The Daily Mail and Russian oligarch Alexander Lebedev have called on Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Simmons & Simmons to advise on the sale of the Evening Standard. The Daily Mail & General Trust, which owns the loss-making London paper, instructed regular adviser Freshfields, while Lebedev used Simmons & Simmons alongside Alastair Tulloch of city boutique […]
Magic circle firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has launched a US litigation practice after hiring a trio of partners from two leading US practices. Aaron Marcu and Adam Siegel join from the New York office of Covington & Burling while Benito Romano joins from Willkie Farr & Gallagher. At Covington Marcu was coordinator of the firm’s […]
Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison has scooped one of the best-known litigators in the Washington, DC market as a partner. Beth Wilkinson, formerly the co-chair of Latham & Watkins’ white collar crime practice group and, until late last year, general counsel of US mortgage finance company Fannie Mae, is expected to begin work in […]
O’Melveny & Myers has hired a former director of private equity house Actis to bulk up its Asia practice. Dean Collins will join as partner in the firm’s investment funds and securitisation practice group and will be resident in O’Melveny’s Singapore office. O’Melveny Asia head Howard Chao said: “Dean’s arrival in Asia gives our formidable […]
Allen & Overy and Slaughter and May have won lead legal roles in Britannia Building Society’s merger with Co-op Financial services, creating a £70bn so-called super-mutual group. Britannia instructed regular adviser Allen & Overy, with corporate partner Richard Slynn advising on the merger. Co-op shunned its panel firms and turned to Slaughter and May corporate […]
Withers for Manches in divorce” />Formula One tycoon Bernie Ecclestone has parted company with his divorce lawyers at Withers in favour of Manches’ Helen Ward, The Lawyer can reveal. Ecclestone’s wife Slavica Ecclestone filed for divorce last November after being married to the billionaire for 24 years. She instructed Clintons partner Liz Vernon to represent […]
09.56Brainteaser: what two things do boy band Busted, ‘80s pop combo Duran Duran, indie rockers Snow Patrol and law firm Hammonds have in common? 21 January, 09.56 Now here’s a brainteaser for you: what two things do boy band Busted, ‘80s pop combo Duran Duran, indie rockers Snow Patrol and law firm Hammonds have in […]
Clifford Chance has ramped up its New York corporate finance capabilities, snaring a partner from Cahill Gordon & Reindel. Gary Brook will join the New York office advising financial institutions on leveraged lending, debt restructurings and securities offerings and acquisition financing. Clifford Chance US head Craig Medwick said: “The leveraged finance markets are evolving as […]
12.02Sometimes the nice guys finish first. For its first ever GC, the Serious Fraud Office has hired criminal and fraud specialist Vivian Robinson QC – one of the Bar’s more genial white collar crime silks. 12.02 Sometimes the nice guys finish first. For its first ever general counsel, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has hired […]
Hammonds Direct, the conveyancing business spun off from Hammonds in 2001, will enter administration this week. Walker Morris appointed” class=”inline_image inline_image_left” src=”/pictures/web/images/15717_hammonds-bradford-office90.jpg” />Hammonds Direct, the bulk conveyancing business spun off from Hammonds in 2001, will enter prepackaged administration this week. The company, which has a turnover of more than £14m and employs 250 people in […]
Magic circle firm ditched despite FSA triumph; BLP clings on after Veneik debacle. Allen & Overy (A&O) has usurped Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer on Legal & General’s (L&G) panel after the insurer completed a full review of its legal advisers. Freshfields is the only magic circle firm not to win a place on the new three-year […]
Herbert Smith has won another instruction on an administration with a Canadian element, advising Ernst & Young (E&Y) on the administration of the European businesses of Canadian telephone manufacturer Nortel Networks. As reported on TheLawyer.com the firm also advised E&Y on the administration of oil exploration company Oilexco North Sea (19 January). On Nortel, the […]