Continental Europe was the highest-grossing arm of Clifford Chance’s international footprint over 2017/2018, the first time the region has overtaken the UK figures in four years. The magic circle firm’s latest LLP accounts have revealed that its offices on the Continent generated £538m of the firm’s global turnover of £1.6bn, above the UK total of […]
Advocate Josephine Howe has been promoted to partner in Ogier’s top-ranked Jersey Private Client and Trusts team. Josephine, who specialises in trusts, foundations and advising family offices on matters including structuring and establishment, joined the Ogier team 13 years ago, and was admitted as a Jersey Advocate in 2009. Partner James Campbell, who leads Ogier’s […]
Clifford Chance has brought in its latest new recruit to its Luxembourg office, hiring DLA Piper’s local tax head Geoffrey Scardoni to the team. The move highlights the growing importance of Luxembourg as a hub for financial services companies and asset managers, particularly as the UK prepares to leave the European Union this March. In response to […]
Two members of Jones Day’s project finance team have decamped from its London office, one of whom has resurfaced at Baker Botts. Nick Collins has joined Baker Botts’ growing London offering, while Myles Mantle’s next role has not yet been lined up, The Lawyer understands. Both left the US firm at the end of last year. Collins […]
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Continental Europe was the highest-grossing arm of Clifford Chance’s international footprint over 2017/2018, the first time the region has overtaken the UK figures in four years. The magic circle firm’s latest LLP accounts have revealed that its offices on the Continent generated £538m of the firm’s global turnover of £1.6bn, above the UK total of […]
Advocate Josephine Howe has been promoted to partner in Ogier’s top-ranked Jersey Private Client and Trusts team. Josephine, who specialises in trusts, foundations and advising family offices on matters including structuring and establishment, joined the Ogier team 13 years ago, and was admitted as a Jersey Advocate in 2009. Partner James Campbell, who leads Ogier’s […]
Clifford Chance has brought in its latest new recruit to its Luxembourg office, hiring DLA Piper’s local tax head Geoffrey Scardoni to the team. The move highlights the growing importance of Luxembourg as a hub for financial services companies and asset managers, particularly as the UK prepares to leave the European Union this March. In response to […]
Two members of Jones Day’s project finance team have decamped from its London office, one of whom has resurfaced at Baker Botts. Nick Collins has joined Baker Botts’ growing London offering, while Myles Mantle’s next role has not yet been lined up, The Lawyer understands. Both left the US firm at the end of last year. Collins […]
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Goodwin is eyeing up Sidley Austin’s private equity grouping again, with a number of associates set to join a partner team led by Christian Iwasko and Erik Dahl, The Lawyer understands. Goodwin is thought to be hiring up to six associates from Sidley’s private equity team after Goodwin brought in a partner group spearheaded by […]
