BCLP takes 125,000 sq ft office in post-merger City upgrade
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) has signed for a new 125,000 sq ft office as one of its first first post-merger moves, announcing that it will take the entirety of the previously vacant Governor’s House. The site, near London’s Cannon Street station, was Prudential’s UK headquarters prior to its demolition and rebuild. BCLP has now […]
Ropes names new global managing partner in latest leadership shakeup
Ropes & Gray is continuing to refresh its leadership team, naming real estate transactions head David Djaha as the firm’s next managing partner.
Eight firms win EDF panel spots as roster drops 50%
Energy company EDF Energy has completed its panel review, cutting its roster down by nearly 50 per cent to eight firms. Freshly-merged firms Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) and CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang are new additions to the panel, The Lawyer can reveal. When the wheels of the review were still in rotation, BCLP […]
Cleary and W&C clients settle ahead of Peugeot trial kick-off
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton and White & Case have exited the high-profile Peugeot case just days before it starts, reaching a settlement with the car manufacturer. Cleary and White & Case represented the primary defendants in the Peugeot S.A. and others v NSK Ltd case, which is featured in The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2018. […]
Cadwalader reboots London finance practice with Dentons hire
Dentons partner Sam Hutchinson is leaving the firm for Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft, The Lawyer can reveal. Her hire is part of an effort to rebuild Cadwalader’s London finance practice following exits to Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and Brown Rudnick earlier this year. Hutchinson is leaving Dentons after over five years in the finance […]
SRA launches probe into A&O NDAs amid concerns over Weinstein ties
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has opened an investigation into a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) Allen & Overy (A&O)’s for disgraced produced Harvey Weinstein. SRA chief executive Paul Philip appeared in front of the Women and Equalities Committee today (25 April). The SRA’s “open investigation” into A&O and the length of time between the initial allegations […]