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In-house interview: the GC for gin
William Grant & Sons GC Greg Bargeton is now a part of the executive and has assembled a strong legal team capable of dealing with almost anything that is thrown at it
Longstanding General Electric GC departs
The general counsel of GE Power has left the company after almost two decades in the in-house legal team of its European division.
City trio win mandates as Warburg Pincus revives wealth manager tie-up
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Kirkland & Ellis and Macfarlanes have taken lead roles on the revised merger between wealth managers Tilney and Smith & Wiliamson. The original deal, struck last September, came under pressure in March when the Financial Conduct Authority reported concerns over the level of debt that the combined businesses would carry. The transaction […]
Leaitherland’s DWF exit deal: departing CEO to keep 70 per cent of shares
DWF’s departing CEO Andrew Leaitherland is to be paid an annual salary of £530,000 over the next 12 months, while nearly a third of his shares in the firm will be clawed back by the business. Details of Leaitherland’s lucrative exit package have emerged following his shock departure from the listed outfit on Friday, which […]
Barrister of the week: 5 St Andrew’s Hill’s Alexandra Wilson
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In-house interview: the GC for gin
William Grant & Sons GC Greg Bargeton is now a part of the executive and has assembled a strong legal team capable of dealing with almost anything that is thrown at it
Longstanding General Electric GC departs
The general counsel of GE Power has left the company after almost two decades in the in-house legal team of its European division.
City trio win mandates as Warburg Pincus revives wealth manager tie-up
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Kirkland & Ellis and Macfarlanes have taken lead roles on the revised merger between wealth managers Tilney and Smith & Wiliamson. The original deal, struck last September, came under pressure in March when the Financial Conduct Authority reported concerns over the level of debt that the combined businesses would carry. The transaction […]
Leaitherland’s DWF exit deal: departing CEO to keep 70 per cent of shares
DWF’s departing CEO Andrew Leaitherland is to be paid an annual salary of £530,000 over the next 12 months, while nearly a third of his shares in the firm will be clawed back by the business. Details of Leaitherland’s lucrative exit package have emerged following his shock departure from the listed outfit on Friday, which […]
DWF braces for cuts in the wake of Leaitherland’s departure
DWF’s board has highlighted a need for cost savings, with details laid out during a partnership call held shortly after it was announced that Andrew Leaitherland would depart as its CEO. Sources close to the quick remote gathering conducted on Friday morning said that newly-appointed CEO Nigel Knowles highlighted commitment to international growth, but stressed […]
On your marks, get set, A&O
Today’s the day: will Allen & Overy (A&O) and Shearman & Sterling vote to merge, or have efforts by both firms’ management failed to convince the naysayers? Unlike the excitement of a day’s General Election, both sides are being very lawyerly about it and can ponder for two whole weeks. The vote closes on 13 […]
Eversheds’ major litmus test
On Halloween 2024, all that remained of SJ Berwin will end, as King & Wood Mallesons’ (KWM) retreat from the UK, Europe and the Middle East is finalised and its offices in those regions closed. The fate of its people in London, Brussels, Madrid, Milan, Frankfurt and Dubai will be sealed. And that will be […]
New powers are rising in the far North
The latest mergers in Scotland will be followed by more soon enough
Who cares about London, anyway?
The Lawyer’s first Regional Powerhouse Ranking shows the strength of the UK’s legal market outside London
Don’t forget to look after the partners
A period of radical change has descended on the profession, with firms contending with a raft of organisational challenges. Major tax reforms are underway for the 2023/24 year, with many firms expected to issue cash calls to satisfy the income tax bills from HM Revenue & Customs. But this one-off hit is little compared with […]
The Passport: Taylor Wessing, Inflexion and Beyoncé
This week in The Passport we’re taking a view on how Taylor Wessing might add an important missing piece in its European jigsaw and how a weak Krona has been both a blessing and a curse to Sweden’s biggest players. Taylor Wessing’s big Italian gap The big European news out of Taylor Wessing earlier this […]
Macfarlanes rolls out Harvey after firm’s largest-ever pilot
Macfarlanes this week pushed the button on its roll-out of generative AI tool HarveyAI, following the largest pilot ever carried out in the history of the firm. Around 15 per cent of Macfarlanes’ fee-earning population across every practice area and all levels of seniority spent time this June using the tool. The results were then […]
Axiom Ince disintegrates further as two teams exit
Four teams have left Axiom Ince in a day, with the private client and tax group being the latest to switch firms. Nine lawyers from the struggling firm have joined Greenwoods Legal in the London office, led by Ince’s former head of private client and tax Matthew Biles. The departure follows that of Ince tax […]
Euro 100 firm pounces on Axiom Ince for 17-strong team
Partners continue to defect from ailing Axiom Ince, as a 17-strong shipping and insurance team leaves to join the London office of a major European law firm. The team, which includes seven partners from the legacy Ince business, has moved to Norwegian Big Five firm Wikborg Rein. The arrivals will boost the Nordic outfit’s shipping […]
Two team exits in a day: Seven-strong Axiom Ince group joins Irwin Mitchell
A team of seven regulatory lawyers from Axiom Ince is the latest to leave as concerns mount over the firm’s future. Irwin Mitchell has recruited the group, led by former Ince Group partners Philip Somarakis and Colette Kelly. Somarakis is Ince’s former head of regulatory solutions and joins as Irwin Mitchell’s national head of regulatory. […]
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