Ropes & Gray has strengthened in the City as Harbottle & Lewis has made a major private client play. Meanwhile, at the Bar, Essex Court Chambers has made several appointments.
Dentons has advised opposite new Warsaw firm Radzikowski, Szubielska & Partners on Liberty Global’s purchase of Poland’s number three cable operator, Multimedia Polska for $760m. Radzikowski was formed earlier this year after Chadbourne & Parke’s Warsaw office slpit from the US firm in May.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) has elected Frankfurt partner Michael Cziesla as EUME senior partner, defeating Dubai-based disputes partner Tim Taylor QC in the race between two legacy SJ Berwin veterans. The election was triggered after Stephen Kon’s early resignation last month.
Simmons & Simmons has announced credit-investment platform Alterest Investment Technologies, hourly car-insurance provider Cuvva, banking platform RailBank and invoicing firm Tallysticks as the first four recipients of free legal advice through its new fintech fund.
While the Solicitors Regulation Authority’s (SRA) education reforms had been met with hostility by educators, the School of Law at Manchester University has become the first Russell Group school to embrace its reforms.
Real estate partner Richard Hopkinson-Woolley is to leave DLA Piper for Simmons & Simmons after less than three years at the firm, Legal Business can reveal.
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) took home £1.9m for legal advice in the seven months between 14 January and 13 July 2016 before settling the Nortel Networks bankruptcy case. Legal adviser fees in the long-running administration had already reached more than £2bn earlier this year.
Morgan Lewis & Bockius has confirmed Frances Murphy is the firm’s new London managing partner, replacing Peter Sharp.
King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) confirmed today (11 October) that Frankfurt corporate partner Michael Cziesla and Dubai-based disputes partner Tim Taylor QC are the two contenders for firm’s EUME senior partner position. The election was triggered by Stephen Kon’s early resignation in September halfway through his mandate.
Shearman & Sterling confirmed today (11 October) that Brussels antitrust partner Trevor Soames has resigned from the firm.
