Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF) has established a formal alliance with Singapore firm Prolegis, almost two years after it chose not to renew its licence to practise locally.
Recently floated Birmingham-based firm Gateley has turned to recently merged Midlands rival Shakespeare Martineau for its latest lateral hire, taking partner Catriona Attride to head its national private client team. Attride had led Shakespeare Martineau’s national private client team for four years.
While Paul Hastings stood out for its trifecta of high-profile lateral hires last week, Winston & Strawn, Withers and Clyde & Co have also added to their ranks.
DLA Piper has ramped up its low-cost services offering, opening a centre in Warsaw and eyeing Asia for a fourth base across the globe.
After preparing to downsize its office space by almost half, Ince & Co has hired two more partners for its London office.
Clyde & Co has appointed Mark Sutton as a senior equity partner in its professional financial disputes group. Sutton joined from national firm DAC Beachcroft where he was head of its global directors & officers and financial institutions group.
Big Four accountancy firm EY will recruit eight trainee solicitors in the UK over the next two years, launching its first-ever lawyer training scheme in the UK.
Regular counsel Freshfields advises lead arrangers on £1bn IPO Retirement home builder McCarthy & Stone has selected Allen & Overy (A&O) to advise on its £1bn initial public offering (IPO) as it prepares this month to return to public ownership almost a decade after the developer was taken private. McCarthy & Stone’s appointment of A&O …
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Victoria Young reports on the diverse mix of law firms looking to take advantage as finance meets technology UK Economic Secretary Harriett Baldwin isn’t holding back on the government’s ambitions for the fintech industry in the UK. ‘We are already a major player in financial technology; our ambition is now to be the major player …
Ropes & Gray, Slaughter and May, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Sullivan & Cromwell have all picked up advisory roles as pharmaceutical group Shire moves to buy US firm Dyax.
