Ashurst Paris corporate team chooses Freshfields as Magic Circle firm reinvigorates offering
Madeleine Farman on a rare team move between London-based international players In one of the most significant team hires between…
Growth spurts: Can Goodwin Procter’s impressive string of European hires hold it together?
Madeleine Farman and Victoria Young sit down with Europe chair David Evans (pictured) to discuss laterals, integration and the next…
Managing Manhattan: A&O moves senior partner contender Tim House to New York
Allen & Overy‘s (A&O) global head of dispute resolution Tim House is to become senior partner of the US and…
‘We can compete’: A&O breaks lockstep again for new Manhattan finance team
Allen & Overy (A&O) has broken lockstep again for a New York finance team hired last week, about six months…
A&O continues US spree with three finance partners from Paul Hastings
Allen & Overy (A&O) has continued its US push picking up a three partner finance and securities team from Paul…
Update: Freshfields targets Ashurst for five-partner private team as legal elite tightens grip on premium funds clients
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is to punch a major hole in Ashurst’s European private equity practice with the City giant voting on…
Ashurst refreshes Hong Kong outpost with Linklaters hire
Ashurst continues to bulk up its Asia Pacific offering with the hire of Linklaters partner PH Chik to its Hong…
LLP latest: spending spike and debt increase underlines tough year for Ashurst
Ashurst’s latest LLP accounts show a spike in capital expenditure and a stark fall in operating profit defined a tough…
A&O continues US expansion with third litigation hire in a month
Allen & Overy (A&O) has continued its expansion in the US with the appointment of Eugene Ingoglia to its investigations…
The Finance View – A&O’s new practice chiefs on repositioning the City’s top finance shop
Victoria Young and Madeleine Farman talk to new heads on the US, high yield and China. While in recent years…
One man band: Can Ropes & Gray maintain the momentum without Allen?
Madeleine Farman and Victoria Young ask the firm’s leaders about growth in the City. Ropes & Gray’s rapid growth in…
Supermarket sweep: Freshfields and Clifford Chance line up on Tesco takeover of Booker
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Clifford Chance are advising on Tesco’s £3.7bn merger with Booker Group, the UK’s biggest food wholesaler.
A&O management sees a 7% increase to pay amid modest revenue growth
Allen & Overy‘s (A&O) c-suite including its senior partner and managing partner, global practice heads and support directors took home…
Four more years: Addleshaws elects Joyce for second term as managing partner
Addleshaw Goddard managing partner John Joyce has been re-elected uncontested for a second term as the firm continues its growth…
Orrick takes Olswang Paris head ahead of three way merger
Olswang‘s Paris head Guillaume Kessler has left the soon-to-be-merged firm in favour of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe.
Swings and roundabouts: A&O gains two in the US as former partners move to Simmons and Gibson Dunn
As it continues its push for US expansion, Allen & Overy (A&O) has appointed two partners to its investigations and…
‘A different weight class’: Ashurst exits resume as Pinsents and Burges Salmon hire a partner each
Despite seeming to plug a run of partner exits late last year, Ashurst has lost two partners, with Pinsent Masons and…
US partner promotions: MoFo and Akin Gump make up one each in London
Morrison & Foerster and Akin, Gump, Strauss Hauer & Feld have both promoted one woman each to their London offices…
Turning Japanese: Freshfields and A&O act as Asahi makes €7.3bn play for five AB InBev beer brands
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Allen & Overy (A&O) and Hogan Lovells have all advised as Asahi Group Holdings buys a group…
‘A competitive auction’: Clifford Chance and CMS advise as consortium buys majority of National Grid
Clifford Chance, CMS Cameron McKenna, Linklaters and Eversheds have advised as National Grid has agreed the sale of its gas…