Clifford Chance loses three founding partners in Perth
The number of partners in Clifford Chance’s Perth office will almost halve in the next month, as two of its Perth founding partners are leaving to join another firm while another is retiring.
Fieldfisher reveals largest promotions round since 2010
Fieldfisher has announced its largest promotions round since 2010, with nine lawyer made up in London and Brussels.
Reed Smith hires seven-lawyer litigation team for Miami launch
Reed Smith is launching its fifteenth US office with a seven-lawyer team joining the firm in Miami.
Industrial property code approved in STP
It was published in the Diário da República Decree-Law no. 23/2016, enacting the first Industrial Property Code of Sao Tome and Principe (IPC-STP). The diploma came immediately into force. It took about fifteen years to be approved as from the first legislation on the matter, which dates back to 2001 (Law no. 4/2011, concerning industrial […]
Herbies property boss: “Are you a ‘real’ real estate lawyer?”
“If firms say they have lots of global capital clients who do the odd deal in real estate then they’re not really a real estate firm,” Herbert Smith Freehills UK and EMEA real estate group Don Rowlands claims.
Clifford Chance loses three founding partners in Perth
The number of partners in Clifford Chance’s Perth office will almost halve in the next month, as two of its Perth founding partners are leaving to join another firm while another is retiring.
Fieldfisher reveals largest promotions round since 2010
Fieldfisher has announced its largest promotions round since 2010, with nine lawyer made up in London and Brussels.
Reed Smith hires seven-lawyer litigation team for Miami launch
Reed Smith is launching its fifteenth US office with a seven-lawyer team joining the firm in Miami.
Industrial property code approved in STP
It was published in the Diário da República Decree-Law no. 23/2016, enacting the first Industrial Property Code of Sao Tome and Principe (IPC-STP). The diploma came immediately into force. It took about fifteen years to be approved as from the first legislation on the matter, which dates back to 2001 (Law no. 4/2011, concerning industrial […]
Imperial Brands launches panel review of UK advisers
Imperial Brands is reviewing its legal roster comprised of firms including Allen & Overy (A&O), Ashurst and Osborne Clarke.
Ashurst bets on Europe with Luxembourg launch
Ashurst has been given the go-ahead to open in Luxembourg after receiving approval from the local bar association. The new office, focusing on finance and funds, will open in October this year, with corporate partner Isabelle Lentz at the helm. Lentz is currently the head of Ashurst’s Luxembourg desk in London, which was set up […]
Deloitte secures long-awaited ABS licence ahead of UK expansion
Deloitte has received its alternative business structure (ABS) licence, becoming the last of the Big Four to set up a legal arm in the UK. The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) confirmed that it has granted Deloitte the right to operate as a multi-disciplinary practice. The licence came into effect on the 15 June. The new move will […]
Slaughters advises Santander on FCA ring-fencing scheme
After successfully advising client Barclays on the UK Government’s banking ring-fencing scheme, Slaughter and May has led for Santander as its becomes the fourth major bank to be accepted. The bank was accepted into the scheme following a High Court hearing on 12 June and has committed to transferring all relevant accounts into the ring-fenced […]
Linklaters and Bakers lead on €1bn Cerberus deal
Linklaters and Baker McKenzie have led in the €1.2 billion sale of the world’s largest air cargo handler, Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), to New York based private equity company Cerberus Capital Management. Linklaters corporate partners Ben Rodham and Christopher Boycott acted for Cerberus, which from 2015 has been owned by Platinum Equity. They were supported by finance partners Daniel […]
Latham mulls associate pay hike as talent war heats up
Latham & Watkins looks set to become to the latest firm to boost its associate pay scale as the battle over young legal talent intensifies. Lawyers at the firm are understood to have met yesterday to discuss the salary proposals which, if the firm elects to increase pay, could see associates paid between $190,000 and $340,000. […]
Barclays summons firms to ‘panel day’ ahead of final decision
Barclays has invited 22 firms to a panel day in July, ahead of the final announcement of its last ever formal panel review.