Magic circle duo lead on £3bn Informa and UBM merger
Clifford Chance and Linklaters have secured key mandates in Informa’s proposed £3bn acquisition of rival FTSE 250 events company UBM.
Linming Jin and Jing Chen join Broad & Bright
Mr Linming Jin is joiningBroad & Bright as an equity partner and Ms Jing Chen is joining the firm as a salary partner.
Quinn financials: London posts 61% hike in revenue and profit
The London office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has posted a 61 per cent increase in turnover from £44.8m to £71.9m in 2017.
HFW financials: top fee-earner takes home £950,000
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) posted double-digit growth in turnover, profits and partner remuneration in a strong financial performance for the firm.
UBO in Slovenia: are you exempted or not?
Magic circle duo lead on £3bn Informa and UBM merger
Clifford Chance and Linklaters have secured key mandates in Informa’s proposed £3bn acquisition of rival FTSE 250 events company UBM.
Linming Jin and Jing Chen join Broad & Bright
Mr Linming Jin is joiningBroad & Bright as an equity partner and Ms Jing Chen is joining the firm as a salary partner.
Quinn financials: London posts 61% hike in revenue and profit
The London office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan has posted a 61 per cent increase in turnover from £44.8m to £71.9m in 2017.
HFW financials: top fee-earner takes home £950,000
Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) posted double-digit growth in turnover, profits and partner remuneration in a strong financial performance for the firm.
A&O client Phones 4U wins £200m damages battle against EE
Allen & Overy client Phones 4U does not owe EE £200m in damages resulting from its collapse into administration, the High Court has ruled.
Former FBI in-house star set to be next SFO director
The hunt for David Green QC’s replacement as director of the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has come to an end, with former FBI deputy general counsel Lisa Osofsky set to take charge, The Lawyer understands. Osofsky is currently the EMEA investigations head at governance and compliance organisation Exiger. Green’s tenure came to an end on […]
Freshfields and Kirkland face off in first PE deal since Higgins’ exit
Kirkland & Ellis partner David Higgins has made his lineup debut at his new firm, supporting the team on a deal opposite his old shop Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The deal saw Kirkland act for private equity house Pamplona on its sale of European pet food manufacturer Partner in Pet Food (PPF) to Cinven. Kirkland led […]
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. […]