‘Exciting new addition’: Kirkland raids Freshfields yet again for restructuring partner Lacey
Kirkland & Ellis has returned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer to hire financial restructuring partner Sean Lacey.
‘A reaction’: Deutsche Bank to establish new EMEA anti-fraud, bribery and corruption team
After being hit by a number of recent financial crime and anti-money laundering scandals, Deutsche Bank moved to establish a new anti-fraud, bribery and corruption team for the EMEA region last month.
‘Some firms do it very well’: Top City outfits embrace flexible working
The City’s leading firms have formally embraced flexible working, with the percentage of fee-earners working part-time at the top ten of the Legal Business 100 ranging between 2% and 10%. Our quality of life survey, published this month, found all of the UK’s top ten law firms have policies around flexible working. Many of the …
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‘A reaction’: Deutsche Bank to establish new EMEA anti-fraud, bribery and corruption team
After being hit by a number of recent financial crime and anti-money laundering scandals, Deutsche Bank moved to establish a new anti-fraud, bribery and corruption team for the EMEA region last month. The bank is looking to fill 400 positions this year globally in anti-financial crime and is recruiting for a new team in Europe …
‘It’s not surprising’: Six finance partners leave Freshfields in practice shake-up
Changes follow on from 2016 strategic review Six finance partners left Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer at the end of April, with two more losing equity status as the Magic Circle law firm implemented a restructure of its finance practice.
Survivors – the battle to improve the working lives of lawyers
‘Management is the most noble of professions… No other occupation offers as many ways to help others learn and grow. More and more MBA students come to school thinking that a career in business means buying, selling and investing in companies. That’s unfortunate. Doing deals doesn’t yield the deep rewards that come from building …
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CC takes first major transaction for Prudential Capital as government sells off loans
Clifford Chance (CC) has picked up its first significant deal for Prudential Capital Group in the UK government’s £11.8bn sale of buy-to-let mortgages from failed lender Bradford & Bingley. Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O) and CC all picked up advisory roles on the disposal of loans purchased at the height of the financial …
Freshfields and White & Case line up on Alfa’s £800m IPO in biggest UK tech listing in two years
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and White & Case have won places advising on Alfa Financial Software’s planned float on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), which is expected to value the company at more than £800m.
Freshfields plans to cut German partnership by up to 20% by 2020
Almost two decades after its flagship three way merger, Legal Business can reveal Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is planning to cut its 103 strong German partnership by up to 20 partners by 2020.
Taylor Wessing launches data breach app in latest tech push
In its latest push to provide clients with new technology, Taylor Wessing has launched a data breach mobile app TW:Cyber Response ahead of regulation changes next year.