Addleshaw Goddard has hired a commercial disputes partner from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in its London office. Maria Frangeskides joins Addleshaws after 15 years at US firm Orrick. She was previously at Coudert Partners, where she was head of litigation, and HFW, where she was an associate. Frangeskides advises multinational companies, large corporates and high […]
Debevoise & Plimpton has joined the growing roster of US firms posting double-digit rises in revenue for the 2020 financial year, with the New York-headquartered business reporting an increase in turnover of 17 per cent to $1.22bn. Firmwide average profit per equity partner (PEP) is also up significantly, by 23 per cent to $4.55m. This […]
Linklaters and TLT are both representing price comparison website Compare The Market in its challenge against a £17.9m fine that was handed down by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last year. The company is contesting the CMA’s decision from November 2020, which concluded that clauses in its contracts were in breach of competition law. […]
A court has said that CMS should be able to cross-examine Lionel Messi over his assets, with the Barcelona star to be served with the order when he next plays in England. It was ruled by Master Dagnall that Messi, who is represented by Stevens & Bolton, is to be served personally with the order […]
In the autumn of 2020, Blackstone’s Ian Mill QC was drafted in by the Duchess of Sussex in her dispute with Associated Newspapers. The instruction prompted a change in strategy, with her team securing an important victory this week.
Addleshaw Goddard has hired a commercial disputes partner from Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe in its London office. Maria Frangeskides joins Addleshaws after 15 years at US firm Orrick. She was previously at Coudert Partners, where she was head of litigation, and HFW, where she was an associate. Frangeskides advises multinational companies, large corporates and high […]
Debevoise & Plimpton has joined the growing roster of US firms posting double-digit rises in revenue for the 2020 financial year, with the New York-headquartered business reporting an increase in turnover of 17 per cent to $1.22bn. Firmwide average profit per equity partner (PEP) is also up significantly, by 23 per cent to $4.55m. This […]
Linklaters and TLT are both representing price comparison website Compare The Market in its challenge against a £17.9m fine that was handed down by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last year. The company is contesting the CMA’s decision from November 2020, which concluded that clauses in its contracts were in breach of competition law. […]
A court has said that CMS should be able to cross-examine Lionel Messi over his assets, with the Barcelona star to be served with the order when he next plays in England. It was ruled by Master Dagnall that Messi, who is represented by Stevens & Bolton, is to be served personally with the order […]
“As first year trainees we were tasked with the ‘tradition’ of performing at the firm Christmas party. Six of us chose to perform a Mishcon-themed rap song.”
Barclays’ legal team was once among the most influential in the UK. That power has diminished over the last decade, yet the banking giant still packs a punch when it comes to talent management. Some 40 lawyers are understood to have left Barclays in the UK last year. There are cost-cutting measures at play here, […]
Keystone Law, the poster child for the platform firm, is likely to break the psychologically important £100m revenue barrier in 2025. The success of this firm has spawned a new market, which is challenging traditional firms on the talent front. More than 3,500 lawyers now work across a variety of fee-sharing outfits, research from Atlas […]
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, Gowling WLG and Norton Rose Fulbright’s London offices will all be under water in a few decades. This trio shares idyllic views overlooking the Thames, but they will all be submerged in the river by the year 2100 as climate change-induced sea level rises occur. And this is based on the […]
Talent churn is accelerating among the junior ranks with today’s associates more mobile than the generations before them. The concept of long-term professional loyalty is fading as Gen Z rises. These lawyers ask not what they can do for you, but what your firm can do for them. This generational shift in working attitudes is […]
Hooray, big-ticket M&A is having a mini-revival and so are the firms that make so much of their money out of it. Already in 2024, major European M&A deals to have been announced include International Paper’s £5.8bn planned acquisition of London-listed packaging company DS Smith, which trumped another offer from rival Mondi. Other significant matters […]
Norway’s Sands has suffered one of the largest mass defections in its history after six partners left to join Big Five firm Wiersholm in Trondheim. The hires bolster Wiersholm in a range of the firm’s key sectors, including marine law, renewables, technology, real estate and tax. The firm has committed to further growth over the […]
Staff at Baker McKenzie are being encouraged to sit next to co-workers outside their teams, in a bid to stop people from flocking to familiar faces on office days. Bakers’ seating scheme at its new London headquarters 280 Bishopsgate is intended to encourage workers to meet people with whom they would not normally interact. While […]
Welcome to The Passport, your regular round-up of all the most important stories to come from the European legal market. In this edition, CMS Wistrand recently went live and its drivers were myriad, but one in particular stood out for us; Poland is dangerously underlawyered in one very particular area; and Pinsents has embarked on […]
Competition boutique Geradin Partners opens its doors in Paris today as the firm seeks to become a serious player in the French capital’s vibrant competition and litigation scenes. Opening on the same block as Freshfields in the heart of Paris’ 8e Arrondissement, Geradin has brought in competition litigator Marc Barennes from Bureau Brandeis with his […]
Car lease schemes for partners are rapidly dwindling in the wake of the electric vehicle (EV) salary sacrifice revolution, but Hill Dickinson is not one of them. Once a more common method for partners to enjoy part of their profit share, traditional car lease schemes have lost their lustre. The tax incentives that once made […]
