Q&A: RPC’s new managing partner talks strategy, international expansion and tech

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Q&A: RPC’s new managing partner talks strategy, international expansion and tech

With long-term managing partner Jonathan Watmough stepping down in December last year, insurance head James Miller has taken over the reins at RPC. Legal Business caught up with him to discuss the priorities for the new leader. What is your immediate strategy for RPC? So far it has been business as usual. I’m very lucky …

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Linklaters alumni line up opposite former firm in Reckitt’s $16bn takeover of Mead Johnson

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Linklaters alumni line up opposite former firm in Reckitt’s $16bn takeover of Mead Johnson

In the first transatlantic merger to make headlines so far in 2017, Kirkland & Ellis partners David Holdsworth and Paula Riedel have lined up opposite their old firm Linklaters on Reckitt Benckiser (RB)’s $16.7bn takeover of Mead Johnson & Company. Kirkland fielded a transatlantic team to advise US-based Mead Johnson, the baby formula manufacturer, which …

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East side story: NRF adds Manhattan credibility with projects-driven Chadbourne tie-up

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East side story: NRF adds Manhattan credibility with projects-driven Chadbourne tie-up

Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) has pulled off its second US merger, this time with New York-based Chadbourne & Parke, giving the Global 100 firm much-needed bench strength in Manhattan and project finance for what will be a $2bn-revenue firm. The move will add considerable east coast capability to NRF, which the firm has lacked since …

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