FSCS GC James Darbyshire: “Our firms need to understand the complexity of our work”
The FSCS’s James Darbyshire uses his panel to secure value-for-money solutions for those wronged by financial institutions
Ex-Skadden partner resurfaces with Lazard role
A former City partner of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has joined financial institution Lazard as a senior adviser. Christopher Mallon, who retired from the firm at the end 2018, joined Skadden in 2007 as European restructuring head from Weil Gotshal & Manges. He was joined five years after by another former Weil restructuring partner, […]
Boies Schiller loses 13 Californian partners in mass defection to King & Spalding
Boies Schiller Flexner has lost 13 disputes partners in the US to Atlanta-founded King & Spalding. The 13-strong team will mainly be joining King & Spalding’s trial and investigations team in Los Angeles, with one, Quyen Ta, joining the firm’s San Francisco office. The partners joining in LA are David Willingham, Albert Giang, Luan Tran, […]
Reed Smith splits equity partner bonuses in latest Covid-19 move
Reed Smith has added to an extensive set of financial management measures designed to face the hurdles brought about by Covid-19, this time addressing partners’ bonuses. Equity partners have agreed to have their bonuses split in two, cashing in half of the amount on the regularly scheduled payment date and the remaining part three months […]
FSCS GC appointed to new chief counsel role
FSCS GC James Darbyshire: “Our firms need to understand the complexity of our work”
The FSCS’s James Darbyshire uses his panel to secure value-for-money solutions for those wronged by financial institutions
Ex-Skadden partner resurfaces with Lazard role
A former City partner of Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has joined financial institution Lazard as a senior adviser. Christopher Mallon, who retired from the firm at the end 2018, joined Skadden in 2007 as European restructuring head from Weil Gotshal & Manges. He was joined five years after by another former Weil restructuring partner, […]
Boies Schiller loses 13 Californian partners in mass defection to King & Spalding
Boies Schiller Flexner has lost 13 disputes partners in the US to Atlanta-founded King & Spalding. The 13-strong team will mainly be joining King & Spalding’s trial and investigations team in Los Angeles, with one, Quyen Ta, joining the firm’s San Francisco office. The partners joining in LA are David Willingham, Albert Giang, Luan Tran, […]
Reed Smith splits equity partner bonuses in latest Covid-19 move
Reed Smith has added to an extensive set of financial management measures designed to face the hurdles brought about by Covid-19, this time addressing partners’ bonuses. Equity partners have agreed to have their bonuses split in two, cashing in half of the amount on the regularly scheduled payment date and the remaining part three months […]
Barrister of the week: 4 New Square’s Ben Hubble QC
Amjad Rihan’s excruciating seven-year wait for vindication came to an end last week, as he succeeded in a landmark whistleblowing dispute with the help of a 4 New Square silk. Pitted against the global accountancy giant EY, Rihan’s legal team pulled off a remarkable result as the High Court awarded him $11m after ruling that […]
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Court orders Stevens & Bolton to hand over evidence in deceit claim
In a case concerning allegations of dishonest assistance and deceit, a judge has ordered Stevens & Bolton to disclose the legal advice given by the firm to defendants after Withers demanded to see documents protected by privilege. Withers, which represents the claimant, successfully challenged the defendants’ right to withhold disclosure of documents in a judgment […]
Two hires in a fortnight: Stephenson Harwood recruits IP partner
Stephenson Harwood has pulled of its second lateral hire in a matter of weeks, this time bringing in an IP partner from Bird & Bird. The firm has hired partner Tim Harris, who spent over 13 years at its UK rival. The lawyer, who joined Bird & Bird as an associate in 2007 and became […]
The speed read: Freshfields decides, as hires gather pace
Firms’ back to the office plans may have been dealt a blow this week, but City recruitment continued with aplomb for the likes of Goodwin, Skadden and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett. Back to the office? Think again. By now, you might be thoroughly happy with your home-working set-up and enjoying a life sans tube, train […]
Addleshaws takes allocation powers away from partners in disputes revamp
Addleshaw Goddard has overhauled its process surrounding work allocation for disputes lawyers, taking the responsibility away from partners. Previously, work was allocated to managing associates by partners but this has now been passed onto legal directors to give the firm’s junior lawyers a spread of work. The firm trialled this system in Manchester in 2019 […]
Gunnercooke plots expansion with first international office
Gunnercooke is set to open two new offices, including its first international one, as its revenue hit £31m in the financial year 2019/20. The Manchester firm, which for years has been running a flexible model, will open a new office in Berlin in October. In addition, it is looking to open a fourth UK office […]
Skadden presses ahead in UK corporate with Freshfields hire
Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom has brought in another magic circle partner to its City M&A team, this time from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The US firm has lured over partner Bruce Embley from Freshfields’ London office. Embley, who co-heads the firm’s global M&A client group, has been a partner at Freshfields since 2005. London-based, […]
