Dealwatch: Telegraph auction off as Barclay brothers pay off Lloyds debt with loan Alex Ryan The Telegraph and The Spectator are no longer up for auction after Abu Dhabi-backed RedBird IMI helped the Barclay family…
Revolving doors: Latham hires Akin duo as firms strengthen finance, disputes and family practices Elisha Juttla Latham & Watkins has strengthened its private credit practice in London by adding two partners from Akin. Fergus Wheeler and…
Banking and Finance perspectives: Dr Sandie Okoro Tanya Drobnis Why did you want to become a lawyer? I always wanted to. I wanted to fight injustice. It began when…
Banking and Finance perspectives: Jenny Stainsby Tanya Drobnis Why did you want to become a lawyer and what drew you to the financial services regulatory side? As much…
Banking and Finance perspectives: Chris Kandel Holly McKechnie I actually started practising law in California, way back in the dark ages. I moved over here for two years,…
Steadying the ship: Can the FCA strike the right balance between protection and innovation? Tanya Drobnis Nearly a year after joining the Financial Conduct Authority as CEO in 2020, Nikhil Rathi committed to making the organisation…
Banking balances – which firms have the healthiest Legal 500 accounts? Tanya Drobnis The Legal 500 rankings contain a wealth of information on the top firms for banking and finance, from those advising…
Banking and Finance Yearbook 2023 – online PDF Legal Business Please see below for a link to an online pdf of the Banking and Finance Yearbook 2023. This will only…
Slaughters’ outgoing senior partner Cooke to follow fellow grandees in post-retirement pivot Holly McKechnie Slaughter and May’s eminent senior partner Steve Cooke has become the latest law firm leader to embrace a change of…
‘A springboard for greater success’: Johnston elected as next Addleshaw managing partner Ayesha Ellis Addleshaw Goddard has announced that Andrew Johnston has been successful in securing the position of the firm’s managing partner through…
Greenberg expands finance team in the City with Weil hire Elisha Juttla Greenberg Traurig announced today (27 November) that Luke Lado has joined the firm as a shareholder, bolstering its banking and…
The Legal 500 View – The word from Manhattan Barnaby Merrill Conversations with private equity and corporate partners in New York before March 2020 used to be predictable. ‘Busy?’ ‘Oh yeah.’…
Revolving doors: Global 100 bolster ranks in Europe, Asia and the Middle East Alex Ryan Despite losing yet another partner in London this week to Paul Weiss, Kirkland & Ellis has continued to build its…
‘The transition is over’: BCLP names Jinal Shah as new UK managing partner Elisha Juttla Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP) announced this week that Jinal Shah will become the firm’s UK managing partner from 1…
The onslaught continues: Paul Weiss raids Kirkland again to hire City IP partner Nathalie Tidman Just when the market thought Paul Weiss had eased up on its hiring spree in the run-up to Christmas, the…
Revolving Doors: Disputes hiring picks up pace as Global 100 players make key appointments Holly McKechnie Allen & Overy has hired cyber security incident response partners, Ffion Flockhart, and Charlie Weston-Simons, with Flockhart taking on the…
Government to address PACCAR ruling with amendment to Digital Markets Bill – but litigation funders argue it isn’t enough Bethany Burns An amendment filed to the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Bill last week will allow the use of damages-based agreements…
SFO opens criminal investigation into Axiom Ince Holly McKechnie A criminal investigation has been launched into Axiom Ince, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced today (14 November). Seven individuals…
V&E hires energy and infra partner de Cintré from Milbank in the City Elisha Juttla Vinson & Elkins has hired Milbank’s Kilian de Cintré as a partner into its corporate and finance practice in London,…
