Last week saw Linklaters make a key hire from DLA Piper in Frankfurt as it sought to expand its cross-border litigation offering, Bird & Bird increase its offering in Sweden while Hunton & Williams did the same in the City developing its energy and natural resources team. Also in the UK, the Legal Services Board …
Slaughter and May has appointed David Wittmann as the firm’s practice partner with the role’s current holder, partner Paul Olney, stepping down at the end of the year.
Keystone Law has turned to boutique private equity house Root Capital to fund its growth plans, raising £3.15m in return for a 35% stake in its business.
Parabis Law’s claimant arm Cogent Law is making 24 redundancies in its Croydon base affecting Cogent Law office’s entire headcount, with redundancy reviews set to take place over the next five months.
Magic Circle firms Allen & Overy (A&O) and Clifford Chance have advised on the UK’s renminbi debut bond issue, the first for a non-Chinese sovereign and signalling the first steps of China’s currency internationalising.
After having decided to freeze pay earlier this year, Allen & Overy (A&O) has decided to up trainee, junior and mid-associate level pay after reviewing the salary market at half year.
Allen & Overy (A&O), Hogan Lovells and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have led on Heathrow Airport Holdings sale of Aberdeen International Airport, Glasgow Airport and Southampton International Airport to a consortium formed by Ferrovial and Macquarie for £1.05bn.
Following a 12-month review of its legal advisory panel, Circle Housing Group, the social housing provider for London and the South East, has awarded panel spots to nine firms after shortlisting 17.
White & Case has promoted 37 lawyers to its partnership ranks, over double last year’s level of 18, with five made up in London and one further new partner transferring to the city.
Chicago-headquartered Kirkland & Ellis, renowned for its reputation on hiring lateral partners at top dollar, has lost corporate partner Graham White to Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson where he will head the London office and lead the firm’s European private equity practice.
