Linklaters has appointed litigation partner Kathryn Ludlow as its first global pro bono partner. Linklaters has appointed litigation partner Kathryn Ludlow (pictured) as its first global pro bono partner. Ludlow will be the public face of the firm’s pro bono activities globally. She will review Linklaters’ current pro bono work and identify where changes can […]
Trowers & Hamlins has launched a redundancy consultation with fee-earners in its UK-based real estate team. The firm is looking to lay off four fee-earners who focus on the plot sales market, with three in Manchester and one in Exeter set to lose their jobs. Those working on plot sales in the firm’s larger London […]
Leading international IP firm Rouse has formed a strategic alliance with consultancy Iceberg Transactions to ramp up its non-contentious IP transaction capability. The two entities will join together on client pitches and to offer advice, with Iceberg working on deals involving IP portfolios, such as patent acquisitions and using IP as collateral for loans. Ben […]
Ashurst swoops for half of US firm’s esteemed structured finance practice. McKee Nelson’s split from its structured finance practice may be excellent news for Ashurst, but it also looks like a decisive move away from a damaged market for the US firm. McKee Nelson, thwarted by the credit crisis, is parting company with 11 partners […]
Clifford Chance has bagged a role as the only UK firm on the Abu Dhabi state-owned International Petroleum ;Investment Company’s (Ipic) $2.3bn (£1.58bn) purchase of Canada’s Nova Chemicals Corporation. The is the first mandate from Ipic for the magic circle firm since it launched its office in Abu Dhabi in August last year. It is […]
Norton Rose takes lead on HSBC rights issue” />Norton Rose has won a trophy mandate from key client HSBC, advising on its £12.5bn rights issue. US firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton also represented the bank, while Linklaters and Shearman & Sterling acted for the underwriters. Norton Rose corporate partner Martin Scott (pictured) led the […]
Linklaters has scored the lead role advising the Polish government on the construction of a new national football stadium as the venue for the opening match of the Uefa European 2012 Football Championship, which is beingco-hosted by Poland and Ukraine. The government started the tender process to find a construction company to build the stadium […]
Herbert Smith advised Bank of Scotland on a $300m (£206.13m) loan facility to oil and gas exploration and production company Dana Petroleum. The company will use the money to purchase Toronto Stock Exchange-listed oil and gas exploration and production company Bow Valley, which focuses mainly on the UK North Sea. Herbert Smith banking partner Jason […]
CMS Cameron McKenna is advising the receivers of two Antiguan companies owned by Texan billionaire Allen Stanford. The Financial Services Regulatory Commission of Antigua and Barbuda called in Vantis client partners Nigel Hamilton-Smith and Peter Wastell as joint receivers of Stanford International Bank and Stanford Trust Company last week. Vantis has appointed Camerons banking partner […]
Land Securities has turned to stalwart adviser Slaughter and May on its £755.7m rights issue. The Slaughters team was led by corporate partner Gavin Brown, assisted by corporate associates Richard Smith and Grace Impey, tax associate Richard Jeens and pensions associate Ellen Swan. Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Simon Witty is acting for the banks.
Ashurst has secured a key instruction frm William Hill over its plan to raise £1.2bn in a rights issue and debt facility, alongside Allen & Overy (A&O) and Skadden ;Arps ;Slate Meagher & Flom. Ashurst corporate partner Anthony Clare advised the gambling group, while Skadden capital markets partner James Healy acted for the underwriting banks […]
The negotiations over the fate of debt-ridden estate agent Countrywide have pulled in a dizzying array of legal advisers. The big roles went to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Linklaters and Slaughter and May on a deal that is likely to see control of the company pass to a group of private equity investors that have injected […]