Partner promotions: Addleshaws makes up 15 including two in Dubai in reduced round
Addleshaw Goddard has promoted 15 to partner this year, three fewer than last year when it more than doubled its…
Asia round-up: Stephenson Harwood formalises Guangzhou association as A&O makes FinReg play
Stephenson Harwood has formalised its association with Chinese law firm Wei Tu, while Allen & Overy has made a key…
ABS Fairpoint Group legal revenues hit £30m as firm hunts further acquisitions
Finance company Fairpoint Group, which in recent years has pushed into the legal market with the acquisitions of Simpson Millar…
BLP promotes 82% of its global round in London in property-focused promotions round
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has made 17 partner promotions worldwide, in a bumper round more than three times last year’s…
Allen & Overy and Wachtell take leads on Deutsche Börse spin-off
Magic Circle firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has taken a lead role acting for Deutsche Börse as it spins off…
City lawyers form pro-Brexit coalition led by 8 New Square QC
Lobby groups set up on both sides as questions loom large for the country’s legal framework Debate among lawyers over…
City lawyers form pro-Brexit coalition led by 8 New Square Queen’s Counsel
Lawyers at barristers’ set 8 New Square and LB 100 firms Slaughter and May, CMS Cameron McKenna and Wedlake Bell…
Moving on: homebuilder McCarthy & Stone turns to A&O for its November listing
Regular counsel Freshfields advises lead arrangers on £1bn IPO Retirement home builder McCarthy & Stone has selected Allen & Overy…
Fieldfisher boosts tech nous in Manchester with lateral hires
Nearly two years after opening in Manchester, Fieldfisher has swelled its partner headcount with two lateral hires from regional firms.
Clyde & Co ramps up South African offering with Norton Rose, ENS hires
Clyde & Co has continued its seemingly relentless international push of the last 18 months, this time recruiting ten new…
Revolving doors: King & Wood Mallesons, Ropes & Gray, Trethowans make strategic hires
On the move this week are partners from Clifford Chance, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Trethowans, who are joining King…
Freshfields, Allen & Overy lay foundations for McCarthy & Stone’s £1bn flotation
Magic circle firms Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer have taken lead roles on retirement homebuilder McCarthy & Stone’s…
DLA Piper boosts Italian offer with nine hires from Ashurst
DLA Piper has hired a team of three partners and six other lawyers from Ashurst for its restructuring and litigation group…
City lawyers join Law Society in slamming SRA insurance proposals
The City of London Law Society (CLLS) has joined the Law Society in condemning proposals from the Solicitors Regulators Authority to lower minimum…
BLP boosts Berlin practice by six with lateral hires from Orrick
Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) has hired two partners, Norbert Impelmann and Albrecht von Breitenbuch, along with four other lawyers from…
Trowers & Hamlins unites with Devon firm as part of regional push
Trowers & Hamlins has combined with Devon based Stones Solicitors to create a firm with turnover of about £85m, in a…
Life after Kaplan: Ince & Co picks BPP while Mills & Reeve lets its trainees decide
BPP has picked up Ince & Co as a client while Mills & Reeve is allowing trainees to pick for…
‘The final piece of the jigsaw’: DAC Beachcroft launches Miami office targeting Latin America
DAC Beachcroft has opened an office in Miami, led by a former AIG lawyer, as it looks to strengthen its…