Willkie Farr & Gallagher has secured its long-awaited hire of two partners from Kirkland & Ellis, as they join former colleague Claire McDaid to expand its City private equity team. Gavin Gordon and David Arnold are to join Willkie in the City, following on from the firm’s hire of Dechert tax partner Jane Scobie last […]
The Black Lives Matter movement has received much press over the past month since the disgustingly horrific murder of George Floyd. It’s put the issue of racism firmly on the agenda of the mainstream media, major corporations and institutions and prompted much debate among individuals. We have seen the Bank of England pledge to remove […]
Dechert has agreed to disclose further documents to the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), just days before the parties were due to deliberate the release of these documents in a court hearing. A hearing was due to begin last week in the Commercial Court to rule on further disclosure, but this has been abandoned after […]
DWF is developing a project that will see some of its lawyers transfer over to its fledgling managed services business. The project was concocted at the end of last year, as the firm sought to boost that part of the business after winning a tender process that saw BT outsource a major part of its […]
Willkie Farr & Gallagher has secured its long-awaited hire of two partners from Kirkland & Ellis, as they join former colleague Claire McDaid to expand its City private equity team. Gavin Gordon and David Arnold are to join Willkie in the City, following on from the firm’s hire of Dechert tax partner Jane Scobie last […]
The Black Lives Matter movement has received much press over the past month since the disgustingly horrific murder of George Floyd. It’s put the issue of racism firmly on the agenda of the mainstream media, major corporations and institutions and prompted much debate among individuals. We have seen the Bank of England pledge to remove […]
Dechert has agreed to disclose further documents to the Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC), just days before the parties were due to deliberate the release of these documents in a court hearing. A hearing was due to begin last week in the Commercial Court to rule on further disclosure, but this has been abandoned after […]
DWF is developing a project that will see some of its lawyers transfer over to its fledgling managed services business. The project was concocted at the end of last year, as the firm sought to boost that part of the business after winning a tender process that saw BT outsource a major part of its […]
Addleshaw Goddard and Winckworth Sherwood are acting on the development of the £250m “Triangle” site on St Thomas’ hospital campus in London. Addleshaws team, helmed by construction and engineering partner Andrew McVeigh and co-head of the housing sector Peter Hardy, are leading for Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation. The rest of the Addleshaws team […]
As the markets uneasily shook into 2023, much attention was given to the role of restructuring lawyers and the need for firms to bolster their teams. However, there’s an area that’s shown little sign of dwindling in a slowdown: competition. There are plenty of US firms with sizeable, or longstanding, competition practices in London, namely […]
Law firms are well-accustomed to a bit of friendly – and sometimes unfriendly – rivalry. How else are they to remain competitive in such a merciless market? The ongoing talent wars means firms must be sharp about talent retention, whether that means upping the cash stakes, hastening the track to partnership or getting vocal about […]
It sounds mad, but this very thing happened twice in Scandinavia late last year
Wage bills are climbing, and it’s not just because of the hefty pay packets of the lawyers. From the executive suite to the postal room, firms are dipping into their cash piles to raise wages for business service professionals (BSPs). How that cash is being dished out, however, reveals the social divisions that characterise the […]
For growth potential, firms are looking to the Midlands
Junior lawyers might think it’s a haven away from the billable hour tyranny, but new research suggests that the in-house legal sector has reached peak crisis mode. The rising complexity of workloads, combined with deepening budget cuts and mis-matched legal resources, means burnout is now a set feature of working life for many senior in-house […]
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and Homburger are among the firms to have landed roles on the historic tie-up of Swiss banks UBS and Credit Suisse. The merger comes after the intervention of the Swiss Federal Department of Finance, the Swiss National Bank and the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, which intervened last week. It […]
Merchant bank Close Brothers is to establish an in-house litigation team. The bank has set up a small litigation group led by head of bank legal, litigation, Jessica Wicker. It is understood that the group has been put together as the team works in a more structured and consistent way in relation to litigation. Wicker […]
Uncertainty looms for lawyers at MJ Hudson as the legal arm will not be included in the sale of the firm to a private investor, The Lawyer can confirm. Tower Gate Capital, a subsidiary of MJ Hudson, has agreed to sell its UK fund management business to a private investor via special purpose acquisition vehicle Khepri. […]
It’s been a hectic week for banking and finance lawyers, as clients swarmed for advice following the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Lawyers needed to act quickly and calm their clients after a rise in interest rates pushed SVB to the brink, with banking giant Credit Suisse going on to receive a capital injection […]
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has successfully quashed an Employment Tribunal ruling in a case that pitted the Lord Chancellor against a group of 50 judges. The latest decision means the tribunal case will now need to be reheard. Five judges, represented by Leigh Day and Sintons, were selected by the initial Employment Tribunal as […]
The latest episode of The Lawyer Podcast has just landed. If you think the last few years have been buoyant for recruiters, then check out what director of insight Matt Byrne has to say about just how busy the lateral market has been. Elsewhere, do you like virgin piña coladas? After her LinkedIn post about […]
