A series of US and UK firms including Addleshaw Booth & Co and CMS Cameron KcKenna have emerged as the firms being targeted by Theodore Goddard as merger partners. Theodores' management team, which includes senior partner Paddy Grafton Green (left), is expected to recommend a merger shortlist by February. First revealed on www.thelawyer.com/ lawyernews 15 January
Taken to task
In the wake of three overturned decisions, the role of the European Commission’s merger taskforce is under scrutiny. But as Neil Warwick reports, the alternatives could be worse “May you live in interesting times” is an oft-quoted Chinese proverb that could be more at home in the corridors of the European Commission’s (EC) powerful competition […]