Six partners to exit Freshfields this month as finance restructure takes effect
Six finance partners will leave Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer at the end of this month, with two more to leave the…
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A&O and CC take spots as Bradford & Bingley loans sold by Slaughters Treasury client
Slaughter and May, Allen & Overy (A&O), Clifford Chance (CC) have all picked up advisory roles in the UK government’s…
Simpson and Latham in the driver’s seat as Aston Martin launches £530m two-part high-yield bond
Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett and Latham & Watkins have taken lead roles as Aston Martin has launched a new high-yield…
‘It has been an obstacle’: Ashurst launches European high-yield practice
After losing a number of finance partners in the last 12 months, Ashurst has made moves to re-strengthen its City…
Comment: Hot private equity money is remaking Europe’s legal market
What are we to make of the most aggressive raid between top ten City firms since Allen & Overy helped…
Slater and Gordon set for debt for equity swap as banks sell off 94% of loan book
Australian-listed law firm Slater and Gordon has sold off 94% of its loans to a consortium of investors to restructure…
Freshfields loses City aviation finance team as exits continue
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer‘s aviation finance team is to depart for Holland & Knight following the exit of London’s sole aviation…
Making history: HSF, White & Case and Pinsents advise on the first new UK clearing bank in 250 years
Herbert Smith Freehills (HSF), White & Case and Pinsent Masons have picked up mandates advising on the establishment of the…
Cutting the cord – Allen severs Ropes ties to focus on new role as DLA Piper continues finance push
Raconteur, rainmaker and serial legal entrepreneur Maurice Allen is to phase out his ongoing role with Ropes & Gray to focus…
The Finance View – A&O’s new practice chiefs on repositioning the City’s top finance shop
Victoria Young and Madeleine Farman talk to new heads on the US, high yield and China. While in recent years…
Q&A: Ropes’ private equity player Phil Sanderson on US firms, Travers Smith and Maurice Allen
Legal Business discusses working in a US firm and predictions for the market with Ropes & Gray‘s star private equity…
Private equity: Advent and Bain return to Weil for latest payments acquisition
Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Hogan Lovells have taken key roles as Advent International and Bain Capital Private Equity have…
Maurice Allen to advise DLA Piper while remaining consultant at Ropes
Maurice Allen, Ropes & Gray‘s UK office founder and former senior partner is to join DLA Piper on 1 February…
‘Additional depth’: Kirkland recruits from Freshfields again for real estate finance partner Birks
Kirkland & Ellis has returned to Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer for another finance recruit, taking Jonathan Birks.
‘Significant in the post-Brexit market’: Shearman and Latham lead on Thomas Cook €750m high yield offering
Shearman & Sterling and Latham & Watkins have advised Thomas Cook and the underwriting banks in the global travel specialists’…
UK projects teams earn their stripes as MoD makes key changes to army deal
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and CMS Cameron McKenna reprised their advisory roles as the Ministry of Defence (MoD) made a £1.1bn…
Finance view – White & Case reinvents its London banking practice with some success
Madeleine Farman and Victoria Young assess the firm’s reboot after a tough post-2008 run Traditionally a strong lender side practice…
The Finance View: Global firms jostle for position in panda bond market
Victoria Young reviews how global firms are positioning themselves to cash in on a market on the cusp As the…
The M&A Report: Private equity offers the clients for all seasons
Market turbulence looks likely to only send the private equity bandwagon spinning faster… for those who can get on board…
Green shoots: Global firms jostle for position in panda bond market
Victoria Young reviews how global firms are positioning themselves to cash in on a market on the cusp As the…