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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Debevoise breaks $1bn globally and $150m in the City
Debevoise & Plimpton has broken through the $1bn revenue barrier for the first time after posting record financial results for 2019. Firm-wide turnover rose by 13 per cent from $929.3m to a new high of $1.05bn in a year that saw all of the key metrics head north. In a year when the firm confirmed […]
Quinn’s Prevezer in shock return to the Bar
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s former London co-managing partner Sue Prevezer QC is going back to the Bar after 12 years in private practice.
US duo act on Morgan Stanley’s $13bn trading acquisition
Davis Polk & Wardwell and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom have taken the lead roles in Morgan Stanley’s $13bn acquisition of online trading platform E*Trade. Davis Polk’s team advising its longstanding client Morgan Stanley included partners from both its New York and Washington DC offices, and it was led by managing partner Neil Barr […]
The speed read: Greenberg beefs up; and a law school mystery
Under-the-radar Greenberg makes promises in litigation Mishcon de Reya isn’t used to losing partners from its beloved disputes group, but this week The Lawyer revealed two would be making the move – and to a US firm no less. Banking disputes head Masoud Zabeti and fellow litigator Mohammed Khamisa QC are joining Greenberg Traurig, a […]
White & Case reveals uncharacteristic dip in London turnover
White & Case’s London revenue decreased by four per cent last year, while globally the firm recorded a rise in its financials to hit $2.2bn. Revenues at the firm’s UK outpost were $337m in 2019, a 3.7 decrease from the 2018 figure of $350m. Globally though turnover rose by 6.6 per cent to $2.2bn. Its […]
Simpson Thacher hires Linklaters’ London head of tax
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett has made its first City partner hire in just over a year, bringing in Linklaters’ former head of global tax to its office. Yash Rupal will make the move to the US firm having been a partner at the magic circle firm since 1996. He represents a range of corporates, financial […]