A Hong Kong partner at Kirkland & Ellis has rejoined his previous firm, Linklaters, after five years. David Irvine, a specialist in the London banking practice, has worked for a long stint in the US firm’s Hong Kong practice. He had first joined the magic circle firm in 2001 as an associate. In 2008, he […]
Eversheds Sutherland‘s alternative legal services business Konexo has scored £40m in revenue in its first year of activity, with its leader on the lookout for a series of acquisitions next year. The business, which provides advisory services, managed services and interim resources internationally, achieved its budget, and is on track to reach £100m in four […]
All too often lawyers like to talk of making a real change. However, few achieve it in such a way as Jenni Richards QC. Most recently, the 39 Essex silk (call 1991) represented four single mothers in a triumphant legal challenge regarding Universal Credit, alongside Leigh Day and Garden Court North’s Tom Royston, as the […]
Oliver Bray has been confirmed as RPC’s new senior partner on a three-year term, with the commercial disputes partner set to replace the outgoing Rupert Boswall with immediate effect. Bray’s appointment was confirmed on Thursday after winning over the firm’s partnership in an election, with Boswall stepping down after completing the maximum tenure of two […]
A Hong Kong partner at Kirkland & Ellis has rejoined his previous firm, Linklaters, after five years. David Irvine, a specialist in the London banking practice, has worked for a long stint in the US firm’s Hong Kong practice. He had first joined the magic circle firm in 2001 as an associate. In 2008, he […]
Eversheds Sutherland‘s alternative legal services business Konexo has scored £40m in revenue in its first year of activity, with its leader on the lookout for a series of acquisitions next year. The business, which provides advisory services, managed services and interim resources internationally, achieved its budget, and is on track to reach £100m in four […]
All too often lawyers like to talk of making a real change. However, few achieve it in such a way as Jenni Richards QC. Most recently, the 39 Essex silk (call 1991) represented four single mothers in a triumphant legal challenge regarding Universal Credit, alongside Leigh Day and Garden Court North’s Tom Royston, as the […]
Oliver Bray has been confirmed as RPC’s new senior partner on a three-year term, with the commercial disputes partner set to replace the outgoing Rupert Boswall with immediate effect. Bray’s appointment was confirmed on Thursday after winning over the firm’s partnership in an election, with Boswall stepping down after completing the maximum tenure of two […]
The Covid-19 pandemic has forced firms to examine whether their cash position is strong enough to withstand a sudden economic downturn. The Lawyer contacted the UK Top 50 firms to understand how firms are adjusting financial management in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. In this series, we reveal how the market is managing the ongoing […]
European firms see more value in having a physical office in the Square Mile than they do in the Big Apple. Last week, Spanish firm Uría Menéndez became the latest to shut up shop in New York, having been there for 30 years. Uría was the final member of Slaughter and May’s fabled Best Friends […]
Thanks to Paul Weiss, Skadden and Kirkland & Ellis (but mainly Paul Weiss), Linklaters has a few empty chairs at Silk Street. One way a firm can replenish its ranks is through lateral hiring – enter Travers Smith corporate partner Richard Spedding – or internal promotions. Last month, a total of 14 lawyers were made up […]
Paul Weiss’ UK spending spree is far from over. Just a year ago, this firm was small fry among the US City titans. Cue an audacious carve-out of some of Kirkland & Ellis’ superstars last summer and everything changed. That initial raid (which included debt finance heavyweight Neel Sachdev and corporate star Roger Johnson) was […]
In October 2018, the journalist and critic of the Saudi Arabian regime Jamal Khashoggi was murdered and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The international reaction was swift. Dozens of major organisations, including HSBC, Ford and JP Morgan Chase, dropped out of the planned “Davos in the Desert” Saudi investment summit. “We are going […]
It’s a 90-minute train journey to London and two hours from Bristol. At £29 per sq ft, grade A office rents are a third of the average £90 per sq ft City firms pay. And it has an abundance of lawyers. Slowly but steadily, Southampton is slipping into the mid-tier consciousness as a city in […]
An Osborne Clarke partner is being referred to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal (SDT) following a formal complaint made by Clifford Chance’s former UK tax head. In July 2022, ex-Clifford Chance partner Dan Neidle made headlines for a series of posts on the tax arrangements of leading Conservative politicians, including Nadhim Zahawi. He claimed that Zahawi had […]
Simmons & Simmons represented Barclays Bank in an $150m anti-suit and anti-enforcement injunction against Russian state investment bank, VEB. VEB was founded in 1922 as the first international bank of the USSR, and since 2018 it has been chaired by the country’s former deputy prime minister under Putin, Igor Shuvalov. The bank was represented by […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has increased its salary for newly-qualified solicitors (NQs) to £180,000. The US disputes specialist’s other associate salaries will also rise when the move takes effect from June. A 1 PQE associate is set to be paid £195,000, while a 2 PQE associate will be on £220,000. For 6 PQE associates, […]
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has lost its UK head of competition, a year and a half after he joined the firm. Lambros Kilaniotis left the firm in April, having joined Quinn from RPC (where he was head of competition) in January 2023 to co-head Quinn’s UK competition practice with partner Kate Vernon. In a […]
The latest episode of The Lawyer Podcast is out now. Last week, all eyes were on A&O Shearman, a union hailing Big Law and its future. But in this week’s episode, we consider why so many solicitors are pursuing another future: opening their own firm. A survey from Censuswide on behalf of Harbour Litigation Funding […]
