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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Pinterest IPO advisers to pick up $2m in legal fees
Three US firms are guiding social media scrapbook company Pinterest through its IPO listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton won the mandate for the company, working on a dual-class structure with partners Ethan Klingsberg, Jeffrey Karpf and Pamela Marcogliese in its corporate team. Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom is […]
Ashurst usurps Norton Rose Fulbright as McLaren’s key adviser
Norton Rose Fulbright has lost its role as McLaren Group’s global legal adviser as the automotive manufacturer forms a new relationship with Ashurst. After a tender process, Ashurst will now work closely alongside McLaren’s in-house counsel on all aspects of its legal requirements. The company does not have a formal legal panel, instead opting to […]
O’Melveny down to six partners in London after lawyer exit
O’Melveny & Myers has lost a third City partner in less than a month, with financial regulation lawyer Eve Ellis joining Ropes & Gray. Ellis, who specialises in financial services regulation, first started at O’Melveny in 2007 as counsel in its investment funds group. She has moved back and forth over the last twelve years, […]
Clydes laments poor gender record in latest promotions
Clyde & Co has acknowledged a lack of gender diversity in its latest promotions round, despite welcoming 24 partners to the fold and doubling the number seen in 2018. The firm has stayed true to its insurance roots with the lion’s share of new partners (15) being made up in the practice, while marine and […]
Squires poised for move into RBS’s former HQ
Squire Patton Boggs is looking to downsize its London office as it looks at new premises in nearby Premier Place in Bishopsgate. The firm is understood to be under offer for around 50,000 sq ft of space at Premier Place, 2-5 Devonshire Square, the former headquarters of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS). It occupies […]
Tech report 2019: The vendors profiting from a splurge in innovation investment
About 46 per cent of firms surveyed will replace their client relationship management systems in the next two years, The Lawyer Technology Report 2019 shows. By contrast, only 15 per cent of the pool of firms who took part to the survey have replaced these systems over the past year. Investments around infrastructure can reveal a […]