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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White & Case has failed in its attempt to reverse a decision in the commercial court, acting for Peruvian company Minera Las Bambas in its dispute against Glencore. In the Court of Appeal hearing, White & Case partner Charles Balmain represented Minera in a claim that arises out of a share purchase agreement entered in […]
Two O’Melveny & Myers lawyers, including partner John Daghlian, have moved across to join their former colleagues at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Funds veteran Daghlian and counsel Mary Lavelle, who joins Akin Gump as a partner, have been reunited with Aleksander Bakic and Daniel Quinn, who joined Akin Gump in March this year. […]
There were a number of surprise revelations this week on The Lawyer, concerning mergers, partner exits and leadership reshuffles.
The Law Society has begun charging junior lawyers for its careers advice, The Lawyer has learned. As of June, the membership body for solicitors in England and Wales is running a series of sessions for lawyers under 2PQE, charging £50 for an hour-long appointment with a careers adviser. When VAT is added, that sum rises to […]
Stephenson Harwood has launched an innovation network for associates working on the firm’s technology projects to help junior lawyers to develop their careers. The network, which includes 25 associates, was conceived and launched by Paul Orchard, the firm’s head of innovation. In order to help the associates see this initiative as a way to expand […]
Simmons & Simmons has expanded its Paris office by hiring a private equity team from Gowling WLG. Partner Jérôme Patenotte, who was at Gowling WLG for nine years, will lead Simmons’ new private equity practice. He joins the firm along with of counsel Sophie Mesnier-Teissedre and senior associate Savina Jouan. Patenotte founded legacy Wragge & […]
