Not all of the market’s AIM specialists displayed the high morals of the majority when quizzed about advising porn business Private Media Group on its planned AIM float. Most lawyers immediately kicked into “I couldn’t possibly” gear. Not Berwin Leighton Paisner‘s David Collins. After a few seconds of almost believable pretence that he’d never heard of the company he exclaimed “Oh Private! That’s the top end of the market. I’d be delighted to act. Who do I talk to?”
CC set to take axe to dead wood partners
Voting threshold for expulsion to be lowered as management flexes its muscles Clifford Chance ‘s management, led by managing partner Peter Cornell, is getting tough on its equity partners as it proposes sweeping constitutional changes allowing it greater powers to weed out underperformers. As part of the firm’s partner compensation review, it is believed that […]
