The restructuring of shipping and logistics firm FESCO, on which Ogier advised, has been recognised by CEE Legal Matters as Russian Deal of Year. An Ogier team led by partner Michael Killourhy advised on the restructuring of US$875 million notes issued by a FESCO subsidiary, working alongside firms including Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, Herbert […]
From shoring up the South African banking system to helping home buyers in Cambridgeshire, it’s been a busy year in finance.
Another magic circle partner is to join Latham & Watkins in London, as it sets its sights on winning work in the infrastructure M&A market. Allen & Overy partner Conrad Andersen, who was promoted in 2008, is to join Clifford Chance partner Brendan Moylan at the US firm. The latter’s move was revealed yesterday. While […]
Jones Day has snared two finance partners from Ashurst and Dentons following a raft of exits from its London office since the start of the year. Partner Ewen Scott left Ashurt’s global loans group last week and will join Jones Day’s banking, finance and securities practice at the end of August. He will be joined by Dentons finance partner Lee […]
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) and Simmons & Simmons are among the firms understood to be advising after the Serious Fraud Office confirmed it was looking to reinstate criminal charges against Barclays Bank. Barclays yesterday said the SFO made an application to the High Court to reinstate charges related to the bank’s capital raisings in 2008. […]
Benoit Lavigne becomes Morrison & Foerster’s third London lateral hire of the year.
The former general counsel of MarketInvoice Simon Coles has joined fintech start-up Capital On Tap as its first legal head. Capital On Tap provides tech-driven funding facilities to SMEs and enables customers to access instant funding to grow their business. Before his stint as general counsel at cashflow finance provider MarketInvoice, which ended last year, […]
Back at Shearman, Ward McKimm will be reunited with his former client base – and with some old friends.
But much has changed in the seven years since he left Shearman & Sterling. Can the superstar partner replicate his past success, or is it true that you can never go back?
Deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) will play a greater role in fraud cases in the future, the Serious Fraud Office’s (SFO) fraud head Hannah von Dadelszen told in-house counsel today. Speaking at The Lawyer‘s In-House Financial Services conference in London, von Dadelszen said DPAs were a key tool to enforcement in an increasingly globalised and joined-up […]
Marking a significant shift in the way it works with legal suppliers, Barclays has completed its last ever formal review of its law firms worldwide, cutting its roster down from 140 to 100 firms. The new panel will be in place for three years, subject to performance, until 20 June 2021, before Barclays embarks on […]
Allen & Overy has further cast its net outside the scope of legal work with the launch of a new regulatory consulting business. The Allen & Overy Strategy Group will exist as a standalone business within A&O’s London office, spearheaded by Sally Dewar, who will be brought over from her current role as head of international regulatory affairs at […]
