Few stories have created as much interest in and around the UK legal market as the trend for law firm IPOs. Indeed, there is enormous interest not only in the businesses that have gone public but also the people driving forward this seismic shift. And none more so than the person behind the era change […]
Dean Nash is right at the heart of one of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses. As general counsel of Monzo Bank, he has just rounded off a phenomenal year for the company, culminating in its £20m crowdfunding project in November. As well as being the largest crowdfunding round ever undertaken by a British fintech company, it […]
Latham & Watkins’ Fiona Maclean became a partner aged 33. This pioneering technology lawyer sits at the nexus of data and regulation, designing new corporate trajectories in transformational fintech, cloud and innovation deals. Financial services organisations are adapting their internal processes to a new cloud-based environment and Maclean has made a name for herself by […]
Sabine Chalmers can raise a toast to 2019; the GC at BT has made it through a year of reformation. Having been out of the country for 23 years, she landed in London in April to take on the GC mantle from Dan Fitz. The climate was somewhat frosty – BT had announced that it […]
Few stories have created as much interest in and around the UK legal market as the trend for law firm IPOs. Indeed, there is enormous interest not only in the businesses that have gone public but also the people driving forward this seismic shift. And none more so than the person behind the era change […]
Dean Nash is right at the heart of one of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses. As general counsel of Monzo Bank, he has just rounded off a phenomenal year for the company, culminating in its £20m crowdfunding project in November. As well as being the largest crowdfunding round ever undertaken by a British fintech company, it […]
Latham & Watkins’ Fiona Maclean became a partner aged 33. This pioneering technology lawyer sits at the nexus of data and regulation, designing new corporate trajectories in transformational fintech, cloud and innovation deals. Financial services organisations are adapting their internal processes to a new cloud-based environment and Maclean has made a name for herself by […]
Sabine Chalmers can raise a toast to 2019; the GC at BT has made it through a year of reformation. Having been out of the country for 23 years, she landed in London in April to take on the GC mantle from Dan Fitz. The climate was somewhat frosty – BT had announced that it […]
Norton Rose Fulbright’s Kate Tomlinson still remembers a deal in Africa from years ago, when she was working through the night replicating copies of transaction documents in view of a formal signing, assailed by mosquitoes and without an internet connection. The then-corporate lawyer thought there must be a better way of doing things. Now part […]
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Allen & Overy’s projects and energy head Gareth Price will take over as its next managing partner, after winning the firm’s election against three other contenders. The news follows that of Wim Dejonghe’s re-appointment as senior partner this week. Together, Dejonghe and Price will be the driving force of A&O’s strategy for the next four years. […]
One of Cuatrecasas’ most famous lawyers has been hired by the Spanish government, after more than 20 years at the firm. Cani Fernández will join the executive as an adviser to the Spanish President Pedro Sánchez and will work closely with the team led by his chief of staff, Iván Redondo, as of next week. […]
Law firms are assessing whether to attend Mipim 2020 as the list of companies pulling out of the annual real estate conference rises over Coronavirus fears. Real estate lawyers have been talking with peers at other firms to gauge what they are doing and discuss the risks involved. Hogan Lovells will make a decision within […]
Schillings has been drafted in to represent Johnny Depp on his ongoing libel action against the publishers of The Sun, with the Hollywood film star bringing in the reputational specialists to replace Brown Rudnick. Depp’s change in lawyers was confirmed during a preliminary High Court hearing yesterday. It was also claimed that 70,000 text messages […]
Campaigners represented by Leigh Day and DAC Beachcroft have triumphed over the UK Government in the bitterly contested Heathrow expansion case. Following a rolled-up case of five separate claims against the Secretary of State for Transport, it was ruled today by the Court of Appeal that the decision to give the green light to a […]
The revenue of Reed Smith’s London office has increased to $215m, as the US firm marked its third year of global financial growth after a challenging couple of years. In 2019, London’s revenue rose by 3 per cent from $208m to $215m, while global revenue grew by a healthy 6 per cent, rising to $1.2bn. […]
