Sainsbury’s loses mammoth credit card fee battle against Visa
Blackstone Chambers, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and Linklaters have successfully defended Visa in its anti-competitive credit card fees battle against Sainsbury’s.
Sainsburys appoints 11-strong legal panel after delayed review
J Sainsbury’s has appointed 11 law firms to its first legal panel, eight months after the company first launched its tender process.
Travers wins Steinhoff mandate as it battles Sainsbury’s for Home Retail
Travers Smith is advising South African retail chain Steinhoff International in its bidding war with Sainsbury’s for Home Retail Group. Steinhoff lists a number of firms as its main legal advisers, including Linklaters, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and Werksmans. However, Linklaters partners Owen Clay and Nick Garland are already working with the target Home Retail, with […]
Clifford Chance acts for Sainsbury’s in bid for Linklaters client Home Retail
Clifford Chance has won the lead advisory role for Sainsbury’s in its potential offer for Home Retail Group, while the latter sought counsel from the supermarket’s long-standing lawyers Linklaters. Linklaters is the main legal adviser for both Sainsbury’s and Home Retail, with partner Iain Fenn serving as the magic circle’s firm relationship partner for Sainsbury’s. […]
City trio lead the way as Sainsbury’s confirms £10bn ASDA deal
Sainsbury’s loses mammoth credit card fee battle against Visa
Blackstone Chambers, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy and Linklaters have successfully defended Visa in its anti-competitive credit card fees battle against Sainsbury’s.
Sainsburys appoints 11-strong legal panel after delayed review
J Sainsbury’s has appointed 11 law firms to its first legal panel, eight months after the company first launched its tender process.
Travers wins Steinhoff mandate as it battles Sainsbury’s for Home Retail
Travers Smith is advising South African retail chain Steinhoff International in its bidding war with Sainsbury’s for Home Retail Group. Steinhoff lists a number of firms as its main legal advisers, including Linklaters, Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr and Werksmans. However, Linklaters partners Owen Clay and Nick Garland are already working with the target Home Retail, with […]
Clifford Chance acts for Sainsbury’s in bid for Linklaters client Home Retail
Clifford Chance has won the lead advisory role for Sainsbury’s in its potential offer for Home Retail Group, while the latter sought counsel from the supermarket’s long-standing lawyers Linklaters. Linklaters is the main legal adviser for both Sainsbury’s and Home Retail, with partner Iain Fenn serving as the magic circle’s firm relationship partner for Sainsbury’s. […]
Ropes names new global managing partner in latest leadership shakeup
Ropes & Gray is continuing to refresh its leadership team, naming real estate transactions head David Djaha as the firm’s next managing partner.
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Clifford Chance to have first European senior partner as Bickerton drops out
The race for Clifford Chance’s senior partner role is down to two, with former London managing partner David Bickerton dropping out of the running. With Bickerton, who seemed poised to scoop the top role, stepping aside, the new senior partner will be based on the Continental front – Paris managing partner Yves Wehrli and Amsterdam managing partner […]
The speed read: silver circle modernisation and why Clifford Chance’s latest partner loss is part of a wider trend
Well, Travers Smith proved us wrong, sort of. In The Speed Read two weeks ago we cynically noted that plenty of firms had female candidates for senior or managing partner but few ever ended up electing them. Travers has bucked the trend, however, by handing the senior partner role to long-time head of tax Kathleen […]
Shearman faces HK capital markets void as entire team exits for Chinese rival
Shearman & Sterling’s entire Hong Kong capital markets team is moving to PRC rival Fangda Partners’ Hong Kong office in the most significant coup yet by a Chinese firm to scale up in the financial hub. The Lawyer can confirm that the entire Hong Kong capital markets practice at Shearman led by partners Colin Law and […]
Three new London partners for BCLP in first post-merger promotions round
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner has made up 23 lawyers to partner in its latest promotions round, with the majority being legacy Bryan Cave lawyers. It is the first set of promotions since Bryan Cave and Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) merged in April. Eighteen lawyers have been promoted across the United States, while three solicitors – all […]
Live blog: crunch time for the Brexit deal
The latest reaction as Theresa May fights to get her Brexit deal through Parliament.
Simpson Thacher makes major infrastructure PE play with Clifford Chance hire
Clifford Chance infrastructure M&A star Amy Mahon is joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett’s City office in yet another departure from the magic circle firm’s private equity group. Mahon’s exit follows that of Brendan Moylan to Latham & Watkins earlier this year, along with Allen & Overy infrastructure finance partner Conrad Andersen. After Moylan, Mahon was […]