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Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Bird & Bird have led on CVC’s latest sporting investment deal with Guinness Six Nations Championship. The magic circle firm’s deal team for CVC was led by partners Charlie Hayes and David Brooks, along with Simon Priddis on competition matters, Jill Gatehouse on tax and Rhodri Thomas, a litigator and regulatory […]
Our latest 60-second interview features Lily Hepworth, general counsel and company secretary for Immunocore, a T cell receptor biotechnology company working to develop and commercialise new medicines for cancer, infection and autoimmune disease. Hepworth talks about what the last year looked like for her, the role her team has played in advancing the strategic goals […]
Russian oil giant PJSC Tatneft has racked up at least £87m in legal costs while pursuing its unsuccessful litigation against four Ukrainian oligarchs. In court transcripts seen by The Lawyer, the magnitude of Tatneft’s UK litigation bill has been revealed following a contentious 12-week trial in 2020. Debevoise & Plimpton represented Tatneft in the most […]
Clifford Chance has awarded its staff with an extra cash payment for work carried out during the pandemic. The magic circle firm will pay an extra bonus of around 5 per cent on top of salaries across its international network. Global managing partner Matthew Layton said: “Over an extraordinary year, and in the face of […]
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Bird & Bird have led on CVC’s latest sporting investment deal with Guinness Six Nations Championship. The magic circle firm’s deal team for CVC was led by partners Charlie Hayes and David Brooks, along with Simon Priddis on competition matters, Jill Gatehouse on tax and Rhodri Thomas, a litigator and regulatory […]
Our latest 60-second interview features Lily Hepworth, general counsel and company secretary for Immunocore, a T cell receptor biotechnology company working to develop and commercialise new medicines for cancer, infection and autoimmune disease. Hepworth talks about what the last year looked like for her, the role her team has played in advancing the strategic goals […]
Russian oil giant PJSC Tatneft has racked up at least £87m in legal costs while pursuing its unsuccessful litigation against four Ukrainian oligarchs. In court transcripts seen by The Lawyer, the magnitude of Tatneft’s UK litigation bill has been revealed following a contentious 12-week trial in 2020. Debevoise & Plimpton represented Tatneft in the most […]
Clifford Chance has awarded its staff with an extra cash payment for work carried out during the pandemic. The magic circle firm will pay an extra bonus of around 5 per cent on top of salaries across its international network. Global managing partner Matthew Layton said: “Over an extraordinary year, and in the face of […]
Last month, Cooley unveiled its first revenue dip since it opened in the City in 2015. Behind that lies a major tussle over firm strategy – and in particular, its relationship with one of the most powerful companies in the world.
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The record growth seen among swathes of US firms last year was echoed across Continental Europe, as 2021 saw the largest jump in combined revenue in the history of The Lawyer’s Euro 100 report. The combined revenue of all 100 firms for the 2021 financial year grew by roughly €1bn between 2020 and 2021, rising […]
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Kennedys’ revenue was up 8 per cent over 2021/22, while London growth slowed due to the ongoing effect of Covid-19 across its business. Overall turnover increased from £264m to £286m, a rise of 8 per cent. In the previous financial year, Kennedys’ global revenue rose 11 per cent. Figures in the London office stalled, however, after […]
Ashurst has expanded further in the United States, announcing the launch of an office in Texas. The base in Austin will be its third office in the US, after New York and Los Angeles. It is expected to focus predominantly on infrastructure investment, development and finance matters in transport, social infrastructure and water. The new […]
US firm Milbank is weighing up introducing a salaried layer into its current partnership structure, The Lawyer has learned. The Lawyer understands the change to the partnership structure is being pondered in order to retain talent and with the intention of accelerating lawyers on to its partnership track. The new layer of salaried partners is […]
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) is losing one of its derivatives specialists to Reed Smith, The Lawyer can reveal. Tariq Zafar Rasheed is set to join Reed Smith’s financial industry group, with a particular emphasis on derivatives, derivatives clearing, prime brokerage arrangements and structured products. The Lawyer understands a group of associates will also be joining. Rasheed moves […]
