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Addleshaw Goddard has hired a restructuring partner from Dechert, its first London lateral recruit in months as it bids to boost the practice. Restructuring partner Paul Fleming has left the US firm’s London-based business restructuring and reorganisation practice after almost four years. As part of his practice, Fleming advises clients such as creditors and lenders […]
Addleshaw Goddard real estate partner Simon Tager has resurfaced as a consultant at Irwin Mitchell. Tager had been at Addleshaws since 2017, having joined following the collapse of the UK arm of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). He joined KWM as an associate in 2005 and was there for 11 and a half years. He […]
The revenue of Addleshaw Goddard‘s intelligent delivery service has shot up to around £12m two years after its launch, The Lawyer has learned. The platform, which launched in 2017, is understood to have been developed off the back of an initial £1m investment aimed at expanding the original team and adopting and creating technology platforms. […]
Addleshaw Goddard and White & Case have advised on the second retail deal of today, in which fashion retailer Boohoo announced the acquisition of Karen Millen’s online branch and its parent brand Coast for £18.2m. Karen Millen instructed corporate partner Emma Parr and restructuring partner Ian Wallace from White & Case to handle the deal. […]
Addleshaw Goddard has hired a restructuring partner from Dechert, its first London lateral recruit in months as it bids to boost the practice. Restructuring partner Paul Fleming has left the US firm’s London-based business restructuring and reorganisation practice after almost four years. As part of his practice, Fleming advises clients such as creditors and lenders […]
Addleshaw Goddard real estate partner Simon Tager has resurfaced as a consultant at Irwin Mitchell. Tager had been at Addleshaws since 2017, having joined following the collapse of the UK arm of King & Wood Mallesons (KWM). He joined KWM as an associate in 2005 and was there for 11 and a half years. He […]
The revenue of Addleshaw Goddard‘s intelligent delivery service has shot up to around £12m two years after its launch, The Lawyer has learned. The platform, which launched in 2017, is understood to have been developed off the back of an initial £1m investment aimed at expanding the original team and adopting and creating technology platforms. […]
Addleshaw Goddard and White & Case have advised on the second retail deal of today, in which fashion retailer Boohoo announced the acquisition of Karen Millen’s online branch and its parent brand Coast for £18.2m. Karen Millen instructed corporate partner Emma Parr and restructuring partner Ian Wallace from White & Case to handle the deal. […]
Ahead of its move to new City headquarters, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has committed nearly five times more on new lease arrangements compared to last year. According to its LLP acounts, BCLP has set aside over £86m in operating lease committments, reflecting for the first time the costs associated with its London office move. […]
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As it edges closer to the £100m revenue mark, PwC Legal is looking for growth in the regions
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has expanded its French litigation and investigations practice, with the appointment of two new partners. The firm has hired White & Case partner Philippe Métais, head of its commercial and civil litigation group in Paris. He joined the firm in 1987. Making the move alongside him is Elodie Valette, a White […]
Goodwin has hired a capital markets partner from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), little more than a year after she joined the merged firm. The firm has taken on Ariel White-Tsimikalis, who until now was a partner in the UK public company practice within the M&A and corporate finance team in London and global co-leader […]
Metro Bank’s former general counsel has moved to rail pension fund Railpen to rebuild the legal function. Sally-Ann James has taken on the GC mantle at Railpen after nearly a decade as GC at Metro Bank. She joined as sole counsel in 2012 from the Co-operative Banking Group’s contract and commercial in-house team. It was […]
Ashurst has recruited a partner from Norton Rose Fulbright, the second addition to its City finance practice in less than a month. The firm has taken on Daniel Franks, who has been a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright since 2014. A derivatives and structured finance specialist, he focuses on capital markets transactions – especially in […]
The Lawyer and LexisNexis gathered delegates from across the legal sector, including lawyers, chief operating officers and IT directors, to discuss data and analytics – the critical path that data plays in their practices and how to harness its power for profitability, risk, management, planning and client experience. The roundtable was led by LexisNexis UK […]
A partner from Travers Smith’s finance team is moving to a US outfit, making him the latest to leave in the past year. Partner Barry Newman is understood to be joining Proskauer Rose. Newman is a homegrown Travers lawyer who trained at the firm and became a partner in the finance group in 2016. Newman’s practice […]
