Hot 100 career quiz: Mishcon’s Jennifer Millins
“Lisa Mayhew, my supervisor at Lovells (now co-chair of BCLP) opened my eyes to employment litigation when I had no clue what sort of lawyer I wanted to be.”
Mishcon adds fourth business services professional to partnership
Mishcon de Reya will promote its fourth business services professional to its partnership, in what is thought to be its largest promotions round in at least the last five years. Mishcon head of MDR Cyber Joe Hancock follows in the path of COO Bambos Georgiou, business development director Elliot Moss and HR director Vanessa Dewhurst […]
Mishcon defends strike-out bid in protracted fee dispute
A former client of Mishcon de Reya has brought a claim against the firm alleging that it did not adhere to the terms of a fee agreement, The Lawyer has learned. An application, made by former Mishcon client Piero Quaradeghini, was heard in the Rolls Building last week against a strike out claim made by the […]
Mishcon recruits K&L Gates’ City competition head
K&L Gates has lost its London antitrust and regulation group head Neil Baylis to Mishcon de Reya, as the latter ramps up its lateral recruitment in the City for 2019. Baylis joined K&L Gates in 2002 after starting off his legal career at Clifford Chance. He then moved to Ashurst as an associate in 1996, […]
Mishcon hires new real estate finance partner from US firm
Hot 100 career quiz: Mishcon’s Jennifer Millins
“Lisa Mayhew, my supervisor at Lovells (now co-chair of BCLP) opened my eyes to employment litigation when I had no clue what sort of lawyer I wanted to be.”
Mishcon adds fourth business services professional to partnership
Mishcon de Reya will promote its fourth business services professional to its partnership, in what is thought to be its largest promotions round in at least the last five years. Mishcon head of MDR Cyber Joe Hancock follows in the path of COO Bambos Georgiou, business development director Elliot Moss and HR director Vanessa Dewhurst […]
Mishcon defends strike-out bid in protracted fee dispute
A former client of Mishcon de Reya has brought a claim against the firm alleging that it did not adhere to the terms of a fee agreement, The Lawyer has learned. An application, made by former Mishcon client Piero Quaradeghini, was heard in the Rolls Building last week against a strike out claim made by the […]
Mishcon recruits K&L Gates’ City competition head
K&L Gates has lost its London antitrust and regulation group head Neil Baylis to Mishcon de Reya, as the latter ramps up its lateral recruitment in the City for 2019. Baylis joined K&L Gates in 2002 after starting off his legal career at Clifford Chance. He then moved to Ashurst as an associate in 1996, […]
Freshfields need not fear yet: Kirkland’s major target for associate hires is Linklaters
In the past few years, Kirkland & Ellis has recruited heavy-hitters from the likes of Linklaters, Freshfields, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Ropes & Gray. But have their associates followed?
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The speed read: Kirkland v Linklaters; Shearman v A&O; and Clifford Chance goes flexible
The magic circle came under pressure from the US this week, while Clifford Chance’s shuttering of Coleman Street shows the firm can do just fine without an EC postcode. Here are the key takeaways. Linklaters isn’t off the hook from Kirkland just yet Kirkland & Ellis has been relatively quiet on the lateral hire scene this […]
“The burden is on Dechert”: SFO refutes US firm’s stance over ENRC damages
The Serious Fraud Office has said Dechert should have to pay more than £3m in damages if the ENRC’s claim against the pair is successful, in what is the latest development in an increasingly bitter dispute. The ENRC has been under investigation from the SFO since 2013, but has made several allegations since about how […]
Kirkland lures another Linklaters partner to the Gherkin
Kirkland & Ellis has taken another partner from Linklaters, as a second member of the magic circle firm’s tax team leaves for the US firm in London. Mavnick Nerwal will make the move to the Gherkin two years after Kirkland picked up former Linklaters partner Tim Lowe, who co-heads the US firm’s tax practice. Lowe joined […]
HSF guides WHSmith to $400m US acquisition
Herbert Smith Freehills and Kirkland & Ellis bagged roles on WHSmith’s latest expansion into the US market, as the company bought another stateside retailer that caters to airports and resorts. The Marshall Retail Group, advised by Kirkland, was acquired by the UK company for $400m (£312m). The Kirkland team was led by Los Angeles corporate […]
Pinsents and BCLP secure sale for Ebbsfleet Garden City vision
Pinsent Masons and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner have acted on a land purchase deal at the heart of the Ebbsfleet Garden City development.
DWF recruits from accountancy firms for new consulting venture
DWF has launched a consulting arm, with two hires from BDO and Grant Thornton. The firm, which listed on the London Stock Exchange earlier this year, has started DWF Regulatory Consulting and has hired BDO financial services partner Andrew Jacobs and Darren Fisher, who was previously a director in Grant Thornton’s financial services advisory arm. […]