The revolving door at Shearman & Sterling’s European practice was spinning once again today (11 July) with news that capital markets…
Shearman & Sterling has led for Nokia on its €1.7bn buyout of Siemens’ stake in Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) in…
Having been the stand-out City player in its weight class since the 2008 banking crisis re-shaped the global legal market,…
Alistair Asher takes on GC role as firm acts on major bank rescue Securing a major deal and having one…
Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Visa Europe’s general counsel (GC), executive vice president and company secretary Vanessa Turner as…
Securing a major deal and having one of your partners take a senior role with the same client is a…
Allen & Overy (A&O) has hired Visa Europe’s general counsel (GC) and executive vice president and company secretary Vanessa Turner…
London dominated the lateral hiring scene over the past week with firms including US Chadbourne & Parke, Allen & Overy…
Allen & Overy (A&O) has become the latest of the Magic Circle to reveal that it is holding its associate…
The brisk trade in private equity partners continues in the City with news today (15 March) that Shearman & Sterling…
Latham & Watkins is to further expand its German corporate capability with the launch of a Düsseldorf office after hiring…
Despite the City lateral hire market recently showing few signs of returning to its pre-credit crunch peak, yesterday (1 May)…
Allen & Overy (A&O) has won a place on Aviva’s top corporate panel after a lengthy review that saw Clifford…
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has demonstrated that US firms in the City are not the only ones to be making high-profile…
Allen & Overy has increased trainee pay rates bringing to an end a three-year freeze and has promoted 24 lawyers…
Allen & Overy has hired Shearman & Sterling’s corporate partner Hans Diekmann as a partner in its Düsseldorf office. Diekmann,…
One particularly interesting statistic emerged from our in-house survey last month: 33% of respondents said they felt law firms were…
The Singapore Ministry of Law (MinLaw) stopped receiving applications from foreign law firms seeking a Qualifying Foreign Law Practice (QFLP)…
Allen & Overy’s worldwide senior partner David Morley remembers doing his first deal for Goldman Sachs as a young partner…
Turnover at Magic Circle firms rose by a modest 2.6% this year, with the UK’s five Global Elite firms pulling…
