Clifford Chance is looking to increase the headcount of its recently acquired Carillion Advice Services (CAS) hub in Newcastle, pitting it against Norton Rose Fulbright’s similar operations that launched the previous year. The Lawyer has learned that the magic circle firm aims to reach 75 employees in the city by the end of the financial […]
Norton Rose Fulbright is edging closer to its target of 100 employees in its Newcastle services hub, with the competition for talent heating up after the takeover of Carillion’s legal hub by Clifford Chance earlier this year. Norton Rose Fulbright is to take on a second floor of its Newcastle building, having launched in the North […]
DAC Beachcroft has raided DWF’s Newcastle insurance practice for the second time in two months after picking up a four-lawyer professional indemnity (PI) team.
Muckle has appointed Jason Wainwright as its new managing partner, replacing Steve McNicol, who has stepped down after 10 years in the role. A real estate partner, Wainwright has been with Muckle since 2005, having previously been group company solicitor at Arriva. He will take over the managing partner role from 2 April. Wainwright’s appointment to […]
Clifford Chance is looking to increase the headcount of its recently acquired Carillion Advice Services (CAS) hub in Newcastle, pitting it against Norton Rose Fulbright’s similar operations that launched the previous year. The Lawyer has learned that the magic circle firm aims to reach 75 employees in the city by the end of the financial […]
Norton Rose Fulbright is edging closer to its target of 100 employees in its Newcastle services hub, with the competition for talent heating up after the takeover of Carillion’s legal hub by Clifford Chance earlier this year. Norton Rose Fulbright is to take on a second floor of its Newcastle building, having launched in the North […]
DAC Beachcroft has raided DWF’s Newcastle insurance practice for the second time in two months after picking up a four-lawyer professional indemnity (PI) team.
Muckle has appointed Jason Wainwright as its new managing partner, replacing Steve McNicol, who has stepped down after 10 years in the role. A real estate partner, Wainwright has been with Muckle since 2005, having previously been group company solicitor at Arriva. He will take over the managing partner role from 2 April. Wainwright’s appointment to […]
Eversheds Sutherland has entered into a portfolio arrangement with Harbour Litigation Funding, becoming the latest law firm to make such a move. The collaboration offers clients access to litigation funding through Harbour, in standalone claims and a portfolio of cases. Eversheds has also decided to take a stake in the outcome, reducing overall costs. The […]
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The magic circle came under pressure from the US this week, while Clifford Chance’s shuttering of Coleman Street shows the firm can do just fine without an EC postcode. Here are the key takeaways. Linklaters isn’t off the hook from Kirkland just yet Kirkland & Ellis has been relatively quiet on the lateral hire scene this […]
The Serious Fraud Office has said Dechert should have to pay more than £3m in damages if the ENRC’s claim against the pair is successful, in what is the latest development in an increasingly bitter dispute. The ENRC has been under investigation from the SFO since 2013, but has made several allegations since about how […]
Kirkland & Ellis has taken another partner from Linklaters, as a second member of the magic circle firm’s tax team leaves for the US firm in London. Mavnick Nerwal will make the move to the Gherkin two years after Kirkland picked up former Linklaters partner Tim Lowe, who co-heads the US firm’s tax practice. Lowe joined […]
Herbert Smith Freehills and Kirkland & Ellis bagged roles on WHSmith’s latest expansion into the US market, as the company bought another stateside retailer that caters to airports and resorts. The Marshall Retail Group, advised by Kirkland, was acquired by the UK company for $400m (£312m). The Kirkland team was led by Los Angeles corporate […]
Pinsent Masons and Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner have acted on a land purchase deal at the heart of the Ebbsfleet Garden City development.
DWF has launched a consulting arm, with two hires from BDO and Grant Thornton. The firm, which listed on the London Stock Exchange earlier this year, has started DWF Regulatory Consulting and has hired BDO financial services partner Andrew Jacobs and Darren Fisher, who was previously a director in Grant Thornton’s financial services advisory arm. […]
