The Top 20 cases of 2018
Public interest cases take centre stage this year, with Uber and the NHS among those to have their day in court. Meanwhile, rows over Harvey Weinstein and Brexit wait in the wings
Only the City benefits from the SFO
If the UK wants to get serious on white-collar crime, it needs to spend more
A £1.5m loss is okay in this market
Stalling margins could break the defendant insurance market
Partners aren’t going to like this tax bill
How equity partners are taxed is being reformed, piling pressure on firms’ financial reserves
Thanks to the competition lawyers, the busiest team in your firm
As the markets uneasily shook into 2023, much attention was given to the role of restructuring lawyers and the need for firms to bolster their teams. However, there’s an area that’s shown little sign of dwindling in a slowdown: competition. There are plenty of US firms with sizeable, or longstanding, competition practices in London, namely […]
Anything Clifford Chance can do, Norton Rose wants to do better
Law firms are well-accustomed to a bit of friendly – and sometimes unfriendly – rivalry. How else are they to remain competitive in such a merciless market? The ongoing talent wars means firms must be sharp about talent retention, whether that means upping the cash stakes, hastening the track to partnership or getting vocal about […]
Hiring another firm’s managing partner? Surely not
It sounds mad, but this very thing happened twice in Scandinavia late last year
Proskauer boosts City office top line to new peak
Total revenue in Proskauer’s City office rose by 6 per cent in 2022, with its work for the firm’s core asset manager client base taking turnover from last year’s peak of $124.5m to a new record of $132.2m. The rise is in line with a similar 6.1 per cent increase globally, with Proskauer’s firmwide revenue […]
Second Linklaters partner departs for Cleary
One of the co-heads of Linklaters’ financial sponsor leveraged finance practice has left the firm for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Ed Aldred is a Linklaters lifer. He has spent nearly 21 years at the firm and was given the nod to partner in 2013. He joins Nick Rumsby, another former Linklaters partner, who moved […]
Deutsche Bank launches training contracts
Deutsche Bank is the latest in-house outfit to take on its own trainees, starting with the launch of four training contracts in a few months’ time. The programme will be overseen by the bank’s general counsel for UK and Ireland, Simon Man. Man has worked at Deutsche Bank for over 20 years and is a […]
Weil boosts infrastructure PE team with Latham hire
Weil Gotshal & Manges has expanded its infrastructure private equity practice, hiring a partner from Latham & Watkins. Brendan Moylan is joining the firm, having spent over four years at Latham & Watkins. He previously spent nearly 20 years at Clifford Chance and trained at Sydney-based Allens. The move comes after Weil Gotshal infra partners […]
Travers and Simmons lead broking tie-up between finnCap and Cenkos
Travers Smith has advised City stockbroking client finnCap Group on its all-share merger valued at £43m with Cenkos Securities. The tie-up between the two rivals creates a new full-service advisory firm for investment companies. Corporate M&A and ECM partner Adrian West led the Travers team representing finnCap. He was supported corporate M&A and ECM senior […]
Shell’s longstanding legal chief to step down
The legal director of FTSE 100 energy giant Shell is to hand over the reins after nine years in the role. Donny Ching is stepping down as its legal director, having been in the role since 2014. His 33-year tenure at the business will come to an end in June, when he will be replaced […]
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