Travers Smith reveals 5 per cent gap in senior associate pay
Male senior associates at Travers Smith picked up 5 per cent more on average than their female counterparts, while there was virtually no difference in pay for associates.
Khaitan & Co advises Torrent Pharmaceuticals on acquisition of Unichem businesses
Khaitan & Co advised Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited in relation to acquisition financing facility of INR 2800 crores raised through a combination of loan and non-convertible debentures for the purpose of financing the acquisition of branded businesses of Unichem Laboratories Limited. Kumar Saurabh Singh (Partner), Soumava Chatterjee (Principal Associate) and Oindrila Bhowmik (Associate). Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited, the flagship […]
A&O raids Bakers’ South Africa office in 12-lawyer group hire
Allen & Overy has hired a team of 12 lawyers from Baker McKenzie’s Johannesburg office, including five partners in South Africa.
The team is led by litigation partner Gerhard Rudolph, who has been a partner in Bakers’ disputes team since 2012.
BLP wins BCA battle in first predictive coding High Court trial
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has defeated a claim against client BCA Trading after using predictive coding technology in the High Court for the first time.
Leapfrog hunts for new GC after Linklaters partner returns to firm
Linklaters former London corporate head Stuart Bedford has returned to full-time fee-earning after a brief stint as Leapfrog Investments’ general counsel.
Travers Smith reveals 5 per cent gap in senior associate pay
Male senior associates at Travers Smith picked up 5 per cent more on average than their female counterparts, while there was virtually no difference in pay for associates.
Khaitan & Co advises Torrent Pharmaceuticals on acquisition of Unichem businesses
Khaitan & Co advised Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited in relation to acquisition financing facility of INR 2800 crores raised through a combination of loan and non-convertible debentures for the purpose of financing the acquisition of branded businesses of Unichem Laboratories Limited. Kumar Saurabh Singh (Partner), Soumava Chatterjee (Principal Associate) and Oindrila Bhowmik (Associate). Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited, the flagship […]
A&O raids Bakers’ South Africa office in 12-lawyer group hire
Allen & Overy has hired a team of 12 lawyers from Baker McKenzie’s Johannesburg office, including five partners in South Africa.
The team is led by litigation partner Gerhard Rudolph, who has been a partner in Bakers’ disputes team since 2012.
BLP wins BCA battle in first predictive coding High Court trial
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has defeated a claim against client BCA Trading after using predictive coding technology in the High Court for the first time.
Exclusive: Kirkland raids four firms for restructuring push
Kirkland & Ellis has taken four lawyers from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Orrick to bolster its London restructuring capability.
Kirkland & Ellis has taken four lawyers from Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Norton Rose Fulbright and Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe to bolster its London restructuring capability.
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Fourteen firms win top roles on Pearson’s revamped roster
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Herbert Smith Freehills and Goodwin Procter have all won panel spots on Pearson’s legal roster.
Mayer Brown bulks up in white-collar with double hire from Norton Rose Fulbright
Mayer Brown has hired two partners from Norton Rose Fulbright’s London office as the firm looks to strengthen its global white-collar and investigations practice. Norton Rose Fulbright head of business ethics and anti-corruption Sam Eastwood will join the firm on 20 August, while dispute resolution and investigations partner Jason Hungerford joins Mayer Brown with immediate […]
Burges Salmon PEP drops for second consecutive year
Burges Salmon’s average profit per equity partner (PEP) has dropped for the second year in a row, while revenue nudged up 3 per cent to hit £90m. The Bristol-headquartered reported a dip in PEP of nearly 2 per cent from £435,000 to £430,000. Since recording a PEP high of £523,000 in 2015/16, Burges Salmon has […]
Raft of litigation heavyweights line up for $2.6bn oligarch case
City litigation heavyweights are preparing for the latest case between Ukrainian lender PrivatBank and its former owners, the Ukrainian oligarchs Gennadiy Bogolyubov and Igor Kolomoisky, which could be worth up to $2.6bn (£2bn). Partners from Hogan Lovells, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, Fieldfisher and Pinsent Masons will face off in the High Court as PrivatBank alleges […]
29 lawyers over two months: Dechert nets largest group hire from Quinn Emanuel
Dechert has completed the mass hire of 29 lawyers from Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan’s product liability team in the US. The group has been joining since the end of May, after the arrival of Quinn’s product liability co-chairs Sheila Birnbaum and Mark Cheffo. The pair made the move with fellow partner Douglas Fleming, another […]
Freshfields and HSF to pocket £45m in fees for Comcast’s Sky bid
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) are set to pick up nearly £45m in fees for their work in the high-profile bidding war for Sky between Comcast and 21st Century Fox. The figures are printed in a formal offer document published by Comcast, which yesterday revealed it would be scrapping its […]