‘Clients want to come to the best’: Quinn Emanuel breaks $2bn barrier with 26% revenue jump
Quinn Emanuel today announced its firmwide financial results for calendar year 2023, with the litigation powerhouse joining an elite band…
Revolving doors: Moves in disputes and antitrust as Paul Weiss continues sweep of London recruits
Simpson Thacher begins this week’s lateral hire round-up with its recruitment of Legal 500 international arbitration leading individual David Edwards…
King & Spalding takes another silk with hire of former director of public prosecutions
King & Spalding has hired Sir Max Hill KC (pictured) into its London office. Hill served as director of public…
‘The human cost’: Post Office Horizon fiasco throws scrutiny on litigators and shines light on litigation funding
The Post Office Horizon scandal saw over 700 subpostmasters convicted of fraud, theft, or false accounting. The victims were prosecuted…
Revolving doors: Restructuring veteran Ereira leaves Paul Hastings for Quinn as firms build up funds practices
Quinn Emanuel made a significant move in London this week, hiring restructuring veteran David Ereira from Paul Hastings. In the…
Dealwatch: Global 100 advisers take centre stage on BlackRock-GIP $12.5bn mega deal
Skadden, Fried Frank, Kirkland and Debevoise have all taken lead advisory roles as BlackRock announced on Friday (12 January) that…
‘Stunning achievement’: revenue and profit surge at Quinn’s London office
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan posted an impressive set of 2023 financial results for its London office today (10 January),…
‘A transformational step’: Links defies US strategy critics to hire Shearman New York M&A team
In a move that may come as a surprise to detractors of the Magic Circle firm’s US ambitions, Linklaters today…
Revolving doors: Departures from Clifford Chance and Linklaters as US firms continue to snap up talent in London
Paul Weiss continued to cut a swathe through the London market this week with a double partner hire from Clifford…
‘The firm is in excellent shape’: Boies Schiller elects new chair
Partners at Boies Schiller Flexner have elected New York-based litigator and white-collar defence and internal investigations partner Matthew Schwartz as…
Shearman partners overlooked in Allen & Overy leadership race
In a move that may not come as a surprise to most, Allen & Overy (A&O) has unveiled a list…
M&A stages tentative comeback but dealmakers remain hamstrung by uncertainty
‘The biggest issue for the market is uncertainty’, says Richard Youle, who has headed Skadden’s London office since July. ‘Whether…
Global 100 Overview: Spinning around
The contrast between last year’s Global 100 report and this year’s could hardly be starker. Last year saw firms blow…
Allen & Overy dodges data leak bullet as firm tight-lipped on ransom outcome
As the deadline for Allen & Overy (A&O) to pay a multimillion dollar ransom on its data passed by without…
Dealwatch: Telegraph auction off as Barclay brothers pay off Lloyds debt with loan
The Telegraph and The Spectator are no longer up for auction after Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI helped the Barclay family…
Revolving doors: Global 100 bolster ranks in Europe, Asia and the Middle East
Despite losing yet another partner in London this week to Paul Weiss, Kirkland & Ellis has continued to build its…
Dealwatch: €5bn Vodafone deal shows ‘the debt is there, if you can find the right transaction’
The biggest European transaction of recent weeks came when Vodafone announced the sale of its Spanish business to TMT investor…
Allen & Overy suffers ‘data incident’ as ransomware group LockBit claims responsibility
Allen & Overy has confirmed that it has suffered a ‘data incident’. Posts from X user and self-described ‘threat intelligence…
LB100 – firm profile – Womble Bond Dickinson: Joining the dots
With mergers and performance across the pond enduringly hot topics in this year’s LB100 report, LB checked in with Womble…
LB100 – Overview: Here comes the rain again
Last year’s LB100 report saw firm leaders bullish, overwhelmingly characterising a boom market, even as macroeconomic indicators had started to…