Dentons has officially launched its free-to-use Nextlaw Global Referral Network, signing up 291 firms to make the largest referral network by firm count in the world.
The network now has access to more than 19,000 lawyers in more than 160 countries. Scottish firms MacRoberts and Lindsays both joined, as well as offshore firms Ogier, Appleby, Carey Olsen and Walkers and more than 70 US firms.
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Madeleine Farman, Matthew Field and Kathryn McCann speak to those inside and outside the fence
‘A merger was definitely going to happen. That was obvious when I was at CMS four years ago,’ a former CMS Cameron McKenna partner tells Legal Business. ‘It is another great scheme; I don’t feel that the firm’s brand has improved since I left. I know from people inside that the network, although they make a great show of it working well, doesn’t really work as well as it should.’
Lloyds Banking Group panel shrinks from ten firms to eight
Last month saw DLA Piper and Norton Rose Fulbright (NRF) lose out as Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) reduced its UK legal roster from ten to eight firms.
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BP’s group general counsel (GC) Rupert Bondy, one of the most high-profile in-house leaders, is to step down from his role by the end of the year to head up Reckitt Benckiser (RB)’s global legal team as senior vice president (SVP), GC and company secretary.
Last month BP announced internally that Bondy would step down at the end of 2016 to pursue another opportunity, with no current replacement for the role.
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ConvaTec’s $1.8bn float bright spot in a subdued autumn market
Linklaters and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer are advising on medical products company ConvaTec’s anticipated $1.8bn initial public offering (IPO).
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US firm takes first-time instruction from Freshfields client Phoenix
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom is in line for a windfall after taking the lead role advising on Phoenix Group Holdings’ proposed £935m acquisition of Abbey Life Assurance Company from Deutsche Bank, pocketing a significant chunk of £17m in fees in the process.
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Association with Fidelity Law to lead to joint office offering Chinese law advice
Hogan Lovells is the third international law firm to enter the Shanghai Free-Trade Zone (FTZ) after agreeing an association with local outfit Fujian Xiamen Fidelity Law Firm in October.
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Melbourne office unlikely following Singapore closure
Dentons’ tie-up with Australian firm Gadens, announced a year ago, has been delayed, with Dentons confirming Gadens’ Melbourne office is now unlikely to join.
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Victoria Young reviews how global firms are positioning themselves to cash in on a market on the cusp
As the internationalisation of China’s currency continues, global firms are making much of the pioneering Yankee bond-style deals in the Chinese market, eyeing opportunities in the orient and beyond.
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PE DOUBLE FOR CC
Clifford Chance (CC) completed two major private equity deals in a month, advising as Cinven, Permira and Mid Europa Partners acquired Allen & Overy client Allegro for $3.3bn. In addition, CC acted for Cinven as well as CVC Capital Partners on the acquisition of consumer finance provider NewDay, opposite Slaughter and May, which advised long-time client and seller Värde Partners, and Jones Day, which represented the management of NewDay.
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