Clifford Chance (CC), Slaughter and May and Jones Day have taken lead advisory roles on the acquisition of consumer finance provider NewDay by private equity powerhouses Cinven and CVC Capital Partners from Värde Partners.
After weeks of speculation, CMS Cameron McKenna, Nabarro and Olswang have voted to combine, taking on the CMS brand and giving Camerons over 1,000 partners and revenues of around £450m in the UK.
Following its £47bn takeover of BG Group, Shell has appointed its ‘transitional’ GC James Hine as associate general counsel (GC) for Brazil, a region with one of the most prized oil plays in the world.
Herbert Smith Freehills‘ (HSF’s) co-chief executive Mark Rigotti is set to take the helm as sole leader of the Anglo-Australian law firm, Legal Business has learned, with HSF phasing out its dual-CEO model.
Lawyers at Australia-listed Slater and Gordon (S&G) have faced a turbulent year at the firm as it has emerged via its annual report that headcount has been reduced by 16% in the UK.
Travers Smith and Kirkland & Ellis last month teamed up to advise UK tech firm Micro Focus on its $8.8bn acquisition of Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)’s software business. In a deal primarily structured under Delaware law, Travers head of corporate Spencer Summerfield advised Micro Focus alongside corporate partner Jon Reddington on English law. Kirkland fielded …
I have been incredibly fortunate in my career. I feel that very strongly. I come from a long line of doctors. It wasn’t my calling. Around 14, I got interested in law. I’ve always been argumentative and difficult. I grew up in North West London. There’s German on both sides of my family. All refugees. …
I always wanted to be a criminal barrister. I grew up watching Rumpole. At university I read classics, did the conversion and worked out I didn’t want to be a barrister at all. They’re a different breed to me – I enjoy people and interaction. It was obvious to me it suited me better to …
Shearman & Sterling’s global private equity head Mark Soundy is to depart the firm after a three year stint.
Clifford Chance has won the high-profile instruction to defend Rupert Murdoch’s News Group Newspapers (NGN) in its hacking litigation from Linklaters, constituting the fourth time the media giant has switched its lawyers for this case.
