Bakers and Clifford Chance advise as Macquarie makes offer for TDC
Baker McKenzie and Clifford Chance are advising Macquarie Group on the $6.6bn takeover offer for Danish telecommunications company TDC.
Exclusive: BLP opens third UK office with Womble Bond hires
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is set to open its third UK office by bringing in two partners from Womble Bond Dickinson in Southampton, The Lawyer can reveal.
Ashurst chops management pay by 15 per cent after leadership overhaul
Management pay at Ashurst dropped by nearly 15 per cent over 2016/17 while the firm reported an uptick in both revenue and profits.
Exclusive: Ince seeks legal advice over “unfair poaching” in Clydes raid
Ince & Co is seeking advice over the deal which saw four of its Hamburg-based partners leave to set up Clyde & Co’s Hamburg office, The Lawyer has learned.
Legal privilege upheld in internal investigation, but no retreat from ENRC
Bakers and Clifford Chance advise as Macquarie makes offer for TDC
Baker McKenzie and Clifford Chance are advising Macquarie Group on the $6.6bn takeover offer for Danish telecommunications company TDC.
Exclusive: BLP opens third UK office with Womble Bond hires
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) is set to open its third UK office by bringing in two partners from Womble Bond Dickinson in Southampton, The Lawyer can reveal.
Ashurst chops management pay by 15 per cent after leadership overhaul
Management pay at Ashurst dropped by nearly 15 per cent over 2016/17 while the firm reported an uptick in both revenue and profits.
Exclusive: Ince seeks legal advice over “unfair poaching” in Clydes raid
Ince & Co is seeking advice over the deal which saw four of its Hamburg-based partners leave to set up Clyde & Co’s Hamburg office, The Lawyer has learned.
Abrupt end to spectrum case as Linklaters challenge to Ofcom thrown out
Ofcom can press ahead with the auction of spectrum for 4G and 5G services after the Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge by Three and BT on the first day of a two-day appeal.
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Clifford Chance shakes up Luxembourg leadership in post-Brexit strategic play
Clifford Chance has announced a refreshed leadership lineup in its Luxembourg office. The firm has revealed its new managing partner in the European principality and created a senior partner role for the office with Brexit firmly in mind. Partner Steve Jacoby will take up his role as managing partner in May next year – just […]
Record profits at UK 200 firms as gap between top and bottom-paid partners widens
The law firm model may be under more pressure than ever before but for many, the all-important average profit per equity partner (PEP) metric remains as reliably high as ever. Nine firms in this year’s UK 200: the Top 100 report posted a PEP of £1m or above with 37 registering average profits of £500,000 […]
Simpson Thacher to close Seoul office
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett is closing down its operation in Seoul after six years, making it the first global law firm to pull out of South Korea. South Korea opened up its legal market to international firms in 2012, resulting in an influx of international law firms setting up shop. The firm relocated its Korea […]
Slaughters’ Watkins makes London return after breeding “strong pack of wolves” in Hong Kong
Slaughter and May corporate partner David Watkins has returned to London after a seven-year stint in Hong Kong, having overseen a period of growth for its Asian offering, with six new partners and practice expansion into North Asia. Watkins, who has been a partner at Slaughter and May since 2005, relocated to Hong Kong in […]
Mothercare scraps GC role as fifth in four years departs
Mothercare has scrapped its general counsel position following the departure of Alice Darwall, who was acting as group general counsel and company secretary. The Mothercare in-house legal team has been in flux for the past few years; Darwall left the business in June 2018 after eight months. She replaced Andrew Eames, who was acting as […]
The 60 second interview: Pinsents’ Richard Foley: Law firms will need to think more about the reason they exist
Our latest 60 second interview in the “Law firm of the Year” series features senior partner Richard Foley, who talks to The Lawyer about Pinsent Masons‘ vision for the future and the importance of understanding the DNA of your business in times of unprecedented change.