Goodwin appoints real estate finance duo to lead London
Goodwin has appointed two new London co-chairs to replace longstanding City boss David Evans.
Hong Kong departure: has Davis Polk grown too large, too quickly?
Davis Polk & Wardwell has emerged as the latest US firm to tweak its Hong Kong capital markets offerings. The firm may have the largest team in Hong Kong among its key US rivals, but has the firm gone too big to sustain its top-notch profitability?
Olswang former CEO Burdon to exit due to client conflicts
Olswang’s former interim CEO Michael Burdon has opted against joining his firm’s tripartite merger with CMS, instead joining Simmons & Simmons to bolster its decimated IP litigation practice in London.
Mipim Day 1: Barely time for the DLA boat
By Lars Reubekeul, partner, DLA Piper This is an exciting year at MIPIM. The high liquidity in the real estate investment market can be felt everywhere. One can almost see the goose bumps when people are whispering in the corners, in the restaurants or on the boats saying, “I know someone who might intend to […]
Moves: Morton Fraser hires City partner Caldwell from Taylor Wessing
Morton Fraser has appointed Ross Caldwell as a partner in its Edinburgh banking and asset finance team.
Goodwin appoints real estate finance duo to lead London
Goodwin has appointed two new London co-chairs to replace longstanding City boss David Evans.
Hong Kong departure: has Davis Polk grown too large, too quickly?
Davis Polk & Wardwell has emerged as the latest US firm to tweak its Hong Kong capital markets offerings. The firm may have the largest team in Hong Kong among its key US rivals, but has the firm gone too big to sustain its top-notch profitability?
Olswang former CEO Burdon to exit due to client conflicts
Olswang’s former interim CEO Michael Burdon has opted against joining his firm’s tripartite merger with CMS, instead joining Simmons & Simmons to bolster its decimated IP litigation practice in London.
Mipim Day 1: Barely time for the DLA boat
By Lars Reubekeul, partner, DLA Piper This is an exciting year at MIPIM. The high liquidity in the real estate investment market can be felt everywhere. One can almost see the goose bumps when people are whispering in the corners, in the restaurants or on the boats saying, “I know someone who might intend to […]
Goodwin stumps up for KWM team integration trip to New York
Goodwin flew the team of KWM lawyers that joined the US firm earlier this year to New York last week, as part of a wider plan aimed at rapid and effective integration.
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Average revenue per lawyer (RPL) at the 50-largest US firms in the UK has broken through the $1m mark for the first time, The Lawyer can reveal, with average RPL rising by 8 per cent from $953,000 to a new record of $1.03m. The entry into The Lawyer’s US Top 50 2019 report this year of […]
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From hub to lab: Freshfields goes digital in Berlin
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European 100 breaks through €10bn in buoyant year
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Freshfields and DLA Piper guide Green through Arcadia’s CVA
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