A Chance to downsize
The enormity of the downsizing at the UK’s top firms has been revealed today (see story).
People moves
Linklaters has announced that Asia managing partner Zili Shao will be leaving the firm at the end of January 2010 to take up the position of chairman and chief executive of JP Morgan’s China businesses.
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Train strain
The Greater London Authority is using new powers to force London businesses to stump up cash for the Crossrail project. It couldn’t have come at a worse time, says Duncan Field
Ashurst helps push through National Express rights issue
Ashurst has played a major role in helping beleaguered transport operator National Express secure a disputed £360m rights issue, despite opposition from its major shareholder. Corporate partner Steven Fox acted for the operator as the vote in favour of the cash call was eventually carried with a two-thirds majority. The Spanish Cosmen family, which owns […]
Taylor Wessing revs up corporate with Brawn GP deal
Taylor Wessing has bagged the mandate to act for Brawn GP on the Formula 1 team’s acquisition by Mercedes Benz parent company Daimler AG.
A Chance to downsize
The enormity of the downsizing at the UK’s top firms has been revealed today (see story).
People moves
Linklaters has announced that Asia managing partner Zili Shao will be leaving the firm at the end of January 2010 to take up the position of chairman and chief executive of JP Morgan’s China businesses.
1
Train strain
The Greater London Authority is using new powers to force London businesses to stump up cash for the Crossrail project. It couldn’t have come at a worse time, says Duncan Field
Ashurst helps push through National Express rights issue
Ashurst has played a major role in helping beleaguered transport operator National Express secure a disputed £360m rights issue, despite opposition from its major shareholder. Corporate partner Steven Fox acted for the operator as the vote in favour of the cash call was eventually carried with a two-thirds majority. The Spanish Cosmen family, which owns […]
High drama: Maria da Cunha, British Airways
British Airways GC Maria da Cunha may be a high-flying lawyer, but with her company’s merger plans cleared for take-off she needs her feet firmly on the ground. By Matt Byrne
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Former Allen & Overy (A&O) head of intellectual property Nicola Dagg was leading on 75 per cent of the firm’s cases in the sector before the announcement of her high-profile move to US firm Kirkland & Ellis earlier this year, data from The Lawyer can reveal. Data gathered for The Lawyer Litigation Tracker Q2 shows that of the firm’s four […]
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UK 200: Slaughters tops revenue per lawyer charts
Slaughter and May has the highest revenue per lawyer (RPL) of the UK’s top 100 largest firms this year. At £900,000, the firm’s RPL is also the third highest in the top 200. Only Bott & Co (ranked 153rd in the UK 200) and Drydensfairfax Solicitors (ranked 196) are higher. For 2018, any firm wishing […]
Former SFO case controller resurfaces to launch US firm’s London white-collar crime team
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Clyde & Co to support global banks-backed trading blockchain platform
Clyde & Co is set to provide legal services to a new consortium of banks and traders launching a blockchain-based platform to digitalise commodities trading processes. Komgo SA is a new Switzerland-based partnership that brings together powerhouse banks and stakeholders in the oil industry, including ABN AMRO, BNP Paribas, Citi, Crédit Agricole Group, Gunvor, ING, Koch […]