White & Case rebuilds Indonesia team with HSF duo
White & Case has taken two partners from Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) Indonesian ally for its new associated local firm Witara Cakra Advocates.
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Mishcon boss Gold sets sights on John Lewis-style ownership model
Mishcon de Reya could move to a John Lewis-style ownership model that would see even the cleaning and reception staff own a stake in the business, according to plans mooted by managing partner Kevin Gold. The firm is about to reach the end of a year-long consultation to plan the next decade of Mishcon that […]
Collyer Bristow’s financial disputes team to host update meeting
Collyer Bristow’s banking and financial disputes team will be hosting an update on some of the developments of the last six months. Janine Alexander considers the implications for business borrowers and banks of the Court of Appeal decision in PK Airfinance Sarl v Alpstream AG that there is a heavy burden on secured lenders to justify the price obtained when […]
Mayer Brown launches German PE practice with KWM hires
Mayer Brown has continued the global growth of its private equity team with the hire of two partners from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) in Frankfurt, including German corporate head Julian Lemor.
Hill Dickinson’s Jackson: “We can bring our national work to London”
The last three years have been difficult for Hill Dickinson, but after multiple redundancy consultations affecting much of the firm’s business managing partner Peter Jackson claims the firm is now ready to grow.
White & Case rebuilds Indonesia team with HSF duo
White & Case has taken two partners from Herbert Smith Freehills’ (HSF) Indonesian ally for its new associated local firm Witara Cakra Advocates.
4
Mishcon boss Gold sets sights on John Lewis-style ownership model
Mishcon de Reya could move to a John Lewis-style ownership model that would see even the cleaning and reception staff own a stake in the business, according to plans mooted by managing partner Kevin Gold. The firm is about to reach the end of a year-long consultation to plan the next decade of Mishcon that […]
Collyer Bristow’s financial disputes team to host update meeting
Collyer Bristow’s banking and financial disputes team will be hosting an update on some of the developments of the last six months. Janine Alexander considers the implications for business borrowers and banks of the Court of Appeal decision in PK Airfinance Sarl v Alpstream AG that there is a heavy burden on secured lenders to justify the price obtained when […]
Mayer Brown launches German PE practice with KWM hires
Mayer Brown has continued the global growth of its private equity team with the hire of two partners from King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) in Frankfurt, including German corporate head Julian Lemor.
Project finance: it’s not all doom and gloom
The fall in commodity prices made 2015 another challenging year for financing projects but despite the much-publicised negative outlook, deals are still being brought to market, with both greenfield and brownfield developments securing finance for longer term investments. In the mining industry falling commodity prices have seen many deals suspended, restructured or included in sale […]
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Gowling WLG is latest firm to grab Commonwealth Games advisory role
Gowling WLG has won the advisory role for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games following a tender process for the post. The firm will support the organisers on corporate governance, procurement and general commercial matters. Gowling’s pitch team was led by partner Michael Luckman, who will be working with Birmingham 2022’s chief legal officer Caroline McGrory […]
Latham exits continue as energy partner joins Morgan Lewis
Latham & Watkins partner Ayesha Waheed has left the firm after over a decade to join Morgan Lewis & Bockius’ London office. Waheed joined Latham in 2008 from Clifford Chance, where she had spent three years as a foreign lawyer in the banking and finance department of its Frankfurt office. She focused on project finance, […]
Former Twenty Essex barrister rejoins set after offshore stint
Commercial set Twenty Essex has hired a barrister from Walkers to add to its civil fraud and asset tracing team. Sarah Tresman has spent three years as a litigation lawyer in the Cayman Islands. Previously she was a barrister at Twenty Essex for seven years, where she began her career. She returns to the chambers […]
Hogan Lovells lands role on British Steel’s rescue talks with Turkish bidder
Three months after British Steel was placed into compulsory liquidation, two firms are leading on the proposed purchase of the business.
A&O to lose fraud head to Milbank’s expanding City office
Milbank has made its second hire from Allen & Overy in 2019, recruiting the firm’s head of fraud to lead a new group in its City office. Mona Vaswani, who is also the co-head of firm’s UK banking, finance and regulatory litigation practice, will join Milbank after spending 26 years at the magic circle firm […]
LLP accounts: White & Case growth slows after years of expansion
White & Case’s UK and Africa staff numbers went down by 2 per cent over 2018, its accounts have revealed, after a six-year period of rapid growth across both jurisdictions. Over 2018, the firm’s employee headcount dropped from 633 to 619, with a fall in both fee-earner and non fee-earner numbers. The average number of […]