts.
Clifford Chance boosts Paris funds practice with Ashurst team
Clifford Chance is hiring Ashurst’s French fund formation chief Xavier Comaills and a team of lawyers to lead the firm’s Paris private funds group.
Mishcon boosts private equity with duo of Dundas partners
Mishcon de Reya has beefed up its private equity practice with the hire of Dundas & Wilson partner duo Simon Sale and Nadim Meer.
