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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