Squire Sanders has raided fellow US firm LeBoeuf Lamb Greene & MacRae for a head for its Russian real estate practice, part of a continued growth strategy in Russia and Eastern Europe. Dmitry Kunitsa, who was counsel at his former firm, is the first high-profile departure for LeBoeuf since it announced its forthcoming merger with […]
Linklaters got the nod on a key acquisition by FTSE100 mining client Kazakhmys, Kazakhstan’s biggest copper producer. Corporate partner and head of mining Charlie Jacobs said the magic circle firm got to know the client after working on its 2005 flotation. Norton Rose advised Kazakhmys on its London IPO, while Linklaters advised the underwriters. Although […]
Blackburn-based firm Haworth & Nuttall has claimed that changes to cohabitation laws will “fall at the first hurdle” due to extra costs. The firm claims that the recent report by the Law Commission, which calls for couples to have financial protection similar to married couples if they split up, will result in costs that are […]
Proskauer Rose has boosted its ranks in Paris via a merger with local boutique SGDM. The merger sees private equity partners Daniel Schmidt, who founded SGDM, and Olivier Dumas move across accompanied by associates Mireille Mull-Jochem, Arielle Halim and Estelle Piazza. The group will work alongside Proskauer Paris corporate practice heads Delia Spizer and Guillaume […]
Australia firm Slater & Gordon, which made history earlier this year by floating on the Australian Stock Exchange, has exceeded its profit forecast of A$9.1m (£3.74m) for the year ended June, posting an actual figure of A$10.7m (£4.39m). This performance was achieved on the back of a revenue of A$61.9m (£25.4m), which managing director Andrew […]
Ashurst has expanded its growing India group with the hire of former Arnold & Porter partner Murali Neelakantan as a partner in its corporate department and head of the firm’s India group. Neelakantan advises on a wide range of India-related matters, ranging from Indian securities regulation and M&A to real estate and offshore funds. Commenting […]
HSBC has instructed traditional corporate advisers Norton Rose to advise on its $4.9bn (£2.43bn) bid for Korea Exchange Bank (KEB). The bank hopes to acquire a 51 per cent stake in KEB from Dallas-based buy-out company Lone Star. The instruction is a significant boost for Norton Rose, which has lost out to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer […]
Employment tribunal cases continued to rise during 2006-07, up 15 per cent on the previous year, figures from the Tribunals Service have revealed. During the last financial year, the number of cases brought to tribunals totalled 132,577 while the number of cases disposed of also rose, up 19 per cent from 86,083 in 2005-06 to […]
Star banking partner David Ereira filed a discrimination claim against his former firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as he made the rare move across to magic circle rival Linklaters earlier this year. Ereira filed his claim in March at the Central London Employment Tribunal, advised by Fox Williams employment partner Anne Pritam. Ereira left Freshfields in […]
Eversheds’ perfect pitch wins firm TfL panel appointment” />Eversheds has won a place on another high-profile panel, having been gifted the mandate for all of Transport for London’s (TfL) mainstream work. The firm, which has already scooped roles acting for Samsung on all of its European legal requirements, as well as for Akzo Nobel and […]
LG has boosted its ranks with the hire of an employment partner from Eversheds. Helga Breen took up the post as partner with the firm’s 12-strong employment team today (3 September). LG senior partner Bill Richards said: “Helga’s a successful and talented employment lawyer. “As well as having experience in employment cases involving individuals, she’s […]
UK firms are positioning their restructuring teams in anticipation of further market volatility, although a dearth of talent is hampering expansion. In the wake of the US sub-prime loan crisis, a number of magic and silver circle firms are preparing for an increased workload in the restructuring arena. Lovells restructuring partner Joe Bannister said: “We […]