The 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries are the focus for many law firms this year, what with the region gearing up for the launch of its economic zone at the end of this year. It’s no surprise, then, that Baker & McKenzie Asia Pacific head Bruce Hambrett is making ASEAN a key […]
Suspended Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Peter Gray will appear before Mr Justice Flaux today (14 April) to argue that the ruling he deliberately misled the High Court relied on “implausible” assumptions and was “clearly flawed”. Gray’s counsel Mark Simpson QC of Fountain Court Chambers sought permission to appeal the “unsafe” decision, handed down by […]
University of the Arts London (UAL) has instructed BLM to take legal action against 15 of its students who continue to occupy a building in Central Saint Martins in King’s Cross. The protestors named in the court filing have been ordered to attend a hearing at the Rolls Building on Tuesday (14 April). In a […]
General Electric (GE) has called on Hogan Lovells to advise on the $26.5bn (£18.07bn) sale of its real estate business GE Capital Real Estate to Blackstone Group, advised by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, and Wells Fargo, advised by Dechert. As part of the deal, GE said that it plans to sell $9bn worth of the […]
Property developer Empirical Property Group (EPG) has filed a claim to sue Gateley for breach of contract and professional negligence. The total amount of damages claimed is still unclear. EPG claims the firm forged documents and acted dishonestly when it was instructed to work on a series of contracts to do with the development and […]
US firm Goodwin Procter has unveiled plans to launch a private equity practice in its London office as part of its expansion strategy in the City. Goodwin Procter is planning to expand its London-based headcount and offering after posting a 4.4 per cent revenue increase to £521.5m in 2014 (2 February 2015). London managing […]
Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy has risen by six spots to the top of this year’s global project finance rankings for the first quarter of 2015, while Allen & Overy (A&O) has toppled from first to eight place. A&O knocked Clifford Chance off the top spot with 68 deals worth $94.9bn spanning the full year […]
Paul Hastings has hired Ashurst leveraged finance partner Luke McDougall to join the London office as a partner in its corporate practice. McDougall is leaving Ashurst after working in the firm’s banking practice for over eight years. He was made partner last year in the first firm-wide promotions round since the firm merged with Ashurst […]
Nearly four years after DLA Piper amazed the market by hiring Tony Angel, the former Linklaters managing partner is calling it quits. Is DLA Piper a much-improved place as a result of his time there or was this all just a high-priced PR stunt? Angel, an outsider in the DLA club who joined to do […]
High-yield star Gil Strauss’ inclusion in the Hot 100 in 2011 was partly recognition of his jump from Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, where he had been of counsel, to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer as an equity partner: indeed, he was the first non-partner to jump straight into the magic circle firm’s equity in seven years. But […]
Britain punches above its weight thanks to its cosmopolitan outlook, and law firms head the trend. But equality closer to home remains our flaw. With less than a month until the General Election, the parties are ramping up their campaigns. The diverse nature of our cities across the UK has been much talked about, particularly […]
Brought in to guide DLA Piper through a major strategic shake-up, Tony Angel was never going to win everyone’s favour, but what do the facts say about his legacy?