Terry Osborne: London Borough of Brent
On her return to local government, Brent’s legal head had a fight on her hands to hike the number of lawyers. She won, and saved the council millions. By Jon Parker
Irwin Mitchell takes over Golds in post-Clementi push
Top-25 firm Irwin Mitchellis to merge with Glasgow-headquartered Golds to form a £125m-turnover firm. The combination, effective 1 April, will form the UK’s fourth-biggest firm by headcount, with total staff of 2,300. With the Legal Services Bill, the two firms see benefits in teaming up to create a leading player in the market for commoditised […]
Linklaters pre-empts partner vote with LLP conversion
Linklaters is set to convert to LLP status on 1 May, having already registered its LLP with Companies House. Linklaters partners still have to ratify the decision in an imminent vote, even though the process is fully underway. The magic circle firm has gone ahead despite waiting for confirmation from the French authorities on whether […]
Big cricket mandates
As if it wasn’t the best game on Earth anyway, it seems cricket might be the way to the hearts of Indian lawyers still resisting opening up the country’s legal system to foreign firms. Ever since the English colonialists brought tea and cricket to the subcontinent, the Indians have been doing it better. But Tulkinghorn […]
Bright relocation heralds expansion drive
Terry Osborne: London Borough of Brent
On her return to local government, Brent’s legal head had a fight on her hands to hike the number of lawyers. She won, and saved the council millions. By Jon Parker
Irwin Mitchell takes over Golds in post-Clementi push
Top-25 firm Irwin Mitchellis to merge with Glasgow-headquartered Golds to form a £125m-turnover firm. The combination, effective 1 April, will form the UK’s fourth-biggest firm by headcount, with total staff of 2,300. With the Legal Services Bill, the two firms see benefits in teaming up to create a leading player in the market for commoditised […]
Linklaters pre-empts partner vote with LLP conversion
Linklaters is set to convert to LLP status on 1 May, having already registered its LLP with Companies House. Linklaters partners still have to ratify the decision in an imminent vote, even though the process is fully underway. The magic circle firm has gone ahead despite waiting for confirmation from the French authorities on whether […]
Big cricket mandates
As if it wasn’t the best game on Earth anyway, it seems cricket might be the way to the hearts of Indian lawyers still resisting opening up the country’s legal system to foreign firms. Ever since the English colonialists brought tea and cricket to the subcontinent, the Indians have been doing it better. But Tulkinghorn […]
Viacom hires Jenner & Block for YouTube battle
Media behemoth Viacom has instructed East Coast litigation specialists Jenner & Block to handle its $1bn copyright case against video site YouTube. Washington-based Donald Verrilli, head of the firm’s telecommunications practice, is leading the team for Viacom. Viacom has sued YouTube and its owner Google for copyright infringement, alleging that YouTube features 160,000 unauthorized clips […]
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Shearman jumps on infrastructure PE bandwagon with Bakers hires
Baker McKenzie infrastructure PE duo Tim Sheddick and Katie Hicks have joined Shearman & Sterling in London, the latest in a series of moves to US firms in this space. Sheddick has been with Bakers since 1999 and was made a partner in 2006. One of his key clients is Macquarie, which he advised in […]
Latham’s Barnett secures 888 mandate after A&O move
Latham & Watkins and Sidley Austin have advised on online casino operator 888 Holding’s £22m buyout of All American Poker Network (AAPN). Through the deal, London-listed 888 has acquired the remaining 53 per cent interest in AAPN that it does not own, from its joint venture partner Avenue OLG Entertainment. AAPN was established as a US-facing joint venture […]
CMS: Give us your ideas and spend a week in Silicon Valley
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang has launched a new portal to allow its staff to generate ideas and turn the best ones into products, The Lawyer has learned. The firm is asking for ideas that address three challenges, namely culture, internal efficiency or client solutions. These can either be “quick wins” or “big ideas”, which are transformative […]
Moët Hennessy names new legal chief after Meyer exit
Luxury French conglomerate LVMH has named a new legal head for its Moët Hennessy brand in Europe, after the departure of former director Isabelle Meyer to Just Eat. Jeremy Barker has been appointed as its legal director, following a four-month stint as a consultant solicitor at the company. This is a continuation of his relationship with […]
Pinsent Masons targets three firms for Dublin additions
Pinsent Masons has nearly doubled its partnership headcount in Dublin after taking on three new partners from a trio of firms in the city. Pinsents became the first international law firm to open in the Irish capital after the Brexit vote, when it announced its launch in June 2017. As strife continues over the UK’s […]
Fried Frank’s newest recruit gets first deal across the finish line post-Freshfields
The US firm is working with Clifford Chance on the largest equity investment ever made by the UK Government’s CDC Group.