Baker & McKenzie and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have picked up roles as US company Sysco Corp moves to buy London food distributor Brakes Group from Bain Capital.
After months of speculation regarding which senior Conservative figures will campaign for the UK to leave the EU, the current justice secretary Michael Gove and his predecessor Chris Grayling have emerged as two of the most prominent figures in the out camp. The split in the ranks of the governing Conservative Party over whether the UK should …
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As the combination between Wragge Lawrence Graham and Gowling Lafleur Henderson to create a £400m practice has gone live today (22 February) the firm already wants to deliver a new tie-up by 2018, and is targeting Germany and east Asia.
US firm Mayer Brown has made a number of lateral hires this week as Pinsent Masons, Cooley and Jones Day also made notable appointments.
Hitachi Rail Europe has confirmed the hire of WSP Parsons Brinckerhoff’s director of legal Jane Mee as the transport firm develops its legal team.
Osborne Clarke and Mayer Brown have posted perfect spring retention figures this year, while White & Case’s rate dropped to 87%.
Merger talks between Addleshaw Goddard and Maclay Murray & Spens to create a national practice with combined revenues of around £230m have been called off.
Allen & Overy (A&O) has advised as Japanese beer giant Asahi has made a bid to acquire SABMiller’s well-known European beer brands including Peroni and Grolsch as the European beer giant moves to complete its mega-merger with Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev).
Pinsent Masons‘ highest-paid LLP member took home 38% more last year than in 2013/14, as the firm posted double-digit growth across the board.
Eversheds‘ highest-paid LLP member took home £1.46m last year, an increase of 5% on the previous year, while turnover at the firm dipped.
