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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A longtime member of Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF) disputes team is moving to Bird & Bird after over two decades at the firm. Nick Peacock is making the move, specialising in international arbitration and having previously led HSF’s Singapore arbitration group and its India disputes team. His departure follows the recent retirements of Mark Shillito, […]
Paul Hastings is to issue a Covid bonus to its business services professionals, following a recent similar appreciation measure for its associates. Management at the US firm announced yesterday that, as an expression of gratitude for work carried out during a challenging year, the firm will issue a $1,500 bonus to its business professionals. These […]
White & Case’s co-head of private equity Ian Bagshaw is to depart the firm after over seven years, The Lawyer can reveal. Bagshaw will leave the firm at the end of June. He has been with the firm since the start of 2014, when he moved from Linklaters alongside Richard Youle – now at Skadden […]
Taylor Wessing is looking to deploy a trademarks team in its Liverpool hub, as its headcount surpasses 100 into its second year of launching. Of the 100, a total of 25 are lawyers and the rest a mix of business services professionals. About 50 of these recruits have joined during the lockdown period, when the […]
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