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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Arthur Cox scouts Freshfields alumni for aviation practice
Arthur Cox has taken on a double hire, including Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s former global aviation head, to bolster its aviation team. Partners Rob Murphy and Laura Cunningham, two Freshfields alumni, have moved from London to join the Irish firm’s Dublin office. Murphy joins as co-chair of Arthur Cox’s aviation team, returning to private practice after a year as chief […]
The speed read: the A&O-Deloitte carousel, Brexit in court and a Weil reunion at Kirkland
What a week for Allen & Overy. On Monday it emerged that its one-time managing partner contender Michael Castle is heading to Deloitte to lead its UK legal arm. It took the accountancy firm long enough to get their man: it is nigh on a year since The Lawyer reported it had kicked off its search. […]
Fried Frank bulks up corporate practice in 2019 partner promotions round
Fried Frank has announced its partner promotions round, making up ten partners worldwide, with one sitting in London. This is the second partner the firm has promoted in London in the last two years, with corporate lawyer David Christmas making the cut last year. Christmas’s promotion came after three fallow years where Fried Frank did […]
Mishcon moves to replace Levitt with Kingsley Napley hire
Mishcon de Reya has moved to fill a gap left by its former head of white collar crime and investigation Alison Levitt QC by hiring Kingsley Napley criminal litigation partner Johanna Walsh. Walsh will join the firm on 4 February having previously worked at DLA Piper and litigation boutique Peters & Peters with a focus […]
Clifford Chance among firms advising on halted nuclear project
Japanese firm Hitachi has suspended its £20bn nuclear power plant project in Anglesey, a construction deal that had been overseen by magic circle firm Clifford Chance and Burges Salmon. A Clifford Chance team led by partner Nigel Howorth, who works on areas including planning, energy and environment, was involved as an advisor to Horizon Nuclear […]
CMS places its bets on the North with surprise Liverpool launch
In a bid to pick up further work arising from the “Northern Powerhouse” initiative, CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang is opening an office in Liverpool, hiring a partner from DWF for the launch. This will be the firm’s first UK office opening since its tripartite merger with Nabarro and Olswang in May 2017 and its tenth UK […]