Withers faces Commons investigation over email to MP
Withers is facing a House of Commons investigation after an MP accused the firm of undermining parliamentary privilege.
Matthew Arnold boosts litigation team
Matthew Arnold & Baldwin has hired BP Collins’ former head of litigation Tim Constable.
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White & Case sends London partner to head Singapore arbitration practice
White & Case has launched an international arbitration practice in Singapore with a team of four lawyers.
Fried Frank and Simpson Thacher advise on Virgin Media’s £1.5b bond
US duo Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have bagged leading roles on Virgin Media’s £1.5bn bond issue.
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Withers faces Commons investigation over email to MP
Withers is facing a House of Commons investigation after an MP accused the firm of undermining parliamentary privilege.
Matthew Arnold boosts litigation team
Matthew Arnold & Baldwin has hired BP Collins’ former head of litigation Tim Constable.
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White & Case sends London partner to head Singapore arbitration practice
White & Case has launched an international arbitration practice in Singapore with a team of four lawyers.
Fried Frank and Simpson Thacher advise on Virgin Media’s £1.5b bond
US duo Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson and Simpson Thacher & Bartlett have bagged leading roles on Virgin Media’s £1.5bn bond issue.
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DLA, Freshfields and Jones Day score roles on sale of West Ham
DLA Piper, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Jones Day have all netted roles on the sale of West Ham United FC sale to former Birmingham City FC owners David Gold and David Sullivan.
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Pannick and Mishcon land historic win in Supreme Court Brexit ruling
Boris Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament for five weeks has been ruled unlawful by the Supreme Court, with Mishcon de Reya and Blackstone Chambers completing a dramatic comeback of epic political proportions. Acting for legal campaigner Gina Miller against the Prime Minister, Mishcon’s judicial review application was initially rejected in the High Court, although this decision […]
Clydes shrinks in Scotland as 12-strong group switches firms
Clyde & Co has parted ways with its residential property team in Aberdeen, with the team of 12 set to transfer all of its business over to another Scottish firm. The firm has sold its legacy Simpson & Marwick Aberdeen estate agency team to Ledingham Chalmers and this transfer will be completed on November 4. […]
Huge cast of firms claim mandates on Thomas Cook fallout
Ashurst has joined the throng of firms advising on the collapse of holiday group Thomas Cook, taking on the key role for the official receiver, KPMG and AlixPartners. Attempts to rescue Thomas Cook from insolvency failed overnight. Ashurst, which is advising the official receiver and special managers, has fielded a team led by restructuring head […]
Keystone reveals double-digit turnover growth for 2018/19
Keystone Law has posted its interim financial results for the six months ending in July 2019, posting turnover growth of 15 per cent. The firm revealed its revenue increased from £19.9m to £23m. Profit before tax, meanwhile, increased by 15.4 per cent, rising from £2.3m to £2.7m. The firm attributed the smaller rise in turnover […]
Yet more hires at Akin – but this time, not from O’Melveny
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld is continuing to hire a-plenty in the London recruitment market, bringing in a private equity duo from Vinson & Elkins. Vinson partners Shaun Lascelles and Simon Rootsey are joining Akin Gump’s expanding corporate and finance teams. Lascelles joined Vinson in 2016 after a short spell in Ashurst’s Singapore office. […]
Clifford Chance ups the litigation stakes with new revenue pledge
Clifford Chance has set out plans to increase the amount of revenue its disputes group generates, in a move that would ensure litigation accounts for a quarter of firmwide turnover. As it stands, 20 per cent of Clifford Chance’s revenue is estimated to be made up of litigation, according to The Lawyer’s Global Litigation 50 […]