In another difficult year for UK M&A, Linklaters has retained its position as the market leader by securing the top spot in the MergerMarket 2003 table for announced deals by value. The year-end table also shows the increasing involvement of US firms in UK deals, with Weil Gotshal & Manges in particular shining. Linklaters advised […]
Clifford Chance has come top of the MergerMarket announced European M&A league tables for the first time, knocking Linklaters off the top spot. The firm also came top of Thomson Financial’s tables for announced M&A with a European target. Clifford Chance leapfrogged Linklaters in the 2003 MergerMarket tables, handling 216 deals across Europe worth €163bn […]
This year promises to give judges and litigators plenty to do. Brendan Malkin and Naomi Rovnick single out the biggest
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Key man in court showdown could earn further £2m for trial; forced to apologise for ‘sex-crazed’ outburst
Nigel Boardman is to stand down as Slaughter and May’s head of corporate this April. A new head should be in place by May, but as yet there is no obvious successor. Boardman, who has been in the post since the mid-1990s, wants to spend more time on client work. He said: “Eight years of […]
Private equity giant 3i is planning to disband its Birmingham legal department. A well placed source has told The Lawyer that the shock move is part of the strategy to shift 3i’s legal power to its London headquarters, being implemented by director of legal services David Dench. Tony Brierley, 3i’s company secretary and executive committee […]
Blackstone Chambers barrister James Eadie has been appointed as counsel to the four-week Soham Inquiry due to start next month. Eadie, a member of the Government’s common law ‘A’ panel, moved from Serle Court to Blackstone in November. Throughout his career he has handled an unusual blend of human rights and commercial cases. However, he […]
Hammonds is continuing to rebuild its insolvency team with the hire of partners Alistair Bacon and Jeremy Reilly from Matthew Arnold & Baldwin and Cobbetts respectively. Bacon was the co-head of insolvency at Watford firm Matthew Arnold & Baldwin. He advised on the high profile liquidation of Fish! for key client Barclays, as well as […]
Eve Salomon, the former director of legal and company secretary at the Radio Authority, has snared two key appointments, becoming a board member at the Gaming Board and a commissioner at the Press Complaints Commission (PCC). Salomon will be joined at the Gaming Board, the UK’s gambling regulator, by three other new members, including former […]
Lovells has lost commercial disputes partner Craig Monty to Newcastle giant Dickinson Dees. Monty, who was at Lovells for 17 years, specialises in professional indemnity work and trusts and pensions disputes. Dickinson Dees’ managing partner Neil Braithwaite told The Lawyer that Monty’s appointment will enable the firm to expand its existing client base into pensions […]
Co-op case against ICL vindicated by Court of Appeal as it slates Mr Justice Seymour’s judgment