Funds regional update: Europe
We discuss certain trends identifiable among the hedge funds and private equity funds that we helped our clients launch over the last twelve months.
Aviation: Liquidity boosted by loyalty – creative collateral
2020 was a crippling year for the aviation industry. With daily cash burn running into the tens of millions of dollars for many airlines, access to liquidity has been critical as treasury teams and fleet managers juggle expenses with decimated revenue. Many governments pledged state aid but what has been delivered to date has simply not been enough.
Dealing with Requests for Flexible Working under Jersey and Guernsey Law
There is no doubt that enforced working from home (‘WFH’) during the early stages of the pandemic has accelerated changes in the way we work. Partly motivated by the initial response to lockdown measures, partly by a need to accommodate individual circumstances, employers and employees have had to adapt to changes in where, how and […]
The Private Funding of Legal Services Act 2020 – expansion of litigation funding in the Caymans
The Private Funding of Legal Services Act, 2020 (the “Act”), which was gazetted on 7 January 2021 but is not yet in force, seeks to bring the Cayman Islands position on litigation funding in line with the well-established regimes in other common law jurisdictions.
Ireland update – data privacy – international data transfers
In recent weeks there have been a number of developments which will impact EU-based organisations transferring data to third countries.
Safe Harbour: Protecting and preserving wealth using Cayman Islands’ trusts and foundation companies
The economic, political and social upheaval which has visited so many countries in recent months has forced many wealthy families to focus on their longer term financial plans.
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Slaughters’ property deal is not what it seems
A recent welter of City office moves and lease renegotiations limited Slaughters’ options.
Law firm mergers are dead: discuss
Strategic merger opportunities lie in the lower echelons of the UK Top 200.
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Come for the rugby, stay for the M&A
Revived interest in Japan from certain law firms may have something to do with the Rugby World Cup.
2021 will be Kirkland’s year – again
Kirkland & Ellis and Simpson Thacher are expected to deliver another strong set of results in coming weeks.
There are many escapees from BigLaw
Boutiques are now looking like a particularly attractive option.
Allen & Overy closes Barcelona office as lease ends
Allen & Overy has decided to shut down its two-staff satellite office in Barcelona, and focus the growth of its Spain practice from Madrid. The magic circle firm launched the Barcelona office in February 2014, with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer corporate partner Antoni Valverde. However, the office remained a small outpost with a single-fee […]
Freshfields and TLT steer Boohoo’s acquisition of Debenhams
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is advising Debenhams’ administrator FRP Advisory as Boohoo snaps up the department store’s brand. The deal does not include any of Debenhams’ remaining 118 High Street stores or its workforce, meaning that up to 12,000 jobs at the department store chain are set to go. Freshfields global restructuring and insolvency head Ken Baird […]
Cornerstone launches investigation in response to member’s tweet
Cornerstone Barristers has said it “repudiates the contents” of a tweet made by one of its members, with the set launching an internal investigation into the matter. The tweet was made by Jon Holbrook, who was called to the Bar in 1991. Cornerstone said the post, published on 17 January, was brought to its attention […]
Fried Frank lures new restructuring lateral from Reed Smith
Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson has hired its second restructuring specialist in the City, as firms look to bulk up amid a wave of deal opportunities. The London outpost of the US firm has hired partner Mandip Englund, who has spent almost two years at Reed Smith. She will work within Fried Frank’s global […]
Revealed: The Hot 100 2021
Members of The Lawyer Hot 100 have just two things in common. The first is excellence. Every year, our Hot 100 covers an incredibly diverse mix of legal professionals: scrappers from the rough and tumble of criminal law; sharp-suited corporate dealmakers; intellectuals and silver-tongued advocates from barristers’ profession; the in-house counsel with the ear of […]
Clifford Chance sets up working groups to tackle retention issues
Clifford Chance is starting a series of focus groups in its London office that will look at ways to boost ethnic minority retention rates in coming years. Starting later this month and ending in the first weeks of February, the firm has formed focus groups consisting of people of ethnic minorities and white colleagues – […]
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